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, […]
The Dynamics AX Cloud Advantage – 5 Business Disruptions Circumvented in the Cloud
By 2020, a corporate “no-cloud” policy will be as rare as a “no-internet” policy is today, according to Gartner. There has been a transformational shift in the way IT spending is happening – making cloud one of the most disruptive forces since the beginning of the digital age. “Cloud-first strategies are the foundation for staying […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Dynamics 365 for Energy; Manufacturing win; VAT Calculator; UK partner expansion
By: Linda Rosencrance mcaConnect’s D365 for Energy Enterprise Solution is Now Available to be Hosted in Microsoft Azure Microsoft Gold Partner mcaConnect has released D365 for Energy, a cloud-based oil and gas ERP solution hosted in Microsoft Azure. D365 for Energy helps exploration and production companies as well as midstream oil and gas companies increase […]
2017 Data Trends: What We Can Expect in ERP, BI and CRM
By: Paul Yarwood Never before has data been so vital to a business or so readily available. Most modern enterprises have troves of data constantly at their fingertips through cloud, on-prem, internal and third-party databases and many types of data platforms, from ERPs to BI, CPM and CRMs. Data and the analysis of this data […]
InsideSales.com raises $50 million in growth equity led by Polaris, Microsoft
By: Linda Rosencrance InsideSales.com, which offers the AI-powered predictive sales acceleration platform Playbook, has announced the close of a $50 million growth equity round. This round is led by returning investors Polaris Partners and Microsoft, and brings the company’s total venture capital funding to over $250 million. InsideSales’ previous funding round marked Microsoft’s first investment […]
FastTrack for Dynamics 365 an opportunity for both customers, partners, says Microsoft
By: Linda Rosencrance Microsoft today announced the preview of Microsoft FastTrack for Dynamics 365, a new iteration of its “customer success service.” Microsoft FastTrack for Dynamics 365 (D365) is aimed at helping customers more easily move to the application so they “can realize business value faster,” said Kees Hertogh, senior director, technical product marketing for […]
The state of the IT contractor job market in 2017
By: Bruce Harpham In 2017, strong demand for IT talent will continue in several roles and industries. Understanding how to wring business value from vast stores of data, knowing how to protect that data from increasingly sophisticated threats and navigating the murky waters of freelancing will characterize the tech job market. Searching for pins in […]
Successful SMB ERP partners will embrace market shift to cloud apps like Dynamics 365, says Microsoft GM Paul White
By: Guus Krabbenborg Guus Krabbenborg: Paul – with all the recent announcements around Dynamics 365, what is your opinion on the status of the transformation process in Microsoft’s SMB channels? Paul White: “When we started this whole process some 4 years ago, I hoped that 30 percent of our partners would be able to […]
Microsoft Dynamics vs. Netsuite – Who Will Win?
By: Soumen Siddhata Microsoft Dynamics vs. Netsuite – Who Will Win? This question is confusing everyone. But in this article we will find the correct answer about this question. NetSuite is a top selling marketplace ERP solution thanks to its packed cloud functionality that simplifies deployment and reduces upfront IT costs and speeds up. Additionally […]
The secret to success in implementing large, global, complex IT initiatives
By: Peter Bendor-Samue In the more than two decades that I’ve been in the advisory business, I’ve been involved with and observed many large-scale, complex technology implementations. One of the most interesting cases was the massive, global Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation that NCH Corporation undertook. It’s interesting because they not only hit a […]