Support for Dynamics CRM 3.0, Customer Care Framework Ending
By: Linda Rosencrance Microsoft has announced that it will be ending technical support and security updates for the 10-year-old Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 on April 12. That means customers will no longer receive updates or be able to take advantage of tech support from Microsoft after this time, according to a post on the Microsoft […]
Partners Look Ahead to Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Release
By: Linda Rosencrance As Microsoft gets ready to roll out Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 on May 1, partners, MVPs and others are buzzing about the product’s new features. In March when the company officially announced the upcoming release, Microsoft said Dynamics GP 2016 is going to transform the way people and businesses interact with-and what they expect […]
Microsoft endorses EU-US Privacy Shield despite criticism from EU industry commentators
By: Jamie Davies Microsoft has become one of the first major US tech companies to confirm its support of the EU-US Privacy Shield, the successor of the now defunct Safe Harbour Agreement. Data transfer between the EU and the US has been on relative shaky legal grounds over recent months, as between the EU striking […]
Salesforce and Dropbox launch on Facebook’s messenger platform
By: Jamie Davies Salesforce and Dropbox are two of the first to launch service offerings on Facebook’s new messenger platform. According to Facebook, Messenger is one of the industry’s fastest growing apps, increasing user rates from 500 million in 2014 to 900 million today. The company have now introduced a number of bot services on […]
AI forms backbone of Facebook’s 10 year plan
By: Jamie Davies Facebook has seemingly positioned artificial intelligence as one of the catalysts for innovation for the company over the next 10 years. Outlining its technology roadmap for the next 10 years, the company highlighted artificial intelligence, as well as virtual and augmented reality, as technologies to drive new features and user experience. New […]
A “Cloud First” Microsoft Plans Retirement, Replacement of Some MPN Competencies
By: Dann Anthony Maurno A “sunset into the clouds” sounds downright pretty. Or, for Microsoft partners, including those with the CRM competency, it may sound like more changes ahead. Microsoft announced on its partner blog that it will sunset 12 of its Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) competencies in favor of cloud competencies. The moves are […]
With few options, companies increasingly yield to ransomware demands
By: Jeremy Kirk Attackers view stolen or encrypted data as a powerful weapon Faced with few options, companies are increasingly giving in to cybercriminals who hold their data hostage and demand payment for its return, while law enforcement officials struggle to catch the nearly invisible perpetrators. It’s a case of asymmetric electronic warfare. Ransomware, which […]
Public cloud spend to increase by 14.1% in 2016
By: Business Cloud News Research firm IDC have released findings which demonstrate healthy growth in the cloud market throughout 2016. IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker estimates spending on public cloud infrastructure is to increase by 14.1% over the course of the 12 months to $24.4 billion, and spending on private cloud platforms could […]
Microsoft endorses EU-US Privacy Shield despite criticism from EU industry commentators
By: Jamie Davies Microsoft has become one of the first major US tech companies to confirm its support of the EU-US Privacy Shield, the successor of the now defunct Safe Harbour Agreement. Data transfer between the EU and the US has been on relative shaky legal grounds over recent months, as between the EU striking […]
Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services March Release Available
By: Linda Rosencrance Microsoft has rolled out the March release of Lifecycle Services (LCS). It offers, among other features, asset library improvements. This is the first time Microsoft has enabled multi-select support for a set of operations in the asset library. Currently, Microsoft supports multi-select for most of the operations in asset library including Delete, […]