Microsoft is Giving Away Free Cloud Storage…And Other Small Business Tech News This Week
By: Gene Marks 1 — Microsoft is giving away cloud storage to lure users away from Box, Dropbox and Google In an effort to attract users of cloud services from Box, Dropbox, and Alphabet’s Google Drive, Microsoft is now giving them its competitive product for free. This week, the company said users of those 3 […]
Cisco, Apple, Aon and Allianz collaborate on cyber security
Cisco, Apple, Aon and Allianz today announced a new cyber risk management solution for businesses, comprised of cyber resilience evaluation services from Aon, the most secure technology from Cisco and Apple, and options for enhanced cyber insurance coverage from Allianz. The new solution is designed to help a wider range of organizations better manage and […]
Does An Increased Focus On Field Service Mean You Have To RIP And Replace An ERP System?
There are two central truths when it comes to enterprise resource planning (ERP)software. The first is that it is a long-term investment, and you don’t rip and replace what you have implemented unless it is absolutely necessary. The second is that no ERP will do everything, or everything well, and you need smart ways to extend […]
The Significance of Inventory Lead Time for Manufactured items in Microsoft Dynamics AX & 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise
By: Scott Hamilton The inventory lead time for a manufactured item can serve one or more purposes for modeling supply chain activities. It typically represents the fixed lead time for the item’s production orders, but the significance of this fixed lead time depends on whether routing data has been defined for the item. Other purposes […]
Opinion: When will artificial intelligence (AI) impact ERP software? Don’t hold your breath
By: Peter Joeckel You’ve probably noticed that claims of AI-powered software solutions are starting to pop up more frequently, including in the context of ERP. To be clear, regardless of what breathless marketers and science fiction fans love to dream about, there is currently no such thing as artificial intelligence in its truest form, and […]
A.I. perfectly predicted last year’s Super Bowl score. What happens to betting?
By: Dyllan Furness ompetitive sports are ultimately numbers games. Whether it’s a gymnast racking up points on a balance beam, a tennis player acing her opponent, or a football team scoring on a last second Hail Mary, all matches are won and lost by numbers. There are upsets, comebacks, and situations when the losing team […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Nordic expansion; New CSP ally; CRM training; UK NFP Cloud CRM; Doc management update
Sonata Software forms partnership with IZARA to further its Nordic ambitions Sonata Software, a global IT solutions firm, has formed a partnership with Danish ERP house, IZARA, to further develop its presence in the Nordic region. To strengthen its footprint across Northern Europe, Sonata Software has taken a 15% stake in IZARA. The deal will […]
Research: Cloud race has Amazon far in lead, Microsoft showing rapid growth
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Synergy Research Group has revealed findings from Q4 2017 that show spending on cloud infrastructure services leaping 46 percent over the same quarter in 2016, “comfortably beating the growth rates achieved in the previous three quarters.” The expansion was driven by aggressive growth among market leaders Amazon (AWS), Microsoft, Google and […]
Microsoft acquires cloud-based gaming platform PlayFab
By: Charlie Hall Microsoft announced today that it acquired PlayFab, a provider of services for cloud-connected games. The terms of the acquisition are not known, but a statement from Kareem Choudhry, corporate vice president of gaming at Microsoft, said that the company is now part of the Microsoft family. PlayFab describes itself as “the most […]
Why So Few Women Work In Cyber Security (And How We Can Change It)
This is a really important question as women comprise roughly 10% of the cybersecurity workforce and that number doesn’t show any signs of improving. Clearly, women are not a homogenous group, so the answer varies based on each individual, but I can provide some general thoughts based on my own experience and research on this […]