Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Grants Management for Aussie Fed; AX Chem Integration; Document Automation Add-ons; New NAV Financing
By: Linda Rosencrance Fujitsu to Deliver Grants Management System for Australian Government Agency Fujitsu is building and implementing a grants management system based on the Fujitsu Grants Management solution for the Australian federal government’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Comprised of a public portal powered by Microsoft Dynamics CRM, the Fujitsu Grants Manager will […]
New Microsoft Dynamics 365 Schema Project Aims to Simplify CRM Projects
By: Linda Rosencrance The idea is fairly simple: Get the Microsoft Dynamics CRM community to share its implementation challenges and triumphs, and collect the solutions for easy access – say, solutions collected in a single schema, specific to a vertical. That is the purpose behind the Dynamics 365 Schema Project, a joint effort by […]
Has your cloud consultant gone crazy?
By: David Tabor Unless you are doing all your system configuration and implementation work internally, you’ll be depending on consultants to get your cloud projects done. When consultants start doing dumb things, your project will be at risk. Even if they get your project done right, if they can’t make a profit they’ll eventually […]
How to make hybrid cloud work
By: Mary Branscombe Last year, hybrid cloud was a priority for many enterprises, although with a certain amount of confusion about what it involved. This year, those ambitious plans are showing up as an approach to hybrid cloud that relies on platform as a service (PaaS) to take full advantage of cloud models. rebuiding The […]
Why Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 SMB Strategy Must Offer More Than Simplicity
By: James Croweler Microsoft have revealed more details of their Dynamics 365 licencing to partners this week. A huge 173 page presentation gave us all a lot to think about as we try to understand the future and how it will affect our prospects and customers. One obvious conclusion from it all is that the […]
Microsoft Axes Pinpoint: Partners React with Surprise, Disappointment, Ambivalence
By: Linda Rosencrance Recently, Microsoft deep-sixed its Pinpoint online partner directory, replacing it with its new “referral engine,” or Find a Partner section of its Partner Center. The change rolled out just before the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2016 in July. Microsoft promised in a report from CRN Australia that the new referral engine […]
IBM cloud chief: The next phase of cloud is a race to add value
By Brandon Butler and John Gallant At 105 years old, IBM has been through more than a few major technology transformations. Arguably, none is bigger than the current retooling of the company around cloud computing – an effort overseen by Robert LeBlanc, senior vice president, IBM Cloud. LeBlanc says IT leaders and business executives aren’t […]
Hurdles to Oracle buying NetSuite
What was expected as a smooth transition is not running to plan. The acquisition of NetSuite by Oracle has been hit by delays and opposition. Can Oracle overcome the new hurdles placed in front of them? First the delay hurdles Late last week Oracle issued a press release, stating that the tender offer is extended to […]
GPUG Summit: Expect True-to-the-Mission Content from People who Believe in Microsoft Dynamics GP
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Dynamics GP may have seemed like an afterthought in 2016, given dearth of visibility it received at Microsoft’s inaugural Envision event. Don’t believe it; early indications from registered attendees for October’s GPUG Summit 2016, indicate a deeply invested and interested user base. GPUG Summit’s Director of Programming Bob McAdam also serves on […]
CRMUG Summit: Expect Strategies on CRM User Adoption Successes and “Epic Fails”
By: Dann Anthony Maurno If user adoption were not still a challenge for CRM projects, Daniel Madden would not need to speak about it so vehemently. But he will, in four sessions at the CRMUG Summit 2016: Madden has been a Microsoft Dynamics CRM specialist with the global financial services provider SEI for […]