Trump’s plan for protecting IT jobs raises hopes, fears
By: Patrick Thibodeau President-elect Donald Trump is showing a willingness to wage an economic battle with firms that move jobs offshore. He’s threatening tariffs and promising H-1B visa reform, but may be offering carrots as well, namely tax incentives. These actions may be raising hopes among some IT employees who have lost jobs, or are […]
IT Channel Company appoints new CEO of its QBS Group division
By: Linda Rosencrance Netherlands-based The IT Channel Company (TICC), a distributor of ICT (information and communications technology) solutions for the small and medium enterprise, has appointed Michael Hartmann as the new CEO of its Quattro Business Solutions (QBS) division. Hartmann was just appointed chief commercial officer at QBS in August, effective Oct. 1. Prior to […]
DialogTech brings phone call analytics to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales
By: Dann Anthony Maurno “Optimize the customer journey for your best leads: phone calls,” promises DialogTech, the call attribution platform. The company today announced an integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365. The integration enables companies to automatically capture intelligence on every phone call, caller and conversation generated from marketing within Microsoft Dynamics 365. The integration automatically […]
Relationship Insights for Dynamics 365 now in preview
By: Linda Rosencrance The Microsoft Dynamics 365 team has announced that Relationship Insights for Dynamics 365 is now in preview. Relationship Insights takes advantage of the data integration and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities built into Microsoft Azure to combine and analyze a company’s Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Outlook data, the team stated in a blog […]
LinkedIn ‘Interest Feed’ aims for better content discovery
By: Matt Kapko LinkedIn is set to launch a feature within its main feed that will give you more curated information and opinion on topics relevant to your profession. The company wants to help its 467 million members learn more about the issues that are most important to them and their careers. The upcoming change […]
Accenture expands AWS Business Group
By: Thor Olavsrud Noting that customers are increasingly turning to the cloud to make their operations more agile, Accenture yesterday announced that it will expand its Accenture AWS Business Group to enhance its application migration, development and management offerings. Enhancements around the internet of things (IoT), transformation and analytics and big data are also in […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: CRM Silver Cloud competency; NAV for healthcare; CPQ for Dynamics 365; Warehouse voice-enablement
By: Linda Rosencrance Intellitec earns Microsoft Silver Cloud CRM Competency Intellitec Solutions has announced that it has achieved a Silver Cloud Customer Relationship Management competency, demonstrating its ability to meet the evolving needs of Microsoft’s customers. Intellitec Solutions focuses on helping companies make unique use of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, helping them use online web-based […]
Columbus acquires UK firm, bolstering Microsoft Dynamics 365, Office 365, cloud offerings
By: Linda Rosencrance Columbus has announced that it had acquired Cambridge Online Systems, a UK-based IT services company specializing in ERP, CRM and the cloud. With the acquisition of Cambridge Online Systems, Columbus seeks to increase its footprint in the growing Microsoft Dynamics 365 market as well as boost its cloud and Office 365 business […]
Whats new in project accounting and management in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations (AX7)
By: Rahul Mohta Project accounting is a unique practice; like cost accounting or nonprofit accounting, it has complexities an accountant may never have heard of while earning a CPA. Among them is earned value management, a practice common to professional services firms, like architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) firms, and software development companies. The idea […]
Salesforce and Partner Ecosystem Extend Wave Analytics Apps to New Departments and Industries
New Wave for B2B Marketing will enable companies to better align marketing and sales teams with actionable insights on campaign effectiveness and marketing spend New Wave for Financial Services Cloud will empower financial advisors to better manage their books of business by uncovering new client opportunities and maximizing their time More than 20 new Wave […]