IBM plans to hire 1800 people in France for blockchain and AI
IBM Ceo Virginia Rometty is currently having lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. And Rometty talked with Le Monde and announced some new investments in France as part of the Tech for Good Summit organized by Macron. The company plans to hire 1,800 new people in France over the next couple of years. […]
Take a Wrong Turn with ERP and Wind up in Court
By: John Berry Lesson learned decades after the dawn of ERP software: Read the fine print, and understand exactly what it means. The desired destination for enterprise resource planning software is the promised land of business processes that are automated, more efficient and sometimes innovative across a range of company operations. Yet, in the absence […]
Amazon’s Last Chance: If It Doesn’t Catch #1 Microsoft In The Cloud In Q1, It Never Will
By: Bob Evans CLOUD WARS — I wonder if Amazon cloud chief Andy Jassy knows—and takes any comfort from—the history of Bum Phillips? In the NFL during the 1970’s, Bum was the brash and colorful head coach of some fabulous Houston Oilers teams that could well have won a Super Bowl ring or two had […]
Edgewater Fullscope Announce New Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales Solution to the SMB Market
Edgewater Fullscope, a leading provider of Microsoft Dynamics 365 (formerly Dynamics AX and CRM) as well as BI and consulting services. Edgewater Fullscope would like to announce the launch of their new solution, Zero2D365. The Zero2D365 solution is one of the quickest and simplest ways to deploy Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales and Customer Service. At […]
How The FCC Subverted Net Neutrality’s First Principles
By: Fred Campbell Today net neutrality is often described as the principle that internet service providers (ISPs)—and only ISPs—treat all data on the internet the same. But it wasn’t always this way and shouldn’t be this way going forward. UNITED STATES – MAY 16: Senate Minority Leader Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, and House Minority Leader […]
How Data Is Making Us More Human
What do an Uber driver, app developer, social media manager, data scientist, influencer, and drone operator have in common? They are all jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago and they’re all a result of the super-fast technological change something that shows no sign of slowing. According to Willis Towers Watson, 65 percent of children going […]
10 MANUFACTURING BUZZWORDS YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO IN 2018
Live blog coverage from the IFS World Conference 2018 breakout session, “10 manufacturing buzzwords that you need to pay attention to today and tomorrow.” Antony Bourne, Vice President of Global Industry Sales at IFS, gave us 10 buzzwords he thought are — or, in some cases, could — impact manufacturing. 1. SMART FACTORY/INDUSTRY 4.0 Everyone’s heard this term because it’s […]
Microsoft On The Move On Day One Build 2018 With Big Edge IoT, AI, And Mixed Reality Expansion
By: Patrick Moorhead I’m back on the road again attending Microsoft Build 2018 in Seattle, Washington. The company’s annual developer’s conference is always a highlight of the season for me, with developers, partners, press, analysts, and some customers all coming together to hear about the latest and greatest from the tech giant. Microsoft continues to […]
Microsoft 365 Business Boosts SMB Security With Ransomware Protection
By: Pedro Hernandez Following in the footsteps of its upmarket cousin, the Microsoft 365 Business suite now has new security enhancements meant to keep small and midsize business (SMB) users and the data they’re entrusted with safe. Earlier this month, while the IT security community was gathered at the RSA Conference in San Francisco (April […]
Microsoft, Oracle execs raise $3M for digital identity enterprise blockchain startup Trusted Key
By: Taylor Soper A new Seattle startup is using blockchain technology to help companies in finance, healthcare, and other industries identify their users securely without the need for passwords. Trusted Key today announced a $3 million seed round led by Founders Co-op, with participation from Pithia, a new venture capital firm in Seattle focused on […]