Microsoft’s Cloud Outage Postmortem: What Went Wrong in Texas
By: Kurt Mackie Microsoft this week released its report on what went wrong with its cloud on Sept. 4, when a lightning strike at its U.S. South Central datacenter region caused a widespread service outage. The outage affected regional operations (“South Central U.S.”) as served up from Microsoft’s datacenters in San Antonio, Texas. However, it […]
Look Out, SAP And Oracle: Workday Launching Serious Assault On ERP Market
By: Bob Evans CLOUD WARS — Hoping to combine its superb track record for customer success with a big recent acquisition in the operational-planning category, Workday has begun positioning itself as a full-fledged ERP provider whose modern technology and customer-centric approach will begin peeling customers away from market leaders SAP and Oracle. Workday CEO Aneel […]
The 3 Things Salesforce Management Can’t Stop Talking About
By: Danny Vena There was plenty of good news when Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) reported its second-quarter financial results. The company continued its habit of “beat and raise,” beating expectations and raising its forecast for the remainder of the year. Revenue for the quarter grew 27% year over year to $3.28 billion, surpassing analysts’ consensus estimates […]
Microsoft Monday: Windows 7 Monthly Charge, Control Xbox With Alexa And Cortana, New Surface Rumors
By: Amit Chowdhry “Microsoft Monday” is a weekly column that focuses on all things Microsoft. This week “Microsoft Monday” features news about the new Xbox Skill for Alexa and Cortana, a new monthly charge for Windows 7 extended support, Skype’s new call recording feature, an Outlook redesign and much more! Using Alexa And Cortana To Control […]
Openprise Announces Openprise Data Orchestration Platform for Microsoft Dynamics 365
Solution Automates Dozens of Processes to Help Marketing & Sales Teams Clean Data, Focus on the Right Targets, and Scale Operations Openprise, the leader in data orchestration solutions for marketing and sales, today announced the general availability of Openprise Data Orchestration Platform for Microsoft Dynamics 365. The solution automates all the painful, manual processes that sales automation and marketing […]
Salesforce updates its flagship Sales Cloud software-as-a-service with new features for managers and inside sales reps
By: Tom Krazit Salesforce plans to release some previously announced features introduce a few new ones Thursday for its Sales Cloud product, hoping to stay atop the customer-relationship management heap by giving customers incentives to put more and more of their sales tactics inside Salesforce. Sales Cloud will soon give customers more flexibility over how […]
Microsoft Cloud Services Stumble After Outage Hits Texas Datacenter
By: Kurt Mackie Various Office 365 and Azure cloud services went down this week after a Sept. 4 lightning strike temporarily disabled Microsoft’s datacenters in the South Central U.S. region. The lightning strike on a San Antonio, Texas datacenter temporarily knocked out the power, leading to service outages that have affected many regional South Central […]
The man in the red polo: Meet Scott Guthrie, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s front-line general in the cloud wars with Amazon and Google
By: Matt Weinberger Meet Scott Guthrie, the executive VP of Microsoft’s cloud and artificial intelligence business. He’s a long-time Microsoft exec, and a trusted lieutenant to CEO Satya Nadella — the two worked together to get the Microsoft Azure cloud business off the ground. In this interview, Guthrie discusses what he learned from working with […]
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing ERP
More than sixty years after artificial intelligence was first launched, it is finally being used to streamline and boost business efficiency and productivity. Today, the building blocks are in place for AI to deliver results. Sensors track products at every stop of their life cycle from the shop floor to customer sites. Cloud solutions enable […]
Salesforce Management Highlights 2 Growth Drivers
By: Daniel Sparks There’s little doubt about software-as-a-service company Salesforce.com ‘s (NYSE: CRM) strong momentum. The company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings release highlighted broad momentum across its subscription clouds, industry segments, and geographies. Further, Salesforce’s revenue growth has accelerated for two consecutive quarters, rising 27% year over year in Q2. As investors dig into the numbers behind […]