As organizations make investments to accelerate business outcomes, they continue to look for ways to achieve greater efficiency and productivity while minimizing costs. A significant area where you can use technology to improve business efficiency is by integrating OneDrive for Business with your Dynamics CRM 2016 system. By integrating these two, you can leverage numerous benefits like improved collaboration and increased visibility, augmenting productivity in the long run. Let’s look at the two systems individually and then see why and how integrating them can achieve increased productivity and efficiency.

Collaboration has undergone an enterprise makeover in recent years. The market has emerged from casual social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to networking platforms from reputable enterprise players like IBM, Oracle, and SAP.  Enterprise-specific social networking has transformed from consumer tailored communication tools to full-fledged business collaboration platforms. As their features and capabilities continue to multiply, these enterprise platforms have the ability to replace not only Intranets, but also knowledge management systems and business portals. 

SharePoint has been fueling enterprise collaboration by bringing teams together through a multitude of features like document management, BI, search, and enterprise content management. In order to drive operational excellence, Microsoft has released a new feature as an update for SharePoint called Cloud Search Service Application.

What does the Cloud Search Service Application do? It connects on-premises content with the O365 search index, enabling users to perform searches and view results across both environments. This is particularly important in a hybrid SharePoint scenario where some content resides in the cloud while some remains on-premises. This new search capability helps reduce market resistance, especially among enterprises that are overly cautious storing sensitive content off-premises.

Wearables. There are high chances you are wearing one right now. Gartner predicts that wearable market is forecast to grow from 70 million units in 2014 to 91 million units in 2016. And this includes not just smart watches but also smart glasses, fitness monitors, chest straps, and other smart garments. With the wearable buzz everywhere, you are probably wondering what the future looks like in consumer and business markets.

Does a tangled web of data and systems restrict your teams from making timely and accurate data-driven decisions? You’re not alone. As industry dynamics change, there is immense pressure to trim operational expenditures while enhancing profitability to stay relevant. With mounting competition in every industry, there is an urgent need to adopt analytics in order to stay ahead in the race. Although Dynamics AX enables business growth, the lack of integration between Dynamics AX and Office and email tools can hamper business operations. Let’s look at some common roadblocks that may be restricting you from achieving greater insights into analytics: 

No matter the industry, or how big or small your business is, you most likely have an array of dedicated applications for different lines of business (LOB). Businesses invest in purchasing and integrating solutions that best address the needs of their business models, industry verticals, and at the same time meet the distinct needs of their users. LOB systems play an integral role in supporting day-to-day operations, monitoring a wide range of industries including small, medium, and enterprise businesses. The culmination of all your LOB systems together helps create a unique technology environment, enabling you to offer superior services to customers. 

Ensuring business-critical data and applications are up and running at all times is paramount to business, making software testing an essential element of the software development process. While on-premises testing is widespread around the world, it requires dedicated infrastructure and tools to ensure the availability, security, and performance of applications. With business applications soaring in quantity and complexity causing growing data volumes, a sufficient amount of time and money can be required to ensure top-quality software is offered upon your release or go-live

UX is the foundation for amazing products that people buy, love, and recommend. When UX design is implemented in the right way it can provide optimal experiences at every touch point from marketing, sales, device setup, and use. IoT is growing at such an incredible pace that it’s bringing with it a wide array of opportunities. Product creators and developers have a tendency to focus on the data and technology needs of IoT (sensors, data, storage, security, and data analytics), but often forgotten is the end user who has to interact with the devices.