How Big Data, IoT and ERP can leverage Real-Time Actionable Intelligence
By Himanshu Palsule Mobile, social, analytics, cloud, the Internet of Things, nanotechnology, 3D printing and more manufacturers are facing a barrage of information about how new disruptive technologies will change the face of their industry. But for manufacturers to embrace these technologies, they must have a clear understanding of the technology value-add within the […]
Cybersecurity Trends Report Highlights ERP Security as a Topic to Watch in 2017
By: Darya Maenkova In February, Crowd Research Partners released the 2017 Cybersecurity Trends Report. The study reveals that ERP Security got the list of organizations’ investment priorities as a trending cybersecurity topic. Unfortunately, the interest is caused by the expected increase in the number of cyberattacks against these business-critical applications. Security professionals predict that […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: NAV mobile app; Digital transaction app; New ICSP; New ISV CEO
By: Linda Rosencrance New Anveo Release: Make Your Dynamics NAV Available Anywhere|Anytime Anveo has announced that its Client Suite 8.0 will be available for download on March 14 at the Anveo Partner Portal. Anveo 8.0 offers new features for mobile processing, anywhere and at anytime. One of the features of the new release is Extended […]
Master Planning in Manufacturing using Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations or AX 2012 R3
By: Scott Hamilton Editor’s Note: This article summarizes the newly published book by Dr. Hamilton about master planning in different types of manufacturing. The book contents apply to those firms using Dynamics 365 for Operations or Dynamics AX 2012 R3. The planning calculations for managing a manufacturing business can provide significant benefits by coordinating supply chain activities […]
Oh No, Not Again!?! How A Second Global IT Outage Suggests Delta Airlines Still Has No Decent Disaster Recovery Strategy
By: Greg Pierce In August, I blogged about my experience with the Delta outage and provided some lessons learned from those calamitous few summer days. With over 650 cancelled flights (and thousands of frustrated customers), I speculated that their disruption in services must have cost them many millions of dollars in damages. And all caused […]
5 Important CRM Trends for 2017
In an age of accelerating change, agile customer relationship management (CRM) systems are increasingly important. Both startups and successful, established enterprises must anticipate and prepare for the exciting possibility of rapid growth. Chess masters are highly skilled at thinking many moves ahead, and today’s business professionals must do the same to take full advantage of […]
ERPSI Wins $45M Contract to Support U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has awarded Enterprise Resource Planned System International, LLC (ERPSI) — a joint venture team between Planned Systems International, Inc. (PSI) and ERP International, LLC (ERP) — the Flexible Agile Development Services II (FADS II) contract. Under the contract, PSI will support the USCIS […]
Partners react positively to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations (AX 7) on-premise plans
By: Linda Rosencrance Last week, Microsoft announced that it will be offering Dynamics 365 for Operations (formerly AX 7) as an on-premise solution or in partner-hosted environments, outside of Azure, sometime this summer. Reaction to the news from partners has been positive. “This is big news for many of the customers that are not yet […]
Healthcare firms plan to increase security spending
By: Maria Korolov After several high-profile breaches over the past couple of years, the healthcare industry plans to increase its spending on IT security more than other sectors. According to a survey released this Tuesday, 81 percent of U.S. healthcare companies plan to increase security spending this year, compared to an overall industry average of […]
Industrial and Enterprise Internet of Things (2017-2022) – About 50% of the Global SMEs will Deploy Some Kind of IoT Enabled ERP by 2022
Industrial IoT (IIoT) is part of a broader trend towards the transformation of industry as part of a fourth industrial revolution (e.g. Industry 4.0) that involves more than just manufacturing. IIoT is poised to transform many industry verticals including healthcare, retail, automotive, and transport. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is manifest in architecture that facilitates the […]