For the love of dog: Dogtopia unleashes swift growth by treating every pup like family
Harper entered the lobby in silence while her body language screamed: “Get me outta here!” The owner of the Colorado daycare center had seen that kind of shyness before. She gently coaxed Harper toward a room filled with brightly colored climbing toys and a pack of eager friends. But Harper refused to surrender. Nearly 2 […]
Why Businesses Need Gen 2 Cloud
As we move into the third decade of cloud computing, it’s important to remember that not all clouds are alike. Back in, say 2006, cloud computing services were a revelation to software developers. These rentable storage and compute services provided a handy virtual holding cell that developers could use for designing and prototyping new applications […]
Microsoft commercial strength powers second quarter results
Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2019, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year: Revenue was $36.9 billion and increased 14% Operating income was $13.9 billion and increased 35% Net income was $11.6 billion and increased 38% GAAP and 36% non-GAAP Diluted earnings per share […]
The 5 most-critical ERP trends for 2020 and beyond
The cloud is the seedbed of the new technologies affecting ERP, including AI and IoT. It could soon lead to autonomous software that takes over many everyday business processes. By David Essex, Editor at Large As 2020 kicks off a new decade of ERP trends, the very concept of ERP is changing, as new technologies […]
Bonjour! ¡Bienvenidos! Seeing AI expands to 5 new languages
Akiko Ishii was referred to a job training program where she hoped to learn how to use a computer and work in an office. Instead, she was told she should probably study to be a massage therapist, that it would be a good profession for someone like her – someone who was blind. Ishii was […]
Microsoft and Oracle Expand Interoperability Partnership to Canada
Today, we are announcing the continued expansion of our cloud interoperability partnership with Microsoft to help joint customers worldwide run their mission-critical workloads across Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Our new interconnect location means enterprises can now build workloads that seamlessly interoperate between Microsoft and Oracle cloud regions in Canada. This interconnect builds on an […]
New research reveals that across industries, organizations are embracing ‘tech intensity’ as a key driver of competitive advantage
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced the results of the State of Tech Intensity 2019 Study, revealing what business and technology decision-makers see as critical to their future growth and success. The past decade has been a period of unusually rapid change and disruption as organizations worldwide have implemented a breadth of technology solutions to transform […]
Microsoft and KKBOX Group launch global strategic partnership
Microsoft Taiwan and Asia’s leading media technology company, KKBOX Group, jointly announced today the launch of a global strategic partnership that will migrate the group’s subsidiary KKBOX’s music streaming services to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Additionally, KKBOX Group subsidiary KKStream has joined Microsoft’s global partner network to release BlendVision™, a next-generation commercial video streaming […]
Microsoft’s resolution for 2020 is to empower tech intensity in its customers and partners
As we close out 2019 and head into a new decade, I’ve been thinking a lot about the progress the technology industry has made over the past 10 years, and what that means for the next 10. I want to take a moment to reflect on one of the key technology trends I’ve seen over […]
Salesforce vs Microsoft: Why customers choose Microsoft over Salesforce
“Why choose Microsoft over Salesforce?” was asked of me recently. In this post, I will highlight a few details of my response. Both Salesforce and Microsoft offer vibrant ecosystems. However, Microsoft offers clear advantages to customers who are educated on the breadth of Microsoft’s ecosystem. Facts that empower customer’s advantage with Microsoft: Microsoft built its […]