Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Nordic expansion; New CSP ally; CRM training; UK NFP Cloud CRM; Doc management update
Sonata Software forms partnership with IZARA to further its Nordic ambitions Sonata Software, a global IT solutions firm, has formed a partnership with Danish ERP house, IZARA, to further develop its presence in the Nordic region. To strengthen its footprint across Northern Europe, Sonata Software has taken a 15% stake in IZARA. The deal will […]
Research: Cloud race has Amazon far in lead, Microsoft showing rapid growth
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Synergy Research Group has revealed findings from Q4 2017 that show spending on cloud infrastructure services leaping 46 percent over the same quarter in 2016, “comfortably beating the growth rates achieved in the previous three quarters.” The expansion was driven by aggressive growth among market leaders Amazon (AWS), Microsoft, Google and […]
Lessons learned moving Dynamics GP customers to a cloud accounting platform
By: John Silvani Over the past four years we have moved many companies from their older on-premises Dynamics GP systems to browser-based applications built on the Microsoft Dynamics cloud platform. These new solutions give organizations easier access and more efficiencies than they had before. In making the decision to leave the on-premises world, similar concerns […]
The Significance of Inventory Lead Time for Manufactured items in Microsoft Dynamics AX & 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise
By: Scott Hamilton The inventory lead time for a manufactured item can serve one or more purposes for modeling supply chain activities. It typically represents the fixed lead time for the item’s production orders, but the significance of this fixed lead time depends on whether routing data has been defined for the item. Other purposes […]
What Oracle, NetSuite Believe Is in Store for Cloud ERP in 2018
By: Chris Preimesberger Enterprise resource planning software, otherwise known by the acronym ERP, became a huge trend late in the 1990s and early 2000s. Through no fault of its own, it since has been eclipsed in the news by sexier enterprise data management packages such as mobile device management (MDM), customer relationship management (CRM) […]
Microsoft acquires cloud-based gaming platform PlayFab
By: Charlie Hall Microsoft announced today that it acquired PlayFab, a provider of services for cloud-connected games. The terms of the acquisition are not known, but a statement from Kareem Choudhry, corporate vice president of gaming at Microsoft, said that the company is now part of the Microsoft family. PlayFab describes itself as “the most […]
Why So Few Women Work In Cyber Security (And How We Can Change It)
This is a really important question as women comprise roughly 10% of the cybersecurity workforce and that number doesn’t show any signs of improving. Clearly, women are not a homogenous group, so the answer varies based on each individual, but I can provide some general thoughts based on my own experience and research on this […]
The battle between ERP and CRM for B2B commerce
By: Ray Grady Today’s B2B buyers aren’t satisfied with the status quo. They’re looking for rich, cross-channel buying experiences that make it easy to locate product information and complete purchases, similar to the experiences they enjoy when they shop on Amazon or other consumer sites. Buyers also want more control in the buying process. A […]
Customer Demand Driving Acumatica Partnership Expansion with ISVs
Acumatica, the world’s fastest-growing cloud ERP company, today announced multiple new ISV partnerships, largely driven by customer demand for Acumatica cloud ERP business management solutions. Some of these new ISV partners include SAP Concur, HighJump, ShipStation, CIMcloud, xkzero and Criterion, all of whom bring significant functionality to their respective customer bases. “Acumatica’s partnership with SAP […]
Microsoft Q2 2018 Earnings Release: Azure up 98%, Dynamics 365 up 67%
Microsoft has announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2017: Revenue of $28.9 billion, up 12% Operating income $8.7 billion, up 10% GAAP net loss $(6.3) billion, with non-GAAP net income $7.5 billion GAAP diluted loss per share $(0.82), with non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.96 GAAP results include a $13.8 […]