2017 IT forecast: Budgets will rebound
By: Sharon Florentine TEKsystems 2017 IT forecast shows IT budgets rebounding from a slump in 2016, and IT leaders’ confidence high going into the new year. But challenges around talent acquisition and organizational alignment will persist. The research, which polled 700 CIOs, IT hiring managers, directors and vice presidents in October 2016, found that almost […]
Despite risk, 1,000 in tech pledge not to help Trump’s data efforts
By: Patrick Thibodeau As President-elect Donald Trump met with high-tech business leaders in New York Wednesday, some of their employees were affirming, in tweets, a decision to join the resistance. The Neveragain.tech pledge passed more than 1,000 signatures, it announced late Wednesday, hours after Trump had wrapped up his meeting with a dozen tech executives. […]
New capabilities coming to Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security
By: Linda Rosencrance Microsoft has released enhanced capabilities for Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) to help companies maximize their employees’ productivity as well ensure their critical business data is protected, according to a blog post by Andrew Conway, general manager, EMS Product Marketing. The enhancements are: Pass-through authentication with Azure Active Directory, available now in […]
Year End SuperPodcast: 2016 highlights, 2017 predictions
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Something a little different this week: seven enterprise software podcasters weigh in on 2016 and 2017, talking about everything from Microsoft’s sudden burst of product releases, consolidations among both enterprise packages and partners, and even driverless cars and bitcoin. Hosted by Bob McAdam (acting as moderator), Todd McDaniel, and Darcy […]
Oracle earnings: Can NetSuite acquisition help win the race against Salesforce?
By: Jeremy Owens Oracle Corp. managed to win a fight for its acquisition of NetSuite, but that just means ever-combative founder Larry Ellison can gird for other battles. Oracle ORCL, +0.11% is scheduled to report fiscal second-quarter earnings after trading closes Thursday, the first quarterly report for the software giant since its $9.3 billion deal […]
Salesforce just bought a startup called Twin Prime, adding to its $5 billion buying binge
By: Eugene Kim Salesforce just bought another startup called Twin Prime, adding to its $5 billion acquisition spree this year. Twin Prime is a five-year old startup that helps mobile apps perform better. Its CEO Katrik Chandrayana claims that Twin Prime customers increased their time spent in-app by up to 50%. The deal was announced through Twin […]
Apple’s SAP deal means more iOS enterprise apps
Apple continues to make headway in the business world. This week it landed a significant partnership with SAP that could have a major impact on mobile productivity. In an effort to expand its presence in the enterprise market, Apple this week announced another major partnership with a business-software giant. In a wide-ranging deal with SAP […]
Microsoft Envision discontinued, melts into Microsoft Ignite
By: Dann Anthony Maurno In a post entitled Microsoft 2017 event lineup, Microsoft announced that there will be no Microsoft Envision conference in February 2017; rather, it will be rolled into Microsoft Ignite. Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela made the announcement – the third of three items (more on […]
Perspectives on moving to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations (AX7): Making sense of early user, partner reactions
By: Chris Hurley Microsoft disclosed many important details about the future of Dynamics AX at AXUG Summit 2016 in October. Our team at Computer Futures was very interested to hear the announcements related to Dynamics 365, which brings CRM and AX, along with other application and platform capabilities, together into a seamless solution that could […]
Microsoft Rolls Out New Cloud Training for Next-Gen Tech Pros
By: Linda Rosencrance Microsoft has launched new free Azure training courses to help address the need for highly skilled cloud techs across a variety of industries – especially those in which Microsoft partners operate. The courses are available in an interactive online learning environment, where people can work at their own pace, stated Gavriella Schuster, […]