US idea to collect travelers’ passwords alarms privacy experts
By: Michael Kan To better vet foreign travelers, the U.S. might demand that some visa applicants hand over the passwords to their social media accounts, a proposal that’s alarming privacy experts. “If they don’t want to give us the information, then they don’t come,” said John Kelly, the head of the Department of Homeland […]
Top 10 business applications stories of 2016
By: Brian McKenna The business applications of the internet of things have, alongside the emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning in enterprise software, been the new and developing vista in 2016. The first three stories in this year’s crop reflect this wave. In the field of business applications, Computer Weekly has, in its 50th […]
Microsoft Earnings Release FY17 Q2: No surprise, Microsoft Cloud powers second quarter results
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Microsoft has released its earnings for Q2 2017 (Q4 CY 2016), as follows: Revenue was $24.1 billion GAAP, and $26.1 billion non-GAAP Operating income was $6.2 billion GAAP, and $8.2 billion non-GAAP Net income was $5.2 billion GAAP, and $6.5 billion non-GAAP Diluted earnings per share was $0.66 GAAP, and $0.83 […]
Microsoft marks Outlook Mobile 2-Year anniversary add-ins for iOS – including Dynamics 365
By: Dann Anthony Maurno It has been two years since Microsoft launched Outlook Mobile with advanced email and calendar management; today, the company is launching a spate of add-ins for Outlook inboxes on iOS. On the Microsoft Office blog, Javier Soltero, corporate vice president for the Office team, announced: We’re thrilled to collaborate with Evernote, […]
The Dynamics AX Cloud Advantage – 5 Business Disruptions Circumvented in the Cloud
By 2020, a corporate “no-cloud” policy will be as rare as a “no-internet” policy is today, according to Gartner. There has been a transformational shift in the way IT spending is happening – making cloud one of the most disruptive forces since the beginning of the digital age. “Cloud-first strategies are the foundation for staying […]
Microsoft Taps Kevin Scott as New CTO
By: Linda Rosencrance Microsoft has named Kevin Scott to the newly created role of chief technology officer (CTO), expanding his new role as LinkedIn’s senior vice president of Infrastructure. Microsoft completed its $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn in December. As CTO, Scott, who reports directly to CEO Satya Nadella, will drive strategic, cross-company initiatives to […]
2017 Data Trends: What We Can Expect in ERP, BI and CRM
By: Paul Yarwood Never before has data been so vital to a business or so readily available. Most modern enterprises have troves of data constantly at their fingertips through cloud, on-prem, internal and third-party databases and many types of data platforms, from ERPs to BI, CPM and CRMs. Data and the analysis of this data […]
Robots Will Take Jobs, but Not as Fast as Some Fear, New Report Says
By: Steve Lohr The robots are coming, but the march of automation will displace jobs more gradually than some alarming forecasts suggest. A measured pace is likely because what is technically possible is only one factor in determining how quickly new technology is adopted, according to a new study by the McKinsey Global Institute. Other […]
The state of the IT contractor job market in 2017
By: Bruce Harpham In 2017, strong demand for IT talent will continue in several roles and industries. Understanding how to wring business value from vast stores of data, knowing how to protect that data from increasingly sophisticated threats and navigating the murky waters of freelancing will characterize the tech job market. Searching for pins in […]
Microsoft slates end to security bulletins in February
By: Gregg Keizer Microsoft next month will stop issuing detailed security bulletins, which for nearly 20 years have provided individual users and IT professionals information about vulnerabilities and their patches. One patching expert crossed his fingers that Microsoft would make good on its pledge to publish the same information when it switches to a new […]