The Microsoft partner opportunity with Dynamics 365/CRM: An interview with Tony de Freitas
By: Guus Krabbenborg Microsoft partners that want to sell and deploy Dynamics 365 CRM apps or add-on technology know they must keep up with Microsoft’s roadmap, incentives, and channel priorities. But what can any individual firm do to keep its strategy relevant and in step with Microsoft’s? This spring I interviewed Microsoft’s Tony de Freitas […]
Salesforce, Adobe, Oracle Among Data Management Platform Wave Leaders
By: David Roe Customer experience has dominated the headlines for several years, but in all of the discussions, data management and its role in delivering those experiences often goes forgotten. However, behind the headline-grabbing customer experience stories, many vendors have started buying, building or integrating data management platforms to help marketing and sales departments identify […]
BKD adds cloud-based Microsoft solutions
BKD Technologies announced it is now a direct Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider. BKDT has been providing Microsoft Dynamics ERP implementation for more than 20 years. As a direct Microsoft CSP, the company is able to expand its breadth of managed services and support offerings. “As a certified CSP, we are able to help our clients […]
Weekly Tech News: Microsoft, Amazon and Twitter
This week’s news covers Microsoft finally announces the Xbox One X (earlier known as Project Scorpio), Amazon willing to buy out Slack for $9 billion, Twitter gets a new design, Google Drive enabling full PC backup and Softbank acquires Boston Dynamics. That’s a lot of content to cover so without any further delay, let’s get […]
Dynamic NAV or Dynamics 365 – What’s in a name? asks The NAV People
When we first met Navision Financials 22 years ago, we puzzled over her name. This new Windows version 1.0 beauty certainly had finance functions, but also sales order processing, purchase order processing and stock management. But still she was Navision Financials. Navision Financials then became Navision Attain, then Microsoft Business Solutions NAV then simply Dynamics […]
Hitachi Solutions – Global Microsoft Dynamics Solution Provider – Wins Worldwide Cloud Microsoft Partner Of The Year 2017 Award
Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. is pleased to announce that its parent company Hitachi Solutions America, Ltd., a leading provider of global industry solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics and the Microsoft Cloud, has won the 2017 Microsoft Cloud Customer Relationship Management Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field […]
Messaging startup Slack said to draw interest from Amazon – Bloomberg (AMZN, CRM, MSFT)
Slack Technologies Inc, a corporate messaging and collaboration software startup, has received inquiries about a potential takeover from technology companies including Amazon.com Inc, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. A deal could value the company at at least $9 billion, Bloomberg reported citing people with knowledge of the matter. Slack is a platform where employees can send […]
The 13 most valuable IT certifications today
By: Sarah White and Rich Hein In IT, experience is king. Yet IT certifications remain a valuable tool for advancing your career. IT certifications give junior-level workers an opportunity to gain more resume-worthy experience in the IT industry. For tenured employees, certifications help you continually grow and adapt your skillset to fit the changing landscape […]
IRCE 2017 recap: Omnichannel, personalization, and how Microsoft Dynamics 365 answers both demands
By: Greg Williams Two of the most talked-about topics at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE 2017) in Chicago last week were personalization and omnichannel. Retail executives understand that they need to provide a consistent brand and buying experience from the store to the website to catalog and beyond, but they are not sure […]
Amazon’s Own Brands Are Becoming Super Popular Online
By: Jason Del Rey Amazon laid the groundwork for a massive line of in-house brands when it launched the AmazonBasics private label in 2009. Seven-plus years later, that launch is paying dividends. In batteries, for example, the AmazonBasics brand has become the most popular online, accounting for an estimated third of all digital sales in […]