Acumatica Wins 2018 SIIA CODiE Awards for Best Cloud ERP Solution and Best Manufacturing Solution
By: Kathy Visser-May I’m excited to announce Acumatica’s two most recent CODiE awards: Best Cloud ERP Solution 2018 and Best Manufacturing Solution 2018! This is the second year in a row that our true cloud ERP solution has been honored as the best at the SIIA Annual Conference and CODiE Awards in San Francisco, and […]
NuSoft Solutions Recognized as a Winner for 2018 Microsoft Global Partner of the Year Awards
NuSoft Solutions today announced it is a 2018 Microsoft Global Partner of the Year award winner. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. “Delivering digital solutions to our customers that enable them to transform the way […]
Wholesale distributors build foundation for growth
Thousands of Wholesale Distributors Including Kitchen Art and Circle Valve Technologies Improve Business Operations with NetSuite SAN MATEO, Calif.—June 6, 2018—To successfully adapt to a rapidly changing business environment, thousands of wholesale distributors have selected NetSuite to improve business performance, increase customer satisfaction and stay ahead of the competition. For example, Kitchen Art, one of […]
Google facing a Microsoft moment with EU fine over Android antitrust violations
Google is bracing itself for what will likely be a record-breaking EU fine in the coming weeks. The Financial Times reports that the EU antitrust investigation into Android is concluding, and a fine is expected to be announced in July. The European Commission has been investigating Android after rivals complained that Google has been abusing […]
Why this former Microsoft distinguished engineer decided to build weed-zapping laser-armed robots
By: Lisa Stiffler When Georgios Chrysanthakopoulos decided to launch a startup building small, weed-controlling robots, he wanted an enviro-friendly solution for flattening the leafy pests. His solution is not only non-toxic — it’s just plain cool. “Heck, I’m doing robots. I might as well stick lasers on them,” Chrysanthakopoulos said. So that’s what he did. […]
Salesforce Seen Soaring Higher on Explosive Growth
By: Michael Kramer Shares of Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM) have climbed by about 86% over the past three years to a record high, easily outpacing the S&P 500‘s rise of only 31.25%. But the bulls see shares rising even higher. Analysts predict a rise of 10% to $147.50 in the coming months. Meanwhile, options traders are betting shares […]
SAP CEO McDermott Plans a New Push Into CRM Market
By: Steven Norton SAP SE on Tuesday said it would release a new raft of customer relationship management applications aimed at tying front- and back-office processes as businesses pursue a “single view of the customer.” In an interview, CEO Bill McDermott said CRM has moved beyond sales and now is about creating a seamless customer […]
SAP Adding Analytics Capabilities to S/4HANA Cloud ERP
By: Pedro Hernandez SAP’s big bet on cloud-delivered data analytics not only involves adding new intelligent capabilities to SAP Analytics Cloud, it also means bringing many of the product’s capabilities to other SAP business applications. SAP Analytics Cloud, an artificial intelligence-infused real-time analytics-as-a-service offering, is now directly embedded into the SAP S/4HANA Cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) application […]
NetSuite under Oracle: a progress report
I have seen way too many large vendors under-leverage their acquisitions. They mostly benefit from the incremental revenues but lose talent and value of the acquired IP. The week prior, I was impressed by how Rob Enslin has started to coalesce SAP’s cloud acquisitions like Ariba and SuccessFactors, and how that group of business unit […]
If Industry Leaders Reap The Benefits From AI, Big Data And Robotics, How Can SMEs Stay Relevant?
By: Masao Takahashi and Vijay Raju Robotics, AI and Big Data provide great opportunities for startups and agile SMEs, right? Think again. According to research the World Economic Forum did with Accenture, the bulk of gains goes to the 20% industry leaders in each industry. Without broader implementation of these new technologies, “an ‘industry inequality’ […]