Salesforce and Dropbox launch on Facebook’s messenger platform
By: Jamie Davies Salesforce and Dropbox are two of the first to launch service offerings on Facebook’s new messenger platform. According to Facebook, Messenger is one of the industry’s fastest growing apps, increasing user rates from 500 million in 2014 to 900 million today. The company have now introduced a number of bot services on […]
A “Cloud First” Microsoft Plans Retirement, Replacement of Some MPN Competencies
By: Dann Anthony Maurno A “sunset into the clouds” sounds downright pretty. Or, for Microsoft partners, including those with the CRM competency, it may sound like more changes ahead. Microsoft announced on its partner blog that it will sunset 12 of its Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) competencies in favor of cloud competencies. The moves are […]
Public cloud spend to increase by 14.1% in 2016
By: Business Cloud News Research firm IDC have released findings which demonstrate healthy growth in the cloud market throughout 2016. IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker estimates spending on public cloud infrastructure is to increase by 14.1% over the course of the 12 months to $24.4 billion, and spending on private cloud platforms could […]
Microsoft Dynamics Roundup, Envision Edition: New analytics, cloud offerings; Next-best-action for financial services CRM; Sales Automation
By: Dann Anthony Mourno KPMG Unveils Offerings In D&A, Cloud And CRM With Microsoft KPMG LLP and KPMG International announced new Microsoft offerings in data and analytics (D&A), cloud transformation and compliance (CTC), and customer relationship management (CRM) to help clients transform their businesses and accelerate growth in a trusted cloud environment. Announced at Microsoft […]
Toyota and Microsoft launch connected car initiative
By Jamie Davies Japanese car brand Toyota has teamed up with Microsoft to launch Toyota Connected, a new joint venture to further the car manufacturer’s efforts towards autonomous vehicles. Toyota Connected builds on a standing relationship with Microsoft to leverage Azure cloud technology to make the connected driving experience smarter. Based in Plano, Texas, Toyota […]
Salesforce acquires AI start up
By Jamie Davies Salesforce is set to acquire deep learning start up MetaMind in an effort to bolster it artificial intelligence capabilities. While terms of the deal have not been released, it would appear to be an “acqhire” based agreement, as Salesforce will integrate MetaMind’s technology into its current services. Long-term intentions have not been […]
IBM Security targets incident response marketplace with Resilient acquisition
By Business Cloud News IBM Security has completed the acquisition of Resilient, as part of the company’s expansion in the incident response marketplace. Financial terms of the agreement have not been released. The company had announced its plans to acquire Resilient in February, alongside the launch of its X-Force Incident Response Services. Resilient’s incident response […]
AWS to breach $10 billion barrier through fail-fast business model
By Jamie Davies Amazon Founder and CEO Jeffrey Bezos has announced the company has become the fastest ever to reach $100 billion in annual sales, while AWS will also breach the $10 billion milestone in 2015, owing the success to the company’s “fail-fast” business model. Bezos claims in a letter to the company shareholders the […]
Build 2016: Microsoft Announces New Xamarin, Azure Services & Tools for Developers
By Dann Anthony Mourno Recall Microsoft’s February acquisition of Xamarin, a cross-platform provider for mobile app development, reportedly used by more than 1.3 million developers. Microsoft is already making Xamarin capabilities available to developers – good news for those companies which subscribed to Xamarin for development of mobile applications. Scott Guthrie, Microsoft’s executive vice president […]
Microsoft Upgrades Advanced Support for Partners (ASfP) for Cloud Services
By Dann Anthony Mourno Microsoft has significantly upgraded its Advanced Support for Partners (ASfP) offering. This is subscription-based advanced support for cloud partners, be they born-in-the-cloud or moving into it. Microsoft Director of Product Management, Cloud Support Offerings Marcelo Bellinaso summed up the history of ASfP and its new features this way: ASfP is Microsoft’s […]