IoT Readiness, Part II: More companies can benefit from the Internet of Things, across more verticals
By: Linda Rosencrance By 2020, 21 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be in use, up from the 6.4 billion estimated to deployed worldwide this year, according to Gartner Inc. The analyst firm expects enterprises will spend the most on IoT versus other technologies, connecting such things as HVAC, building management systems, lights, and […]
Summit 2016: First Look at Microsoft Dynamics 365, with stories of transformational impact
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Microsoft promised a first look at Dynamics 365 at today’s Dynamic User Group Summit 2016 events, and they sent the person in charge of the Dynamics product direction to make sense of it. That person is Scott Guthrie, Microsoft executive vice president, Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise, who was introduced by Dynamic […]
Insights, powered by InsideView, re-released for Microsoft Dynamics 365
By: Linda Rosencrance InsideView has released Insights 4.0, an updated version of Insights, its Microsoft-branded version of InsideView Sales. Insights 4.0 is embedded within Microsoft Dynamics 365, and this new version rolls out as Microsoft launches its Dynamics 365 cloud business suite. Insights 4.0 is available at no additional charge with all Dynamics 365 […]
Salesforce Lays Out Its Vision for Financial Services Cloud One Year in and Introduces AI-powered Einstein Capabilities
Salesforce’s first vertical-only cloud offering is one year old, and the company used a Dreamforce keynote to celebrate its first year’s success with two customer case studies, and lay out the roadmap for the future Salesforce launched Financial Services Cloud as its first vertical-specific customer relationship management (CRM) product in August last year, giving it […]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Points to Machine Learning as Key Battleground for Cloud Computing
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has identified machine learning as the firm’s key focus as cloud computing usage becomes more widespread. It is an area that is fast becoming the battleground for the big cloud providers. Google and Amazon Web Services both offer a range of tools that make it easier for developers to create ‘intelligent’ applications, […]
How to Keep Costs Down While Replacing Your ERP software
Choose the right deployment Many of today’s ERP systems can be ‘purchased’ on a rental arrangement known as software as a service (SaaS). In the vernacular, your ERP resides in the ‘cloud’ – the software is licenced on subscription basis and is centrally hosted. There is little or no upfront cost to be paid and […]
Microsoft fleshes out seismic change to Windows patching
Gregg Keizer Microsoft has elaborated on the new patching policy for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 that takes effect Tuesday. In a post to a company blog accompanied by graphics that resembled a periodic table, Michael Niehaus, a product marketing director for Windows 10, fleshed out the massive change in how Windows 7, the standard […]
Facebook at Work (finally) launches as ‘Workplace’
By: Matt Kapko Facebook at Work, the company’s social network for business, has a new name, but it features many of the same tools that 1.71 billion people use every month — without all the ads. Now called simply “Workplace,” the service is now publicly available to any organization. Facebook is a dominant force among […]
Business transformation proves to be a catalyst for cybersecurity spending
By: George Hulme As enterprises accelerate their use of cloud computing, online services, and ready themselves for internet of things deployments, they are finding themselves strained to find the cybersecurity talent and security tools needed to secure these efforts. That’s one of the most important takeaways from the Global State of Information Security Survey (GSISS) […]
IBM invests $200 million in Watson IoT AI business
By: Thor Olavsrud The venerable 105-year-old IBM may be a global company, but while it has operated important labs and offices overseas, its business units have always been headquartered in the U.S. Until December of last year, that is, when it opened the new global headquarters for the IBM Watson Internet of Things (IoT) unit […]