The hidden gaps in public and private clouds
By: Greg Pierce Despite ample marketing hype, there is no panacea when it comes to cloud computing. No silver bullets, no one-size-fits-all. As with any technology, there are merely strengths, weaknesses, and tradeoffs. And all cloud decisions should be grounded in your business priorities and technical requirements in order to meet those priorities. That said, […]
How To Better Manage The Challenges of Software Applications
Managing complexity, aligning IT with the business, and enabling agility are top priorities for CIOs who must deliver on software development projects. So, how can software applications be managed more efficiently? Introducing Integrated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) within your organization helps you plan, manage, and execute the long-term maintenance of a software solution – from […]
3D printing is now entrenched at Ford
By: Lucas Mearian If you were to put the brakes on 3D printing technology at Ford today, the company’s vehicle development would literally come to a screeching halt. Additive manufacturing at the automaker has evolved from being a niche technology a few engineers toyed with 20 years ago to its integration in the R&D process […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Services acquisition; New Legal360 VP; Cloud integration update; Manufacturer CRM go-live
By: Linda Rosencrance Hoboken’s eMazzanti Technologies Acquires Forceworks Office 365 Portfolio eMazzanti Technologies, a retail IT consultant and managed services provider, has acquired a significant portion of the of portfolio of Forceworks, a Microsoft partner specializing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and related applications. The acquisition of Forceworks’ Office 365 business expands eMazzanti’s customer base and […]
Oracle’s Hurd, AT&T’s Donovan on their massive cloud migration deal
By: Marc Ferranti If worries about digital transformation projects keep you up at night, imagine how it would feel to be responsible for moving thousands of internal databases to the cloud for a company with more than $160 billion in annual sales and 260,000 employees. That’s the job that AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan is […]
12 Microsoft Power BI success stories
By: Thor Olavsrud Self-service BI is on the rise among forward-thinking organizations, enabling business users to obtain up-to-the-minute business information in graphical form on demand — with little to no IT intervention. Since the release of Microsoft Power BI, organizations around the world have been turning to the cloud-based service for self-service business intelligence tools that […]
7 hot new IT jobs — and why they just might stick
By: Paul Heltzel Unusual job titles aren’t new in the IT world. Before the Twitter ninja and social media rockstar, before the webmaster was hired to conjure up HTML sorcery, there was the software evangelist, an IT job title that merged the worlds of sales and religion. In the early ’80s an Apple executive coined […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: EDI for D365O; CRM for law; Beauty brand implementation; B2B relationship marketing
By: Linda Rosencrance Data Masons Earns Certified for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations Accreditation Data Masons Software LLC, a provider of integrated EDI and XML solutions for Microsoft Dynamics customers, has announced that its Vantage Point EDI solution is now Certified for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations. The Vantage Point EDI and eCommerce platform offers […]
Alexa, Turn Up My Kenmore AC: Sears Makes Deal with Amazon
Sears will begin selling its appliances on Amazon.com, including smart appliances that can be synced with Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa. The announcement Thursday sent shares of Sears soaring more than 13 percent in midday trading, after jumping 18 percent at the opening bell. The tie-up with the internet behemoth could give shares of the storied […]
Your Roomba May Be Sucking Up More than Dirt
By: Alex Hern The maker of the Roomba robotic vacuum, iRobot, has found itself embroiled in a privacy row after its chief executive suggested it may begin selling floor plans of customers’ homes, derived from the movement data of their autonomous servants. “There’s an entire ecosystem of things and services that the smart home can […]