Surveys show high hopes, deep concerns about IoT
By: Stephen Lawson Industrial IoT’s big future is starting to become a reality, but many companies still don’t think they’re ready for it. Those are some of the findings in surveys released on Tuesday by the Business Performance Innovation Network and the Eclipse IoT Working Group. They reflect the views of hundreds of executives and […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: D365 for field service; Mobile data collection; New hosting CEO; Recruitment ISV recruits
By: Linda Rosencrance BroadPoint Launches Field Service Practice, Will Deliver Innovative Microsoft Dynamics 365 Solution BroadPoint Technologies, a business technology consulting firm that specializes in deploying Microsoft Dynamics 365, has launched a practice to support Microsoft’s Field Service Management solution. The practice will help businesses better manage and deliver service to their customers in the […]
An agile Air Force slashes time to roll out new IT capabilities
By: Grant Gross Can an organization really cut development time more than 70 percent by embracing the agile philosophy and open architecture? The intelligence-gathering arm of the U.S. Air Force says it’s done just that. The Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System, a network of 27 surveillance and intelligence-gathering sites, projects that it will ultimately save hundreds […]
IBM X-Force Finds over 4 Billion Records Leaked in 2016
By: Jef Coza The number of records compromised by data breaches grew an historic 566 percent in 2016 from 600 million to more than 4 billion, according to IBM Security’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index. The leaked records include types of data that cybercriminals have traditionally targeted such as credit cards, passwords, and personal health information. […]
Could Amazon become an enterprise collaboration contender?
By: Matt Kapko Microsoft has for decades owned the intersection of collaboration, productivity and communication. However, as these services shifted to the cloud, it opened pathways for greater competition and flexibility in how organizations deployed applications for their workforce. Through G Suite, Google has stretched its resources and refined its family of apps for enterprise. […]
Microsoft vs. Apple: Strategies change but the battle continues
By: Sarah White The Microsoft vs. Apple argument is getting old. At this point, it’s safe to say there’s enough room in the enterprise for both tech giants. Still, it’s difficult to ignore when one starts to surpass the other in either enterprise or consumer popularity. Earlier this month, Apple revealed to TechCrunch that Windows […]
Salesforce.com, Inc. (CRM) Stock Is Hot, But Stay Away … For Now
By: Tom Taulli Salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE: CRM ) has had a fantastic 2017, up 25% for the year-to-date. And that continued Wednesday after analysts at Merrill Lynch put shares on its coveted list of top buys. Source: Shutterstock On the news, CRM stock is up about 3%. In fact, for the year so far, the […]
How IT can foster a spirit of ‘intrapreneurship’
By: Sarah White Entrepreneurship is typically associated with startup companies, and the eager, driven and innovative minds that start them. But there’s another type of entrepreneurship, and it lives inside established organizations. Intrapreneurs are already employed in your organization — they’re workers with progressive ideas that will benefit the company. The only problem is, these […]
Einstein and Watson
By: Henry Kaiser Einstein and Watson Collaborate for a More Powerful CRM Two of the world’s largest providers of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions are joining forces to expand the scope of their artificial intelligence systems. IBM applied a significant portion of their resources to develop Watson, a cognitive computing technology capable of analyzing […]
Is Tesla Throwing Customer Privacy Under the Wheels?
By: Sam Thielman Luxury car maker Tesla is throwing some drivers’ privacy under the wheels following accidents in order to defend its hi-tech self-driving car technology. And while the company has handed data to media following crashes, it won’t provide its customers’ data logs to the drivers themselves, according to interviews conducted by the Guardian. […]