Why SAP is uniting IoT
It’s all about being connected and the digital economy being a reality not just hype, that’s the message from the SAP Innovation Forum being held in London at the QEII Conference Centre. By 2020 it is forecast that the size of the digital economy will be $90 trillion and that will be fuelled by hyper-connectivity. […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Compliance & CRM; EDI partnership; SaaS, IaaS retention; Parter acquisition; UK AX training
by Linda Rosencrance Digiterre Integrates Communica Compliance Engine with Dynamics CRM London-based Microsoft Gold partner Digiterre has announced that its Communica Compliance Engine software, developed in conjunction with a number of high profile managers and launched at the end of 2015, now integrates with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Digiterre provides front office and compliance software to […]
SalesPad to Invest $3.85 Million, Add 91 Jobs in Michigan
by Linda Rosencrance SalesPad LLC, which publishes add-ons to Microsoft Dynamics GP and Intuit QuickBooks, is investing $3.85 million and boosting its software development operations by adding 91 employees in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This nearly doubles SalesPad’s workforce of 110. The company’s Dynamics GP offerings include SalesPad GP, an all in one order entry, inventory, […]
Customer Dynamics Forms Joint Venture with motionSlice, Raises $1 Million to Fund Accelerated Growth
by Linda Rosencrance Microsoft partner Customer Dynamics, a Dynamics CRM and technology consulting firm, has formed a new joint-venture with CRM customization firm motionSlice and has raised over $1 million in funding as it launches a new SaaS division and aims to accelerate growth. Funding was led by MotionVest LLC. Both companies will now operate jointly […]
Munger Says Jury Is Out on Whether IBM Reinvention Will Work
Noah Buhayar NBuhayar Sonali Basak sonalibasak Charles Munger, the vice chairman at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said it’s too early to say how successful IBM will be in reshaping its business. “I am neither a believer or a disbeliever,” Munger, 92, said Wednesday of International Business Machines Corp., which is one of Berkshire’s top […]
Google adds to its Cloud Platform as vendors compete with AWS Lambda
Written by Business Cloud News Google has added to its public cloud infrastructure for developers, Cloud Platform, with a new service that allows app writers to set up functions that can be triggered in response to events. The new Google Cloud Functions has drawn comparison with the Lambda offering from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The […]
The Evolution of Employee Self Service, From Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 through GP 2015 R2
by Wendy Scheuring, Contributing Writer Employee self-service provides benefits both ways: employees feel empowered by managing their own information (e.g., obtaining their paystubs and W2s on demand, managing their direct deposits); and the organization saves itself time and labor in HR management, all while ensuring more accurate information. Who better than employees to supply and […]
Thanks to Power BI, Microsoft Is One of Three Leaders in Gartner Magic Quadrant
by Dann Anthony Maurno, Assistant Editor Microsoft Power BI is one of just three market leaders, according to Gartner’s just-released Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytic Platforms 2016. This puts Microsoft alongside Tableau and Qlik, both of which scored slightly higher in ability to execute, but Microsoft outpaced them in Completeness of Vision, […]
Azure IoT Hub General Availability: An Overview of the Hub & the Opportunity
by Dann Anthony Maurno, Assistant Editor From a Microsoft demo of an Azure IoT Suite Fleet Management scenario Microsoft’s Azure IoT Hub reached general availability last week and added a range of new features beyond what was in the public preview. As described in a new blog post from Nayana Singh, Sr. Program Manager, Azure IoT, the […]
How to conquer recruiting, retention and IT skills challenges
Experts in the technology industry look at the year ahead and what it holds for recruitment and retention. They also identify what tech skills will top the charts CIO | IT has become ingrained in every part of business strategy, so it’s not surprising that demand for tech talent is at an all-time high, forcing […]