Ordertrak & Gower partner with Acumatica to accelerate growth within the ERP market
Acumatica, the world’s fastest-growing cloud ERP company, and Gower, a diversified holding company with investments in manufacturing and distribution companies such as MP Husky, Engineered Products, and software companies Ordertrak and Jobscope, announced a joint, wide-ranging partnership. This partnership involves Gower’s Ordertrak division expanding its presence in manufacturing ERP software and the cloud ERP market. […]
5 enterprise cloud strategy trends for 2019
By: Clint Boulton Multi-cloud strategies targeted at driving innovation, complemented by containers, Kubernetes and serverless computing, lead the cloud computing trends for 2019. Cloud computing has become the de facto platform for fueling digital transformations and modernizing IT portfolios. Companies are increasingly finding business agility or cost savings by renting software through vendors such as […]
Here’s What Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Would Do If He Were President–Even Though He Isn’t Running
By: Minda Zetlin On Sunday, MSNBC’s “Revolution” included an interview with Salesforce founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff. The interview, was conducted by Recode co-founder Kara Swisher, and covered a wide range of topics, from the passage of Proposition C in San Francisco (Benioff was a huge supporter) to his view that Facebook should be regulated […]
Why Cloud Is on the Board’s Agenda
Once viewed primarily as a tool for cutting IT costs, cloud technology is now a strategic driver and enabler of business performance and shareholder returns. Increasingly, it is critical that company boards have a solid understanding of what the cloud makes possible and how their organizations can use it to build new competitive advantage, mitigate […]
Enterprises are struggling to adopt AI, Microsoft wants to help
By: Meagan Simpson Adopting artificial intelligence (AI) into actual business practices can be difficult, but Microsoft Corp. is looking to change that, announcing several technology updates aimed at helping businesses more easily adopt AI. At a San Francisco event on Tuesday, Microsoft revealed new ways for companies to take advantage of Microsoft’s AI through Azure, open-source tools to […]
Rubrik Launches Accelerator for Microsoft Azure to Provide Enterprises with a Fast Track to the Hybrid Cloud
Special edition of Rubrik’s Cloud Data Management Platform provides free Microsoft Azure and CloudOn instantiation for new users Rubrik, the Cloud Data Management Company, today announced the launch of the Rubrik Accelerator for Microsoft Azure to offer enterprise customers a single solution to protect and manage data from on-premises to Microsoft Azure. Rubrik Accelerator for […]
Microsoft is acquiring a Texas-based AI startup as it prepares for the next wave of the cloud wars
By: Rosalie Chan and Matt Weinberger Microsoft announced Wednesday it would acquire an Austin-based software product design and development studio called XOXCO. XOXCO is known for Howdy, a bot for the popular Slack work chat app that helps schedule meetings, as well as Botkit, which provides development tools for the GitHub code-sharing service. Microsoft has […]
Alithya acquires Edgewater Technology and becomes a leading North American strategy and digital technology firm
(“Alithya”), a leader in strategy and digital technologies, announced the successful completion of the previously announced business combination between Alithya Group Inc. (“Alithya Canada”), a Québec private corporation, and Edgewater Technology, Inc. (“Edgewater”), a Delaware corporation listed on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ: EDGW). Pursuant to the business combination, each of Alithya Canada and Edgewater […]
Everything you ever wanted to know about cloud ERP, but were too afraid to ask
By: Kerrie Jordan No matter where you fall on this scale of consideration, here’s what you need to know to guide your ERP deployment decisions—both now and in the future. A strong enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution can be the lynchpin to successful business growth. While several corporations are now making the transition towards cloud-based […]
Three Ways Manufacturers Can Maximize ROI on an ERP/MES Investment
If you are looking for a new enterprise resource planning (ERP)/manufacturing execution system (MES), you’ll need to do some research. Throughout your evaluation process, you’ll be looking carefully for a system that offers the features and functionality you need. But what you really want is to know what your return on investment (ROI) will be. […]