LinkedIn looks to add Premium value
By: Matt Kapko LinkedIn is rolling out updates to its Premium subscription plans in a move to boost the value proposition and direct outcomes delivered through LinkedIn data on businesses, careers and education. The changes are designed to make better use of both existing data and the new datasets LinkedIn is gathering on salary, company […]
IT Channel Company broadens Dynamics 365 / CRM reach with MindsUnited Deal
By: Linda Rosencrance The IT Channel Company (TICC), via it’s division Quattro Business Solutions (QBS), an SMB Distributor for Microsoft Dynamics, has announced a new strategic partnership with Dynamics 365/CRM services and development firm MindsUnited. The partnership will combine QBS’ distribution capabilities and ERP expertise with MindsUnited’s CRM knowledge, tools and services, according to officials […]
Social Selling Assistant among new features in Microsoft Social Engagement 2017 Update 1.1
By: Linda Rosencrance A new feature of the just-released Microsoft Social Engagement Update 1.1 is the Social Selling Assistant, which the company says enables salespeople to sell more by taking advantage of social media. This application provides sales reps with personalized and smart recommendations to share on their social networks, enabling them to “increase their […]
Top 10 business applications stories of 2016
By: Brian McKenna The business applications of the internet of things have, alongside the emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning in enterprise software, been the new and developing vista in 2016. The first three stories in this year’s crop reflect this wave. In the field of business applications, Computer Weekly has, in its 50th […]
SAP 2016 results: cloud revenue almost €3bn, 5,400 S/4 customers
By: Brian McKenna SAP has announced 2016 cloud revenues of €2.99bn, 14% of its overall revenue of €22.06bn. This is 3% more cloud revenue, as an overall proportion, than in 2015. Simultaneously, the supplier announced its fourth-quarter 2016 results, which showed a 40% increase in new cloud bookings. The company also confirmed such bookings for […]
7 leadership traits of successful CIOs
By: Sarah White Leadership traits of successful CIOs The California Psychology Inventory (CPI), developed by CPP — the exclusive publisher of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment — is an assessment tool that help leaders gain more insight into and improve their performance. Ultimately, the CPI helps identify your leadership strengths and weaknesses, what motivates you […]
The Microsoft Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 migration: Why to start planning now.
By: Dann Anthony Maurno One segment of the Microsoft Dynamics AX community is ready, willing, and eager to migrate to Dynamics 365 for Operations. But there also exists some of that “Our old system works fine” reticence. The case for web-based clients and the relative value of subscriptions over big yearly checks will continue to […]
Why Silicon Valley needs to unite against Muslim ban
By: Sharon Florentine “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Maya Angelou My son is 5. Besides myself, he is the most stubborn, opinionated person I know. Like most kids his age, he has boundless energy for the things he wants to do and becomes suddenly incapacitated when it comes […]
Microsoft asks Trump administration for travel ban exceptions
By: Gregg Keizer Microsoft today asked the U.S. government to create a mechanism for granting exemptions to last week’s executive order on immigration that would meet “the pressing needs of real people,” including scores of company employees and their families. In the letter to the heads of the Department of State and Department of Homeland […]
Microsoft Earnings Release FY17 Q2: No surprise, Microsoft Cloud powers second quarter results
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Microsoft has released its earnings for Q2 2017 (Q4 CY 2016), as follows: Revenue was $24.1 billion GAAP, and $26.1 billion non-GAAP Operating income was $6.2 billion GAAP, and $8.2 billion non-GAAP Net income was $5.2 billion GAAP, and $6.5 billion non-GAAP Diluted earnings per share was $0.66 GAAP, and $0.83 […]