An agile Air Force slashes time to roll out new IT capabilities
By: Grant Gross Can an organization really cut development time more than 70 percent by embracing the agile philosophy and open architecture? The intelligence-gathering arm of the U.S. Air Force says it’s done just that. The Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System, a network of 27 surveillance and intelligence-gathering sites, projects that it will ultimately save hundreds […]
Salesforce and Google make news for equal pay issues
By: Sharon Florentine April 4, was Equal Pay Day, recognizing the point in each year to which women must work to make as much as men in the previous year. The wage gap persists, though it’s arguably smaller in tech, and Silicon Valley companies are wrestling with the issue in different ways. Two of the […]
IBM X-Force Finds over 4 Billion Records Leaked in 2016
By: Jef Coza The number of records compromised by data breaches grew an historic 566 percent in 2016 from 600 million to more than 4 billion, according to IBM Security’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index. The leaked records include types of data that cybercriminals have traditionally targeted such as credit cards, passwords, and personal health information. […]
Microsoft prepares to end new licensing deals for Dynamics AX 2012 R3
By: Linda Rosencrance Now that Microsoft has released the on-premise version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations, dubbed Dynamics 365 for Operations Local Business Data, the company will no longer offer Dynamics AX 2012 R3 to new customers as of July 1. This coincides with the expected Spring 2017 release of D365 for Operations. Although this […]
The NAV People releases D365 Cannabis, “seed to sale” for a new and complex industry
By: Dann Anthony Maurno The NAV People has released D365 Cannabis for the marijuana market-a market that, of course, operated informally before legalization. The NAV people describe D365 Cannabis as an “enterprise grade software [that] manages every aspect of the business from ‘seed to sale.’” As well as managing the greenhouse, growing and manufacturing processes, […]
Salesforce skills in high demand in 2017
By: Sharon Florentine Want to land a better job in 2017? If you do one thing in pursuit of that goal this year, you should add Salesforce skills to your resume. It’s one of the fastest-growing, most in-demand skills out there. And it’s ubiquitous. From software developers, solutions architects and designers to project managers and […]
Could Amazon become an enterprise collaboration contender?
By: Matt Kapko Microsoft has for decades owned the intersection of collaboration, productivity and communication. However, as these services shifted to the cloud, it opened pathways for greater competition and flexibility in how organizations deployed applications for their workforce. Through G Suite, Google has stretched its resources and refined its family of apps for enterprise. […]
Microsoft vs. Apple: Strategies change but the battle continues
By: Sarah White The Microsoft vs. Apple argument is getting old. At this point, it’s safe to say there’s enough room in the enterprise for both tech giants. Still, it’s difficult to ignore when one starts to surpass the other in either enterprise or consumer popularity. Earlier this month, Apple revealed to TechCrunch that Windows […]
Salesforce.com, Inc. (CRM) Stock Is Hot, But Stay Away … For Now
By: Tom Taulli Salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE: CRM ) has had a fantastic 2017, up 25% for the year-to-date. And that continued Wednesday after analysts at Merrill Lynch put shares on its coveted list of top buys. Source: Shutterstock On the news, CRM stock is up about 3%. In fact, for the year so far, the […]
Cloud ERP move requires grasp of different types of cloud computing
By: Lauren Gibbins Paul ‘Cloud’ is such a marketing buzzword that it can obscure the type of infrastructure you’ll get with a new ERP system. Here’s a primer on the different types of cloud computing. One difficulty of planning to move your ERP to the cloud: The term is largely a marketing creation. Depending on […]