Is your business overpaying for the cloud?
By: Rob Curls Ask anyone who has adopted cloud services why and they’ll likely mention the costs. Often the primary driver for attracting organizations to cloud, cost and value are the metrics by which businesses evaluate hosting and cloud services. Yet, according to 451 Research, 75% of surveyed businesses indicate that budget and cost is […]
Goodbye Adxstudio, Hello Microsoft Dynamics Portals source code release, new features
By: Nicholas Hayduk Microsoft continues to push forward with Dynamics 365 Portals, and while their focus is on the public cloud, they haven’t forgotten about their on-premises customers. But as the end of life for the older Adxstudio Portals product nears, there are some important questions to answer about how to maintain current solutions and […]
Avalara Certifies 14 Partner Integrations to Automate Tax Calculations and Management
Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses, today announced its fall 2017 release of 14 new certified partner integrations. Avalara Certified partners have passed a series of criteria developed by Avalara to guarantee each integration’s performance and reliability. Certified integrations are built to ensure customers enjoy a fast, reliable, and […]
Tech giants are paying huge salaries for scarce talent in artificial intelligence
By: Cade Metz Typical AI specialists, both Ph.Ds fresh out of school and people with less education and just a few years of experience, can be paid from $300,000 to $500,000 a year Silicon Valley’s start-ups have always had a recruiting advantage over the industry’s giants: take a chance on us and we’ll give you […]
Is Microsoft Dynamics ERP in it for the long haul?
By: Jim O’Donnell Microsoft may be squandering a great enterprise product set with Dynamics ERP, says one analyst, but others believe that the platform is just undergoing a shift to cloud. What’s the deal with Microsoft Dynamics ERP? That’s the question that analyst Joshua Greenbaum has been asking for a while. The respected industry analyst […]
Making the connection between Big Data Analytics and the Internet of Things
By: Dhrumit Shukla Both Big Data and the IoT are the biggest names in the technology trend these days. There are definitely differences between the two, but there are also similarities that boost systems and operations. As sensors spread throughout almost every industry, the internet of everything will trigger a massive huge data influx. With […]
Best CRM Software for Small Businesses in 2017
By: Rebecca Baldridge For any business, small or large, developing strong relationships with customers is a critical factor for success. Using customer relationship management (CRM) software can help companies organize important data from multiple locations into one convenient interface. The ability to track and analyze every interaction with a customer or prospect increases customer engagement […]
AssureSign Brings eSignature to LinkedIn and Dynamics 365 CRM Integration
By: Hans Carlson AssureSign, the preferred eSignature vendor for Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 CRM, has announced its integration with LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator and Microsoft’s Dynamics 365, allowing users to leverage all three platforms in a single environment. The synchronization between AssureSign’s secure eSignature, LinkedIn’s popular lead generator, and Microsoft’s capable CRM alleviates formerly manual processes with […]
VR As An Empathy Machine: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
By: Tal Blevins We’re about a year-and-a-half into the current crop of consumer VR units. And while we’ve seen a lot of great content and experiences over those 18 months, we’ve barely scratched the surface of what virtual reality has to offer. VR can take you to places and put you in situations that you […]
SAP Real-Time Tennis Analytics Will Be Now Available for Media
SAP and the Women’s Tennis Association introduced a brand new portal that provides real-time tennis analytics for media during WTA tournaments. SAP solutions, including SAP Leonardo Machine Learning capabilities and SAP Predictive Analytics software, enable new portal to provide deeper analysis based on historical and live data. SAP and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced […]