Technical

2017 has been a banner year for developers, particularly those who have successfully adopted DevOps in their organization. Driven by increased customer demands and the arrival of new automation technologies, the trend was important enough for research firm IDC to conduct an entire FutureScape conversation around the topic. We watched the presentation and found the […]

The ability to automatically create records in Dynamics 365/CRM based on an email received has been possible for quite some time.  In most instances, without the use of a custom workflow activity or plugin, the processing of the content of the email is limited to the To, From, Subject and Body, where the email Body […]

In the interest of reducing cost and liability, financial services companies have started withdrawing from the advice market and are requiring non-high net worth individuals to bear responsibility for their own financial decisions. This trend is similar to a trend in healthcare called “patient empowerment,” where doctors no longer make a recommendation for a course […]

It was an amazing four days at CA World, with attendees immersed in the full suite of CA solutions and their associated IT Trends. With many organizations now using the Modern Software Factory (which includes agile, automation, insights, and security) for their day-to-day innovation needs, CA Technologies CTO Otto Berkes stepped to the stage to […]

Our team joined Britannia Development at CA Technologies’ CA World 2017 conference to share insights into how the nationwide real estate development company will build connected homes that leverage IoT and automation for real-time customer access to data. Britannia Development, which built its business on real estate development and rehabilitation, plans to introduce Internet of […]

Open-Source Cloudbees Jenkins is at the center of many DevOps deployments, providing support for Continuous Integration and Deployment processes end-to-end. With so many data points at play in DevOps, CloudBees recently launched CloudBees DevOptics, an analytics application to aggregate data from software development pipelines as it moves through a Jenkins server. The tool will identify […]

Recently I worked with a client on comparing the ClickDimensions email editors in Dynamics 365. The client wanted to choose one email editor to implement and edit their custom email template. ClickDimensions offers four email editors and each email editor provides a different user experience. The client was concerned with preserving the email template styles […]

In simplest terms, blockchain is a technology that enables value to be transferred using only software; that is, without the need for trusted intermediaries. It is a record-keeping system where transactions are executed, validated, and recorded publicly. Let’s break down blockchain: 1. Blockchain is the technology behind bitcoin, the electronic currency. It is not the […]

We’re all intrigued by rankings and flock to them for good reason. When it comes to ranking companies by market capitalization, you can assume that the named companies are leaders in their own right. They never stop innovating. They never stop changing. They never stop investing in their business. These are companies that we can […]

I have had the chance to review Sitecore 9 and I have to say, there are quite a few things to be excited about. This blog post will give you my take on a dozen changes you will want to take note of in Sitecore 9. A few of the more noteworthy changes deserve a deeper dive and will be covered in depth in future blog posts.

CA World kicked off for partners today with a half-day summit outlining the current state of CA Technologies’ partner program and a future look at the roadmap. CA executives across the board presented to the crowded room of Focus partners – those specially appointed by CA for their sales and delivery capabilities. As part of […]

The moment has arrived – CA World has started! Over the next few days, we’ll be at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Resort & Casino speaking with thousands of IT professionals at CA’s premier user conference. If you’re attending, we’d love to speak with you at booth #1001 about our DevOps, Cloud, Service Virtualization, and digital […]