How SAP’s digital access licence influences your ERP strategy
By: Cliff Saran Computer Weekly’s Buyer’s Guide to Cloud ERP Computer Weekly looks at how enterprise applications have evolved, migrating ERP to the public cloud, and the shift from on-premise ERP to cloud-based systems. By submitting my Email address I confirm that I have read and accepted the Terms of Use and Declaration of Consent. […]
Cybersecurity And The Board’s Responsibilities — ‘What’s Reasonable Has Changed’
By: Christopher Skroupa Michael Yaeger focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense and investigations, securities enforcement, internal investigations, accounting fraud, cybercrime/cybersecurity and data security matters, as well as related civil litigation. Yaeger also leads internal investigation and cybercrime-related representations for financial services companies and provides guidance on drafting written information security plans and incident […]
The Future of ERP: Automation, Fewer Spreadsheets, Better Reporting
By: John Foley For more than 25 years, enterprise resource planning software has helped companies manage all aspects of their operations, from procurement and manufacturing to financial reporting. Now those old, complex systems are giving way to a new generation of cloud-based ERP applications that offer companies big advances in automation, ease of deployment, and […]
Supreme Court Drops Microsoft Data Privacy Case
By: Rachel Lerman The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed Microsoft’s data privacy lawsuit against the Justice Department, a move that was expected after a new law made the decision moot. The case involved the right of the U.S. government to obtain information held digitally overseas. Microsoft originally contended it could not turn over customer emails […]
Google’s new DIY AI kits could help shape the future
By: Zach Epstein The “technology of the future” is constantly changing. Remember when Google Glass was the future and venture capitalists launched huge funds dedicated to financial Glass app developers? Remember when chat bots were the future and every tech company on the planet burned time and money developing Facebook Messenger bots? Yeah, most “technologies […]
Microsoft has designed an Arm Linux IoT cloud chip. Repeat, an Arm Linux IoT cloud chip
By: Shaun Nichols Microsoft has designed a family of Arm-based system-on-chips for Internet-of-Things devices that runs its own flavor of Linux – and securely connects to an Azure-hosted backend. Dubbed Azure Sphere, the platform is Microsoft’s foray into the trendy edge-computing space, while craftily locking gadget makers into cloud subscriptions. The way it works is […]
Ensuring Your ERP Applications Are Secure In New Cloud Environments
By: Juan Perez-Etchegoyen Have you considered security when migrating enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications to the cloud? This is a question you may often hear if you are the chief information security officer (CISO) or the chief information officer (CIO) of an organization that is: 1. Planning to run your existing applications and workloads in a […]
How we grow from breaks in our CV – Women in IT
By: Avril Chester I feel I need to start by giving some context. Firstly, my advice below applies to any industry and any gender. Secondly regardless of role, we are all leaders. Servant leaders, line leaders and most importantly, leaders of our own lives. I am however going to frame this in regards to women […]
Hopes are high for Amazon’s entry into health care—as long as they don’t ‘pull a Facebook’
By: Angelica LaVito Amazon will be getting into the health-care business. While full details of its plans aren’t currently known, the company is already shaking up the industry. Amazon has a chance to be successful, but experts say the company must be careful about how it uses patient data. Bill George, Julie Grant and Faisal […]
Hills taps Microsoft for CRM and ERP
By: Dylan Bushell-Embling Home technology solutions company Hills Limited has replaced Salesforce with Microsoft as its provider of back-office customer relations management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) functions. Hills will adopt the Microsoft Dynamics platform for both back-office functions as part of a strategy to consolidate to a single cloud-based platform. The company is […]