The 2019 Microsoft Product Roadmap
By Gladys Rama Server (2/12), Windows 10 (2/11), HoloLens (2/11) Windows 10 ’19H1′ and Beyond (UPDATED: 2/11) Anticipated release: Spring and fall of 2019 Windows Server ‘vNext’ (UPDATED: 2/12) Anticipated release: Spring and fall of 2019 System Center 2019 Anticipated release: First quarter of 2019 Dynamics 365 Anticipated release: Spring and fall of 2019 BizTalk […]
9 in 10 New Dynamics CRM Deals Online
Parts of the Microsoft Dynamics business are tilting overwhelmingly online. Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood discussed the company’s progress with its business applications suite during a call with financial analysts on Wednesday. Overall the Dynamics business grew 17% in Microsoft’s fiscal second quarter, which ran from Oct. 1, 2018 through Dec. 31, 2018. The […]
Microsoft Inks Two Partner Deals and an Acquisition
By Kurt Mackie First, Microsoft announced a deal with longtime partner Accenture and its joint-venture company, Avanade, which is partly owned by Microsoft. The three companies are launching the new “Accenture Microsoft Business Group,” which will offer the “combined service capabilities” of “more than 45,000 dedicated professionals.” According to a Microsoft spokesperson, the personnel will […]
Serverless: The future of cloud computing?
By: Clint Boulton Infrastructure-as-a-service has been a boon for companies, enabling CIOs to turn off servers or even shutter data centers while achieving new levels in business agility. But it’s incumbent on CIOs to ask: What’s the next big thing that will deliver business results? The answer may be “serverless computing,” an emerging software architecture […]
Using Big Data To Improve Driver Safety Through Vehicle Insights
By: Marco Della Torre Automotive technology is undergoing explosive innovation. One of the most important applications of these advancements is improvements to driver safety. Vehicles today can check blind spots, brake in anticipation of slowing traffic and be prevented from starting until the driver’s seatbelt is fastened. While the road to fully autonomous vehicles attracts […]
Microsoft helps LinkedIn launch its first live video streaming service
By Tom Warren@tomwarren Microsoft is getting involved in live video streaming, through its ownership of LinkedIn. The social network is launching a new LinkedIn Live service to its 600 million users, allowing people to live stream video content. It’s arriving initially as an invite-only beta this week for US users, and it comes […]
Microsoft’s Power Platform Aims To ‘Make Other People Cool’
By: Adrian Bridgwater Microsoft has always had to straddle an arguably difficult position in the software trade. The company has always needed to appear technically intricate, granular and powerful in the eyes of hard-core software developers. At the same time, the company has always had to present its software to market with a user-friendly ‘anyone […]
Consumer price transparency: The healthcare CIO’s looming headache
By: Ken Terry Some healthcare CIOs are thinking ahead of the new government requirement that they post their chargemasters (price lists) online. Their hospitals and healthcare systems are also offering patient cost estimators that tell people how much common tests and procedures will cost them out of pocket. The healthcare organizations that do this have […]
Can AI Become Our New Cybersecurity Sheriff?
By: Naveen Joshi Two hospitals in Ohio and West Virginia turned patients away due to a ransomware attack that led to a system failure. The hospitals could not process any emergency patient requests. Hence, they sent incoming patients to nearby hospitals. It is due to incidents like these that cyber threats are one of the top […]
New Challenges in Cybersecurity
By: Julio Rivera The new year brings increased challenges to the cybersecurity front. Current trends show that cyberattacks will grow in frequency during 2019. The government’s cybersecurity efforts already got off to a rocky start due to a highly politicized government shutdown. Will the American government be ready to keep ahead of the pace of […]