Partners react positively to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations (AX 7) on-premise plans
By: Linda Rosencrance Last week, Microsoft announced that it will be offering Dynamics 365 for Operations (formerly AX 7) as an on-premise solution or in partner-hosted environments, outside of Azure, sometime this summer. Reaction to the news from partners has been positive. “This is big news for many of the customers that are not yet […]
Healthcare firms plan to increase security spending
By: Maria Korolov After several high-profile breaches over the past couple of years, the healthcare industry plans to increase its spending on IT security more than other sectors. According to a survey released this Tuesday, 81 percent of U.S. healthcare companies plan to increase security spending this year, compared to an overall industry average of […]
Yesterday´s ERP Future is Today´s Reality
By: Sven Denecken Yesterday´s Future is Today´s Reality – why running SaaS ERP is a game changer in the Industry. In the area of Business applications, cloud seems to be all over the place. But it has many facets which all have its right to exist, though it´s a fatal misunderstanding to see cloud simply […]
How to develop an internet of things strategy
By: Thor Olavsrud The internet of things (IoT) may present the biggest opportunity to enterprises since the dawn of the internet age, and perhaps it will be bigger. Research firm Gartner predicts there will be nearly 20 billion devices on the IoT by 2020, and IoT product and service suppliers will generate $300 billion+ in […]
How Philips is turning toothbrushes and MRI machines into IoT devices
By: Brandon Butler The Philips FlexCare Platinum Connected toothbrush is more than just a device for keeping your mouth clean – it’s an IoT machine. Wireless sensors measure the location, pressure and scrubbing patterns of the 31,000 strokes-per-minute vibrating bristles. The data is transferred via Bluetooth to a mobile app that provides a three-dimensional […]
US idea to collect travelers’ passwords alarms privacy experts
By: Michael Kan To better vet foreign travelers, the U.S. might demand that some visa applicants hand over the passwords to their social media accounts, a proposal that’s alarming privacy experts. “If they don’t want to give us the information, then they don’t come,” said John Kelly, the head of the Department of Homeland […]
Top 10 business applications stories of 2016
By: Brian McKenna The business applications of the internet of things have, alongside the emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning in enterprise software, been the new and developing vista in 2016. The first three stories in this year’s crop reflect this wave. In the field of business applications, Computer Weekly has, in its 50th […]
Microsoft Earnings Release FY17 Q2: No surprise, Microsoft Cloud powers second quarter results
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Microsoft has released its earnings for Q2 2017 (Q4 CY 2016), as follows: Revenue was $24.1 billion GAAP, and $26.1 billion non-GAAP Operating income was $6.2 billion GAAP, and $8.2 billion non-GAAP Net income was $5.2 billion GAAP, and $6.5 billion non-GAAP Diluted earnings per share was $0.66 GAAP, and $0.83 […]
Microsoft marks Outlook Mobile 2-Year anniversary add-ins for iOS – including Dynamics 365
By: Dann Anthony Maurno It has been two years since Microsoft launched Outlook Mobile with advanced email and calendar management; today, the company is launching a spate of add-ins for Outlook inboxes on iOS. On the Microsoft Office blog, Javier Soltero, corporate vice president for the Office team, announced: We’re thrilled to collaborate with Evernote, […]
Microsoft Taps Kevin Scott as New CTO
By: Linda Rosencrance Microsoft has named Kevin Scott to the newly created role of chief technology officer (CTO), expanding his new role as LinkedIn’s senior vice president of Infrastructure. Microsoft completed its $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn in December. As CTO, Scott, who reports directly to CEO Satya Nadella, will drive strategic, cross-company initiatives to […]