YEAR-END CHANGE CHOPS INFOR NUMBERS
A change in Infor’s financial year end soured results for the company’s first quarter ended July 31. This is the first quarter to be reported after the software company changed its fiscal year ended from May 31 to April 30 for fiscal 2015. In a recent earnings webcast, CEO Charles Phillips noted the transition helped […]
SBS BUYS AZTEC DYNAMICS BIZ
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. The SBS Group has acquired the Dynamics practice of Aztec Systems, a Dallas, Texas-based reseller. It’s not surprising as Aztec, which was once a significant player, had largely disappeared from public view. An SBS press release says has Aztec had more than 200 Dynamics customers and six […]
Microsoft buys VoloMetrix to include people analytics in its cloud offering
Microsoft buys VoloMetrix to include people analytics in its cloud offering | Business Cloud News September 4, 2015 Written by Business Cloud News Microsoft has bought Seattle-based people analytics software maker VoloMetrix. The new addition will become part of an organisational analytics offering to Microsoft’s cloud service customers. VoloMetrix uses information about employee email and […]
World personal cloud worth $90 billion by 2020 says Allied Market Research
World personal cloud worth $90 billion by 2020 says Allied Market Research | Business Cloud News September 7, 2015 Written by Business Cloud News The personal cloud market will have a compound annual growth rate of 33.1 per cent between now and 2020, by which time it will be worth $89.9 billion globally, according to […]
Microsoft unveils cloud security plans for Adallom amid rising cloud unrest
Microsoft unveils cloud security plans for Adallom amid rising cloud unrest | Business Cloud News September 8, 2015 Written by Business Cloud News Microsoft has announced its plans for Israeli founded cloud security firm Adallom, the cloud security firm it bought for a reported $250 million. Detail of the plans for its new acquisition was […]
Salesforce would be more effective if it was more mobile, workers tell survey
Salesforce would be more effective if it was more mobile, workers tell survey | Business Cloud News September 9, 2015 Written by Business Cloud News Customer relationship management leader (CRM) Salesforce needs to improve the employee experience before its clients can get the most out of it, says a new report. The advice comes in […]
Microsoft Dynamics NAV for BPO Cracks US Accounting Market
Microsoft Dynamics NAV for BPO Cracks US Accounting Market – MSDynamicsWorld.com by Matt Bolch, Contributing Writer published September 9, 2015 Top 20 accounting firm Wipfli LLP has become the first US partner for business process outsourcing (BPO) using the combination of Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Office 365. The offering is deployed extensively in Europe and […]
Microsoft Says Dell Will Sell, Support Surface to Big Companies
by Dina Bass September 8, 2015 — 11:00 AM EDT Microsoft Corp. said Dell Inc. will sell and provide support for its Surface tablet computers in a bid to encourage more large companies to purchase the devices. The agreement is unusual because Dell will provide support and warranties for the machines as if it […]
Adaptive Insights Updates Adaptive Suite
Adaptive Insights Updates Adaptive Suite | Accounting Technology Palo Alto, Calif. (August 26, 2015) By Danielle Lee Adaptive Insights, the cloud corporate performance management provider, released an update to its cloud planning, consolidation, reporting and analysis suite. Adaptive Suite 2015.2 features new dimension intelligence enabling deeper product analysis, workforce planning and sales modeling. The product […]
The 2015 Microsoft Product Roadmap
The 2015 Microsoft Product Roadmap — Redmond Channel Partner#dynamicscrm Anticipated release, fall update: Q4 2015 The 2015 Microsoft Product Roadmap — Redmond Channel Partner#dynamicscrm Microsoft plans to refresh its Dynamics CRM solution in the second quarter of 2015 with what it calls a “spring wave” of updates. For some time now, Microsoft’s various Dynamics CRM […]