Rapid application development with Microsoft Power Platform & Azure
This year, at Build, we have an incredible 31 sessions covering Power Platform and Azure. This volume of sessions at a professional developer conference is a turning point for the Power Platform, so I wanted to take a moment and reflect on this growing fusion of low-code and code-first development. Over the next three years, […]
Survey: How Business Leaders Are Managing Through COVID-19
By Jason Maynard, SVP Global Field Operations It’s a tough time for businesses. Leaders are faced with managing critical short-term priorities as they try to ensure their business survives the global pandemic, while also having to determine how they can set their business up for a faster rebound and long-term success. To learn more about […]
UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft collaborate to launch ProtectWell™ protocol and app to support return-to-workplace planning and COVID-19 symptom screening
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) have joined forces to launch ProtectWell™, an innovative return-to-workplace protocol that enables employers to bring employees back to work in a safer environment. ProtectWell™ helps employees determine they are safe to go to work, co-workers know their colleagues have been screened, and employers feel confident that […]
Microsoft, Workday announce strategic partnership to accelerate planning for today’s world
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY) today announced a strategic partnership prioritizing enterprise planning in the cloud and expanding the business solutions customers can use to better optimize their everyday work. Through this partnership, Workday customers will also be able to run Workday Adaptive Planning on the Microsoft Azure cloud. Further, Microsoft […]
SAS and Microsoft partner to further shape the future of analytics and AI
Microsoft Corp. and SAS today announced an extensive technology and go-to-market strategic partnership. The two companies will enable customers to easily run their SAS® workloads in the cloud, expanding their business solutions and unlocking critical value from their digital transformation initiatives. As part of the partnership, the companies will migrate SAS’ analytical products and industry […]
Put Dynamics AX in your rear-view mirror now
Published by Barr Snyderwine North America Industry Lead As many of you know Microsoft is not extending the deadline for support on AX. This means many businesses are forced to face the reality of an upgrade sooner rather than later. My colleague at Avanade, Ted Root and I wrote this article as a guide […]
Do-‘Goodr’ Jasmine Crowe uses technology to reduce other companies’ carbon footprint
Before she founded a profit-for-good corporation that helps other companies strive for zero waste – which has so far diverted more than 2 million pounds of surplus food from landfills (about 1.8 million meals) – Jasmine Crowe used to feed people experiencing homelessness directly from the kitchen of her small one-bedroom apartment in Atlanta, something […]
Cincom and C5 Insight Announce Partnership
Companies join forces to deliver a better way to configure, price and quote complex products and services. Cincom Systems, Inc., a global supplier of enterprise software solutions, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with C5 Insight to sell and implement CPQSync™ by Cincom. C5 Insight is a consulting firm that helps companies […]
BroadPoint Celebrates Record Earnings in 2019, Positioned as Leading Microsoft Dynamics 365 Partner in the Washington DC Metro Area
BroadPoint Inc., leading provider of business technology solutions for commercial and federal companies in Washington, D.C., announces 2019 is the best revenue year in its 20-year history. As a Microsoft Gold-certified partner focusing on enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and Cloud solutions, BroadPoint supports its clients by accelerating their digital transformation. “We believe wide market acceptance of Microsoft Business Central is one reason 2019 was our best year ever,” says Lee Raesly, CEO of BroadPoint. “We expect 2020 to be another exceptional year as we continue to help our clients navigate the many opportunities […]
How Microsoft 365’s new solution uses machine learning to stop data leaks and insider attacks
If an employee who recently gave two weeks’ notice starts downloading large numbers of files from the company network and copying them to a thumb drive, it is entirely possible that he or she has no malicious intent. The employee could be saving innocuous files related to their employment record or examples of marketing pieces […]