CRM Giant Salesforce Is Buying Data Integration Firm MuleSoft
Salesforce announced an agreement on Tuesday to buy MuleSoft in an enterprise technology merger that would value MuleSoft at $6.5 billion.Salesforce will pay $44.89 per share for MuleSoft, a 36% premium — each MuleSoft share will equal $36 in cash and 0.0711 shares of Salesforce common stock, the companies said. The deal is expected to […]
Google Pledges $300M To Aid News Organizations, Combat Fake News
By: Shirley Siluk The relationship between traditional news organizations and tech companies, such as Google, has long been complicated. But the search giant that takes the lion’s share of online ad revenues says it recognizes the need for “a healthy ecosystem of publishers producing great digital content.” That’s why it has unveiled a $300 million […]
You know ERP, CRM, HCM? Here comes BSM – Business Spend Management
By: Rob Bernshteyn The business world seems to love acronyms, maybe nowhere more than in the technology industry, and maybe none so much as the TLA (three letter acronym). Acronyms certainly enhance recall, and they save time, space and effort in communication. Of course, they are shorthand for the name of something and as such, […]
Improving Cybersecurity Response in Healthcare Organizations
By: Elizabeth Snell Organizations must have the right staff members in place who are properly trained, and also have appropriate technical tools to ensure that a proper cybersecurity response can occur following a data security incident. Healthcare entities in particular must work to create a comprehensive cybersecurity response plan, but recent studies show that there […]
The Future of ERP Starts with Industry 4.0
The common impression that many have of enterprise resource planning (ERP) is based on the early functions of the systems. For example, an early function included manufacturing resource planning, which was designed to tackle a specific business process such as managing the mass production of standardized goods on assembly lines. ERP was initially based on […]
The Amazing Ways Instagram Uses Big Data And Artificial Intelligence
By: Bernard Marr Instagram, the social networking app for sharing photos and videos, launched in 2010. Today, it boasts 800 million monthly active users and is owned by Facebook. There are 70 million photos uploaded to Instagram every day. People interact with each of those posts by showing their love with a heart, commenting and […]
IIoT And ERP: Powerful Combination Fueled By Data
All signs point toward manufacturers leveraging data to make decisions quickly, to mine for actionable intelligence, to create a significant if initially slight competitive difference versus the competition.This has never been truer than now as manufacturers embrace the benefits that machine-to-machine data sharing can foster. IoT Impact – Consumers and Beyond The IoT’s impact is […]
ERP Strategy: When is it Time to Upgrade?
An important part of your company’s ERP strategy should be to regularly measure the effectiveness of an incumbent system against alternative ERP solutions. If there is sufficient evidence suggesting the system is under performing against the alternatives then it is almost certainly time to consider upgrading. The first factor to take into account is the […]
ERP 2028: A Look Into The Future?
Imagine going forward in time 10 years. What will ERP 2028 be like? When I was much younger, the idea of a door automatically opening was confined to TV with the likes of Star Trek. I can remember my first ever personal calculator (the Sinclair Cambridge) which could only add, subtract, divide and multiply. In […]
Salesforce administrator responsibilities: What needs to be done and when
By: David Taber Salesforce administrators are responsible for tasks ranging from helping users develop reports and reset passwords to maintaining data quality, adding fields, and running backups, among many others. Those ad-hoc tasks do not a job description (or MBO checklist) make, so here’s a look at what admin tasks need to be done – […]