Twitter Joins Google and FB with Cryptocurrency Ad Ban
By: Rani Molla Twitter today confirmed that it too will be banning private ads for cryptocurrency sales and initial coin offerings. It joins Google, the world’s biggest online ad company, which announced earlier in March it would no longer show ads related to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. That move followed Facebook’s January ban on cryptocurrency and […]
New Study Reveals Key Attributes of High-Performing Finance Teams
FinancialForce, the leading cloud ERP vendor on the Salesforce Platform, published its State of Finance report today. The report, based on insights derived from 1,000 finance and accounting professionals across industries and company sizes, reveals that finance teams that become business partners and embrace next-gen technologies — cloud, integrated platforms, mobile, AI — are best […]
Is Your Business ERP Ready For Industry 4.0?
In a business environment of increasing competition, growing markets and rising customer expectation, it’s not going to be enough for manufacturers to simply maintain the status quo. To survive and thrive, manufacturers must focus on growth, meaning they must embrace Industry 4.0 technologies. Industry 4.0 encompasses the current trend of automation and data exchange in […]
Apple Partners With IBM For Mobile Machine Learning
By: Jim McGregor In conjunction with the Artificial Intelligence (AI) theme at IBM Think, Apple and IBM announced that the two companies are working together to deliver a mobile AI solution based on IBM Watson Services for Core ML. The partnership will leverage Apple’s Core ML framework and Watson Studio (also announced) development tools allowing […]
Microsoft Acquires Avere To Bolster Cloud Storage Strategy
By: Aaron Aupperlee Avere Systems, a Pittsburgh-based cloud storage company, was acquired by Microsoft, the two companies announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Avere’s team will continue to work in Pittsburgh, according to reporting by GeekWire. “By bringing together Avere’s storage expertise with the power of Microsoft’s cloud, customers will benefit from […]
Digital Transformation vs. ERP Implementation: Which is Right For You?
When organizations embark on any enterprise software initiative, they need to ask one question: is this a relatively simple ERP implementation, or is it a broader digital transformation? It may sound like an unimportant, subtle difference in nomenclature, but the answer to this question has significant implications. The way the initiative is planned, the way decisions […]
Artificial Intelligence Myths
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a very polarizing subject in that it’s one of the most overhyped subjects. Yet at the same time, AI has the potential to enact many profound developments in so many areas of business, and our lives. Some people see AI taking over the world within a couple of years, while others […]
CRM Giant Salesforce Is Buying Data Integration Firm MuleSoft
Salesforce announced an agreement on Tuesday to buy MuleSoft in an enterprise technology merger that would value MuleSoft at $6.5 billion.Salesforce will pay $44.89 per share for MuleSoft, a 36% premium — each MuleSoft share will equal $36 in cash and 0.0711 shares of Salesforce common stock, the companies said. The deal is expected to […]
Google Pledges $300M To Aid News Organizations, Combat Fake News
By: Shirley Siluk The relationship between traditional news organizations and tech companies, such as Google, has long been complicated. But the search giant that takes the lion’s share of online ad revenues says it recognizes the need for “a healthy ecosystem of publishers producing great digital content.” That’s why it has unveiled a $300 million […]
Improving Cybersecurity Response in Healthcare Organizations
By: Elizabeth Snell Organizations must have the right staff members in place who are properly trained, and also have appropriate technical tools to ensure that a proper cybersecurity response can occur following a data security incident. Healthcare entities in particular must work to create a comprehensive cybersecurity response plan, but recent studies show that there […]