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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Mobility Update
Perficient
writes "[by Joe Basile]...I wanted to share some of the information regarding “CRM Anywhere” which is the model Microsoft is trying to achieve as part of this service update...Microsoft Dynamics CRM Mobile is going to be provided to customers on a per user, per month basis similar to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online subscription model. Microsoft has slated initial pricing at approximately $30.00US. Not too expensive for the benefit of a field force..."
How to Change the Shortcut Name of App-V Application
Risual
writes "[by Steve H]...If you have an App-V application published via an App-V Management Server and subsequently want to change the name of the shortcut...The way to do this is hidden away in the application properties. Simply navigate to the properties of the application, hit the shortcut tab and select ‘Advanced’. From here..."
Dynamics CRM Using Scribe Insight to Link Accounts-Contacts when Migrating Data
PowerObjects
writes "[by JoeCRM]...What would you do if you are migrating disparate accounts and contacts to Dynamics CRM and also have to link them? Well, doing it manually would be too time consuming... In this case let us consider that the account and contact information is coming from the same source say a flat file. The goal here is to highlight a cool feature of Scribe Insight..."
Dynamics May 2012 Video News & Highlights
Kevin Machayya
writes "...Wondering what the hot topics are for the month of May? Worried you have to sift through volumes of articles on various websites? Don't worry. We have answers. Take a time out and watch our Microsoft Dynamics May 2012 PartnerSource North America Highlights video. You'll receive a quick update in 5 minutes..."
Average U.S. Smartphone User has 41 Apps on Their Device
Network World
writes "[by Brad Reed]...Nielsen has some interesting new data out today about Americans' smartphone usage. The big takeaway: Americans love their mobile apps. How much do they love mobile apps, you ask? For starters, the average number of apps on a typical smartphone has jumped from 32 to 41 over the past year, an increase of..."
Quantifying Reputation Loss From a Breach
Lori MacVittie
writes "...20% of the businesses that lost data lost customers as a direct result. The impacts were most severe for companies with more than 100 employees. Almost half of them lost sales...One of the first things we have to calculate is influence, as that directly impacts reputation...It’s word of mouth, what people say about you, after all...we can find a lot of this data. It’s a well-studied area..."
How to Avoid the Improvement Hype Cycle
Chris Taylor
writes "...Companies that practice process improvement have been victims of this hype cycle for decades. Fed by consultants, gurus, technology vendors, and academics, their enthusiasm for a particular process improvement method takes on a religious tone...Many executives have never recognized this pattern of serial adoption of different approaches to what is essentially the same topic...So how can your organization avoid the process improvement hype cycle?..."
Crucial State Incentives for Small Wind Turbines Still Need Work
Building Green
writes "[by Martin Solomon]...As the small wind turbine market feels the pain of temporary holds on state incentive programs, turbine certification could bring the stability and improve the market’s reputation....This certification process aims to bring stability and growth to a market plagued by inconsistencies. As the popularity of the certification grows..."
New Microsoft Industry Reference Architecture for Banking MIRA-B
Bank Systems Tech
writes "[by Bryan Yurcan]...IT costs in the banking industry average about 14 percent of total costs1 — nearly twice that of other industries — because of redundant, outdated or siloed applications that exist across multiple business units...MIRA-B helps alleviate this issue by helping banks create repeatable architectures and reuse commodity resources, where efficiencies can be gained. This framework enables new levels of data, application and business process transparency while helping banks maintain market..."
Great Businesses Don't Start With a Plan
Anthony Tjan
writes "[by HBR]...don't worry too much about a business plan. But to guide your thinking...consider these design points: 1. Identify and clearly articulate your Heart and purpose....be very clear on the why of a business — the bigger goal at hand. 2. The team is more important than any idea or plan. The top three priorities should be people, followed by people, and then people....3. Think big, start small, then..."
Ways to Know You are Talking Too Technically to Your Business Users
ITworld
writes "[by Eric Bloom]...Business users are, generally speaking, looking for solutions to their problems and not necessarily the behind-the-scenes technologies that make it work...here are some tips you can use to assure that you are speaking appropriately with your business users..."
Bringing Clarity to the Mysteries of Growth and Innovation
HBR
writes "[by Scott Anthony]...Christensen's mission is to help leaders make decisions using robust, well-grounded theories. His basic two litmus tests for a good business theory are something that explains the different circumstances facing managers and the causal connection between an action and a result...I agree with Forbes' description that How Will You Measure Your Life is "one of the more surprisingly powerful books of personal philosophy of the 21st century..."
General Motors Pulls Annual $10M Worth of Ads from Facebook
Ars Technica
writes "[by Cyrus Farivar]...General Motors has announced that it would be pulling its paid advertising from Facebook, saying that it had too little impact...Companies in industries from consumer electronics to financial services tell us they’re no longer sure Facebook is the best place to dedicate their social marketing budget—a shocking fact given..."
Solution to GP 2010 Web Services Error - There was no Endpoint Listening
Precipio Services
writes "[by Steve Endow]...A partner recently asked me to help them troubleshoot a Dynamics GP 2010 Web Services error that they were receiving: There was no endpoint listening at...we checked the Windows services, and both eConnect 2010 Integration Service and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Service Host were both running....To try and diagnose the issue further, I installed GP 2010 Web Services on one of my servers and..."
Saudi Arabia Launches Largest Renewable Energy Program
Globe Net
writes "...Saudi Arabia is not known for thinking small. So when the oil-rich Kingdom announced a new initiative to expand the production of renewable energy, it laid out plans for what could become the most sweeping renewable energy undertaking in the world... big shift in the Kingdom by converting it into a country with sustainable energy system..."
5 Rising, 5 Declining Security Technologies
CIO
writes "[by Ellen Messmer]...Security technologies rise and fall in popularity, and Forrester Research in its TechRadar report puts its bets on five it thinks are in a growth mode and five it thinks are dying away..."
If Your Customers Can Live Without You, Eventually They Will
Bill Taylor
writes "[HBR]...I've begun to encourage senior leaders of companies, executives who run business units or departments, even mid-level managers who are responsible for a specific brand, to step back and take time (probably much longer than twenty minutes) and write their organization's obituary...To clarify your company's future, it helps to step back and imagine a world in which it does not exist. This simple exercise grows out of a powerful question I heard years ago from"
Big Data Will Make IT the New Intel Inside - CIOs Have 3 Options
SmartData Collective
writes "[by Gil Press]...The linking of documents by web 1.0 and the linking of people by web 2.0 created what we now call big data. The explosion...occurred outside enterprises and, so far, had limited impact on enterprise IT...cannot ignore big data anymore...As I see it, CIOs have three options right now: 1.Let the business units acquire and experiment with big data tools... 2. Start working with the business units and functions to identify..."
Grim Job Market Continues for Young Americans
Small Business Labs
writes "[by Steve]...Although the overall labor market continues to improve, there isn't a lot of good job news for young Americans. The Economic Policy Institute's The Class of 2012 lays out how the job situation is for those 25 and younger. The key data is the current unemployment rate for workers under the age of 25 is 16.4%. A couple of other data points of interest are:..."
How to Get Feedback When You're the Boss
HBR
writes "[by Amy Gallo]...The higher up in the organization you get, the less likely you'll receive constructive feedback on your ideas, performance, or strategy...without input, your development will suffer, you may become isolated, and you're likely to miss out on hearing some great ideas. So, what can you do...What the Experts Say..."
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