Best Buy Rolls Out At-Home Consulting Service
By Anne DInnocenzio Best Buy is rolling out a free service next month where salespeople will sit with customers at their own homes to help make recommendations on TVs, streaming services and more.The service, which was tested in five markets, will be expanded to more cities around the country. Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly said […]
In tech recruiting, playing it safe is risky business
By: Sharon Florentine The Silicon Valley version of the American Dream goes something like this: a dishwasher, a bike messenger, an actor, a waiter (insert totally-unrelated-to-technology job title here) leverages his or her hobbyist-level coding skills to land a hot programming job and becomes a “rockstar developer.” And nearly everyone who works in tech, from […]
Tech leaders, activists call for Obama to pardon Snowden
By: Grant Gross Tech luminaries Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, and Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, have joined a new campaign pushing for a pardon of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. Other supporters of the PardonSnowden.org campaign, launched Wednesday, are Harvard law professor and tech policy author Lawrence Lessig; tech investor Esther Dyson; noted cryptographer and […]
CRMUG Summit: Expect Strategies on CRM User Adoption Successes and “Epic Fails”
By: Dann Anthony Maurno If user adoption were not still a challenge for CRM projects, Daniel Madden would not need to speak about it so vehemently. But he will, in four sessions at the CRMUG Summit 2016: Madden has been a Microsoft Dynamics CRM specialist with the global financial services provider SEI for […]
Microsoft Surface rumor roundup
By: Sarah White When the original Microsoft Surface debuted, no one really knew what to make of it, but that didn’t stop Microsoft from improving on its unique hybrid device year after year. The company says it has worked to hone in on what consumers and business users want from a tablet-hybrid device. And it […]
Trump Tax Plan Seen as Boon for Rich, Question Mark for Others
By: Lynnley Browning (Bloomberg) When Donald Trump first rolled out his tax plan last October, it contained a major boon for the middle-class—a near quadrupling of the standard income-tax deduction, to $25,000 for individuals and $50,000 for couples filing jointly. But when Trump updated his plan with an eye toward controlling its costs on Monday, […]
Portland Trail Blazers Keep Record Attendance Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Data Analytics
By: Matt Bolch Leaders at SSB Consulting Group never imagined that a single engagement with a performing arts center would result in a new business unit, one that accounts for half of their business. But if a company can solve a key challenge for an entire market, significant new opportunities will surely follow. For SSB, […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: CRM for Welsh Regulator; Canadian Firms Team Up; E-Commerce for GP; Service Solution for New AX
By Linda Rosencrance Qualifications Wales Awards M4 Systems Dynamics CRM Contract Gold Microsoft Partner M4 Systems has been awarded the contract to implement Microsoft Dynamics CRM at Qualifications Wales (QW), the regulator for non-degree qualifications and the qualifications system in Wales. Dynamics CRM Online, which will be rolled out to more than 70 users, will […]
NetSuite Acquires IQity’s Cloud Business
By Danielle Lee NetSuite has acquired the cloud practice of IQity, provider of advanced collaborative manufacturing software. With the acquisition, the cloud-based financials, ERP and omnichannel commerce software provider creates a single cloud ERP system that serves both discrete and batch-process manufacturers with deep industry functionality. Adding IQity’s deep domain experience will serve manufacturers in […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: AX solutions on Azure; Sales acceleration for CRM; Partners Achieve Gold Status; New SMB DACH Lead
by Dann Anthony Maurno, Assistant Editor SBS Group’s AXIO for Professional Services Available on Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace SBS Group has announced the availability of AXIO for Professional Services on the Azure Marketplace – an online store for certified, open source and community software applications as well as developer services and data. Solutions made available on […]