Microsoft Cloud to be offered from datacenters in Africa
By: Linda Rosencrance Beginning in 2018, Microsoft is set to deliver the Microsoft cloud, including Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365, from datacenters located in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. The datacenters will serve the entire continent, “and will help organizations and people from Cairo to Cape Town accelerate their journey to cloud […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Invoice automation on AppSource; Rental and service CfMD; Partner’s D365 Team; AX, CRM acquisition
By: Linda Rosencrance Microsoft’s AppSource Adds Mobile-First Invoice Automation Software Dooap Dooap, a developer of accounts payable software for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Dynamics AX, has announced that its software application has been published on Microsoft’s AppSource marketplace. Dooap, mobile-first, cloud-native accounts payable automation solution for Dynamics 365 and Dynamics AX, lets users approve invoices […]
Experts see promise in Learning Path Authoring for Dynamics 365 CRM apps
By: Linda Rosencrance With the December 2016 release of Dynamics 365 sales and service apps, Microsoft has added an important new authoring capability to its in-app help feature known as Learning Paths. Following the introduction of Learning Paths in Dynamics CRM Online 2016 Update 1, Learning Path Authoring offers customers a new way to add […]
Infosys To Hire 10,000 US Workers, Build 4 Tech Research Hubs
Infosys Ltd., India’s iconic outsourcing firm, said Tuesday it will train and hire 10,000 workers in the United States. The announcement follows an executive order from President Donald Trump calling for a review of the H-1B visa program, which allows U.S. employers to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations for extendable three-year periods. The specialized […]
The WannaCry ransomware might have a link to North Korea
By: Michael Kan As security researchers investigate last Friday’s massive attack from the WannaCry ransomware, they’ve noticed clues that may link it with a North Korean hacking group that has been blamed for attacking banks across the world. The evidence is far from a smoking gun, and may prove inconclusive. But security researchers have noticed […]
The ‘cobots’ are coming. Is your IT team ready?
By: Cindy Waxer At Creating Revolutions, an employee affectionately nicknamed “Manuel Noriega” assembles the tiny components of a customer service paging device. Unlike other employees of the startup, Manuel works for hours, day in and day out, without bathroom breaks or healthcare benefits. Meet today’s robot workforce. Manuel is a collaborative robot (or cobot) that’s […]
8 ways to manage an internet or security crisis
By: Jennifer Lonoff Schiff Your business is hit with a ransomware attack. Or your ecommerce site crashes. Your legacy system stops working. Or maybe your latest software release has a major bug. These are just some of the problems that ecommerce, technology and other companies experience at one time or another. The issue is not […]
The working dead: IT jobs bound for extinction
By: Dan Tynan Remember CD-ROMs? Rob Terry does. For a few years in the mid-1990s, he helped develop interactive discs for several companies, including InfoWorld’s sister publication PC World. Terry’s job was to create electronic versions of the magazine that connected with this new thing everyone was talking about called the internet. It didn’t last […]
Can Amazon maintain its AI dominance?
Amazon is winning the home assistant wars, and the tech company took another step forward on Tuesday by unveiling the Echo Show, a touchscreen version of the Amazon Echo. The Echo Show practically combines the Echo with a tablet, meaning that it can play videos, perform video calls, and even display the lyrics to the […]
NetSuite : Terillium Joins NetSuite Solution Provider Program
Terillium, a Platinum level member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) consulting company, announced today it has joined the NetSuite Solution Provider Program. The relationship with Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit allows Terillium to increase its cloud service offerings to meet the growing demand for cloud solutions among Terillium’s mid-market client […]