Power BI: Where’s The Real Opportunity for Microsoft Dynamics Users and Partners?
Power BI: Where’s The Real Opportunity for Microsoft Dynamics Users and Partners? – MSDynamicsWorld.com by Dann Anthony Maurno, Assistant Editor Microsoft Dynamics AX data in Power BI (source) Power BI went into general release in late July, though of course partners and some intrepid users have been test driving it for several months. Microsoft in […]
How to Make Microsoft Dynamics GP Play Well With Windows 10: Two Experts Dive In
How to Make Microsoft Dynamics GP Play Well With Windows 10: Two Experts Dive In – MSDynamicsWorld.com by Linda Rosencrance Anytime you upgrade a device to a brand new operating system, odds are you will experience some performance issues in your existing applications. That seems to be the case when it comes to running a […]
INFOR TO BUY GT NEXUS
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. Infor plans to by GT Nexus, which was described as the world’s largest cloud-based global commerce platform, for $675 million. Infor says the target has about 25,000 customers, including six of the top ten logistics service providers and 30 global financial institutions. Infor has acquired many companies […]
INTACCT PICKS PRESIDENT’S CLUB
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. Online financial software vendor Intacct has named its President’s Club for 2015. The list includes Radius, the San Jose, Calif.-based vendor’s Accountants Program Partner of the Year for the second straight year and accounting firm, Armanino, the VAR Partner of the Year for 2014, also its second […]
RECKON ONE HITS U.S.
Bob Scott reporting in his Insights column. Not much detail is available but Reckon One, the low-cost cloud product from Australia-based Reckon has been introduced into the United States. The PDF of the investor presentation for results for the company’s first half ended June 30 has a simple bullet point “Reckon One launched into USA […]
DOLLAR WHACKS QLIK RESULTS
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. The stronger American dollar took a $19.9-million toll on the revenue of business analytics vendor Qlik Technologies for the second quarter ended June 30. The company lost slightly more than $13 million for the most recently ended period, a rise from a loss of $10.2 million a […]
SIKICH ABSORBS ALTICO ADVISORS
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. Accounting firm Sikich has acquired Altico Advisors, a midmarket reseller based in Marlborough, Mass. With $45 million in revenue, Naperville, Ill.-based Sikich was No. 9 on Bob Scott’s Insights Top 100 VARs for 2015. Altico was No. 59 with $7.9 million in revenue. The acquired firm carried […]
WIPFLI PIONEERS DYNAMICS U.S. BPO
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. CPA firm Wipfli says it has become the first U.S. channel organization to use Microsoft Dynamics for business process outsourcing in the United States. The Wipfli press release says that the BPO Platform was already offered in Europe. The firm says it has provided outsourced accounting services […]
Women Find Tech Career Opportunities in the Microsoft Channel, Part 1
Women Find Tech Career Opportunities in the Microsoft Channel, Part 1 – MSDynamicsWorld.com by Karen Kroll, Contributing Writer published August 3, 2015 The challenges facing women in technical professions continue to make headlines. Women account for just 12 percent of engineers, while their ranks within computing have fallen from 35 percent in 1990 to 26 […]
Cobalt Iterates on Dynamics CRM Snapshot with Deep Cloning, Rollbacks, Backups
Cobalt Iterates on Dynamics CRM Snapshot with Deep Cloning, Rollbacks, Backups – MSDynamicsWorld.com by Dann Anthony Maurno, Assistant Editor published August 5, 2015 Microsoft Dynamics CRM partner and app developer Cobalt has been rapidly iterating on its Dynamics CRM Snapshot offering, a deep clone, backup, and rollback tool for Dynamics CRM and Dynamics CRM Online. […]