Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: D365 for field service; Mobile data collection; New hosting CEO; Recruitment ISV recruits
By: Linda Rosencrance BroadPoint Launches Field Service Practice, Will Deliver Innovative Microsoft Dynamics 365 Solution BroadPoint Technologies, a business technology consulting firm that specializes in deploying Microsoft Dynamics 365, has launched a practice to support Microsoft’s Field Service Management solution. The practice will help businesses better manage and deliver service to their customers in the […]
Microsoft PowerApps, Flow add connectors, SharePoint usability, outreach to deskless workforce
By: Linda Rosencrance In the latest series of updates to PowerApps and Flow, Microsoft has updated integrations, enhanced workflow tools, and provided easier connection to the Common Data Service. Contextual use of Flow and PowerApps from within SharePoint Online has resulted in “soaring adoption”, according to Kees Hertogh, senior director of product marketing, in a new blog […]
NetSuite grabs four new channel partners
By: Steve Brooks NetSuite adds four new channel partners Oracle NetSuite has announced the addition of four new partners to its channel. The announcement comes after an extended quiet period following the acquisition by Oracle. The partners named are WithumSmith+Brown, Kranz & Associates, AdaptaLogix and Phoenix Systems Group. The NetSuite Solution Provider Program has existed […]
An agile Air Force slashes time to roll out new IT capabilities
By: Grant Gross Can an organization really cut development time more than 70 percent by embracing the agile philosophy and open architecture? The intelligence-gathering arm of the U.S. Air Force says it’s done just that. The Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System, a network of 27 surveillance and intelligence-gathering sites, projects that it will ultimately save hundreds […]
Salesforce and Google make news for equal pay issues
By: Sharon Florentine April 4, was Equal Pay Day, recognizing the point in each year to which women must work to make as much as men in the previous year. The wage gap persists, though it’s arguably smaller in tech, and Silicon Valley companies are wrestling with the issue in different ways. Two of the […]
IBM X-Force Finds over 4 Billion Records Leaked in 2016
By: Jef Coza The number of records compromised by data breaches grew an historic 566 percent in 2016 from 600 million to more than 4 billion, according to IBM Security’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index. The leaked records include types of data that cybercriminals have traditionally targeted such as credit cards, passwords, and personal health information. […]
Job Cuts at Retail Stores Deepen as More Buyers Migrate Online
By: Anne DInnocenzio Retail stores are cutting jobs at the sharpest pace in more than seven years, evidence of a seemingly inexorable shift away from employee-heavy stores as Americans increasingly shop online. A combined 60,600 retail job losses over the past two months have had less to do with the health of U.S. consumer spending […]
Microsoft prepares to end new licensing deals for Dynamics AX 2012 R3
By: Linda Rosencrance Now that Microsoft has released the on-premise version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations, dubbed Dynamics 365 for Operations Local Business Data, the company will no longer offer Dynamics AX 2012 R3 to new customers as of July 1. This coincides with the expected Spring 2017 release of D365 for Operations. Although this […]
The NAV People releases D365 Cannabis, “seed to sale” for a new and complex industry
By: Dann Anthony Maurno The NAV People has released D365 Cannabis for the marijuana market-a market that, of course, operated informally before legalization. The NAV people describe D365 Cannabis as an “enterprise grade software [that] manages every aspect of the business from ‘seed to sale.’” As well as managing the greenhouse, growing and manufacturing processes, […]
Salesforce skills in high demand in 2017
By: Sharon Florentine Want to land a better job in 2017? If you do one thing in pursuit of that goal this year, you should add Salesforce skills to your resume. It’s one of the fastest-growing, most in-demand skills out there. And it’s ubiquitous. From software developers, solutions architects and designers to project managers and […]