Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Payroll and HR for SMBs; Rental management for New AX; NAV not-for-profit solution update
By: Linda Rosencrance BenefitMall Partners, Gravity Software Team on Payroll Services BenefitMall, a leading provider of employee benefits, human resources and payroll products and services, has teamed up with Microsoft partner Gravity Software to bring payroll and additional HR services to Gravity’s clients. Built on Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Gravity is an online business management application […]
Building Your Career with Microsoft Dynamics AX: Certifications To Go From Newbie to Pro
By: Linda Rosencrance If you’re looking to advance your career working with Microsoft Dynamics AX, then industry and technical experience are key. With an ongoing shortage of skilled candidates for DynamicsAX-focused roles, job seekers who can put together the right combination of skills and experience ought to find a range of opportunities opening up before […]
Rackspace prioritises AWS and Azure partnerships for future growth
By: Jamie Davies Rackspace has reported healthy growth for Q1 2016, as the team continues its transition to become managed services provider, leveraging partnerships with AWS and Microsoft Azure. Revenues for the first quarter were reported at $518 million, a year-on-year growth of 9.9%, while profits grew 77.5%. Although the growth of the business over […]
Salesforce plans to launch IoT offering on AWS
By: Business Cloud News Salesforce has announced plans to launch its new IoT offering on AWS facilities, moving away from it traditional play of using its own data centre infrastructure, reports The Wall Street Journal. The offering is reportedly going to be launched by Salesforce in the next couple of months, is currently available to […]
Amdocs and Microsoft team up to launch Cloud-Fusion
By: Business Cloud News Amdocs and Microsoft have collaborated to create an enterprise connectivity and applications solution, reports Telecoms.com. Amdocs Cloud-Fusion will, according to Amdocs, enable the development of cloud service offerings including bandwidth, WAN optimisation and the delivery of committed SLAs. The solution combines Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure and Amdocs’ NFV-ready Network Cloud Service […]
24% of businesses expect a cyberattack within the next 90 days
By: Jamie Davies Research from VMWare has highlighted 24% of office workers and IT decision makers believe their organization will be the victim of a cyberattack with the next 90 days, mainly due to the belief that the threats are advancing at a faster pace than a company’s defences. Although the statistics imply the event […]
Microsoft Cloud Open for Business in Canada
By: Linda Rosencrance Microsoft Canada has announced that Microsoft Azure is now generally available in Canada from local datacenter regions in Toronto and Quebec City. In addition, Office 365 is now offering data residency for Canadian business customers and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is set to go live by September of this year. This announcement […]
How SMEs are benefitting from hybrid cloud architecture in the best of both worlds
By: Andrew Stuart Hybrid cloud architecture has been a while maturing, but now offers businesses unparalleled flexibility, ROI and scalability. The smaller the business, the more vital these traits are, making hybrid cloud the number one choice for SMEs in 2016. It’s been more than two years since Gartner predicted that, by 2017, 50 per […]
IRS Caught Over 30,000 Tax Returns Involving ID Theft
By: Michael Cohn The Internal Revenue Service’s expanded use of controls this tax season to identify fraudulent refund claims before accepting them into its processing system has allowed the IRS to identify approximately 35,000 fraudulent e-filed tax returns and 741 paper tax returns as of Feb. 29, 2016, according to a new government report. The […]
Companies Seeking Accountants with Data Analytics Skills
By: Michael Cohn Businesses are facing a significant shortage of accounting and finance professionals who have data analytics skills, according to a new report. The Institute of Management Accountants and the staffing company Robert Half polled nearly 500 finance executives and managers for the report. The survey found deficiencies in high-demand skills such as data […]