Augmented reality depicts the user environment in real-time through photographs or maps, unlike virtual reality which sketches artificial environments. For a successful enterprise augmented reality it is of utmost importance that it is able to integrate backend enterprise systems, can be used in real-world business environment, and is able to improve reality by adding virtual means for better and clearer understanding. For the creation of enterprise augmented reality, enterprise integration plays a crucial role. Enterprise augmented reality will bring about a revolution in technology markets. To read more follow:- http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/integrate-my-jde/what-is-augmented-reality-in-the-enterprise-73990

An ambitious businessman owning a small business will like to keep track of all the activities in his business. At this point in time, anything that comes for free and easies your task is welcomed. Buffer is a tool that helps you to manage your various social media accounts efficiently without any sort of hindrance. Outlook is another very important tool that makes your life with emails very easy going. OnStar is of relief when you are on the roads. Waze saves you from losing time in traffic jam, it’s an app that gives you alert about traffic jams and accidents when you enter a destination. Triplt, on the other hand is a tool that helps you stay updated with your bookings in hotels, restaurants or flight reservations. It saves you from bearing the pain to go through printed travel reservations. Time saved with the help of these apps can be used to accomplish other important tasks. Read more at: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/270400

In the digital era where an individual is afraid of losing jobs not to recession, but two robots and machine learning, it becomes important for us to learn about the extent to which machines can replace human beings. In the near future where automation might delete few occupations entirely, it is expected to affect almost all occupations to some degree. Knowledge about technical feasibility is a prerequisite for automation of the activity. The second major factor that is always the reason for concern is cost. The cost of developing such automation system needs to be taken care of. Physical activities are most susceptible to automation. The retail industry is another place where automation would do wonders. However, financial sector lies in the middle range of automation. People managing and developing things can still relax a bit as automation in this field has very low technical potential. The focus should be on automating sectors with high technical feasibility and replacement of workers from these sectors to opportunities where automation is yet to do wonders. Read more at: http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/business-technology/our-insights/where-machines-could-replace-humans-and-where-they-cant-yet

In order to have an extensive customer base, inclusive of people from all over the world you need to check how efficiently you manage one of the most difficult tasks of targeting the right group of new consumers. When you know you are the lucky one to take birth in digital era, then be luckier and use it to sell information and subscription to the world. Sometimes staying quiet might help so please do not engage in any sort of politics over social media, which relates to the sentiments of your customers. This goes without saying, appear in all major social platforms and avoid the smaller ones. Boosting about the quality you provide accompanied by strong testimonials might help you to draw attention of the new customers. Read more at: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/279226

Nowadays, organizations are switching from legacy PBX systems to modern VoIP technology. But, sometimes they overlook the changes that are needed to optimize voice and video quality. This article, explores how to get clear communication by implementing few changes. They are - Upgrade Your Commercial Internet Connection, Implement Quality-of-Service Features, Change Headsets, Get a Guaranteed Contention Ratio, and Optimize Your Network. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/voip-news/5-ways-to-address-voip-call-quality-issues-73951

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is gaining popularity in recent times and the top four ERP trends are mobile ERP, social ERP, ERP integration and two tiered ERP. With the help of mobile ERP the work has become much easier as users can access their documents anywhere and anytime. The concept of social ERP is also increasing. ERP integration is helping companies to establish uniformity and consistency across several applications and platforms. Last but not the least two tiered ERP helps to improve the needs of 2 locations- the headquarter and the subsidiary. This is much cheaper than installing one homogeneous ERP system.

To read more follow:- http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/inside-erp/the-top-4-emerging-trends-on-the-erp-market-73954

Process manufacturing industries such as food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, chemicals etc has four unique ERP features. They are:-

1. Maintaining product quality:-An ERP application used in process industries should have a strong quality control suite.

2. Vast traceability:- Tracking raw materials as well as the final products is very important in such industries. A process manufacturing ERP is able to provide such a vast traceability.

3. Robust bill-of materials (BOM) capabilities.

4.  Good Managerial capabilities:- this forms the most essential component of any ERP application.

As process manufacturing has higher requirements and legislation the ERP application used in these should be different from other manufacturing verticals.

To read more:- http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/inside-erp/4-musthave-erp-features-for-process-industries-73956

In recent times enterprise resource planning or ERP is largely replacing manufacturing execution system or MES. But this has certain drawbacks. Thus, for better results it is important to integrate the two. There are three benefits of this integration:-

1. It helps to manage the resources more efficiently.

2. It provides detailed supply chain information.

3. It gives a comprehensive view of the business processes.

MES and ERP complement each other, performing better and more completely. The outcome of this integration is much more than expected. Read more at:- http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/inside-erp/3-benefits-of-integrating-erp-and-manufacturing-execution-systems-73955

At the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone, Apple has decided to do something unique. To tell the design changes bought on the iPhone, which can include edge to edge LED and many more. According to the sources, more changes can be bought like eliminating the home button by building the fingerprint sensor into the display. Read more at: http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/wwdc-2016-siri-imessage-and-maps-open-to-third-party-devs-320457.html

Twitter will now be shaking hands with a machine-learning startup that specializes in working with images, to deliver better video and picture content to expand its Machine Learning and AI parts. According to the sources, nearly $150 million is invested in this machine learning startup. A team of engineers will help Twitter by letting the users explore new experiences and share them. Read more at:  http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/twitter-allows-users-to-share-140-second-videos/articleshow/52848116.cms

An image speaks a thousand words but a video speaks thousand sentences. May be this is the reason one should pounce on the opportunities like Periscope, Blab and Facebook Live Video that allows you to reach out to your customers using video livestreaming. You can use Facebook Livestreaming to Livestream either with the entire audience or just the selected followers. It also allows you to save the video for later use. Using the mobile app Periscope you can broadcast to your twitter account (it’s a must) followers. However, you need to ensure that you save the Periscope’s stream or the autosave broadcast setting is enabled. Whereas, Blab.im saves you from any such obligation to integrate with any social media sites. These apps can be used to launch a product, give live training, build customer support and to boost the live events in your business. Read more at: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/279538

Ever since its launch in 2012, Snapchat has been growing its customer base massively.  In the competitive environment in which a startup constantly strives to prove itself it becomes necessary to have transparent and clear communication. A startup can build transparency and trust by leveraging useful snapchat features. Using the short lasting snaps one can establish brand persona amongst targeted audience. Using geo-filters and 3D tickets to tell stories about your brand that leaves a longer impact on the customer’s mind is also a good way to keep your customers glued to you. Startups can also use the app in order to campaign or receive customer feedbacks. Read more at: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/279635

One must know the CRM buzzwords to ask the right questions to optimize your CRM strategies. The most commonly used CRM terms will help you to define the way we speak and think about customer relationship management strategies. The most common CRM buzzwords are - Professional Services Automation (PSA) software, Open-source CRM, On-premise CRM, Cloud CRM etc. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/crm-buzzwords-demystified-a-crm-glossary-of-terms-73958

In today’s world, Mobile CRM is becoming important as it helps business to grow and succeed. Mobile CRM helps in decentralizing sales force who are out on the road meeting clients and making deals. The advantages of Mobile CRM are - Selling on the go, you can up-to-date information, easily integrates with mobile devices, provides powerful insights and analytics, and IT costs are reduced. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/5-ways-mobile-crm-can-boost-your-small-business-73844

Expansion of business means leveraging client relationships. CRM helps to achieve business growth, CRM provides a solution for achieving business growth and developing client relationships. This article explores how CRM grows your business, which includes boosting agility, increasing revenue and improving efficiency. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/3-ways-crm-helps-to-grow-your-business-73820

Pokemon Go is all set to revolutionize the online game world. Unlike other apps which requires sign-up into the google accounts, Pokemon Go needs no personal information. Once Pokemon Go is signed in through one's Google Account, he can read your emails and send emails from your account; view, edit or delete his google drive documents, browse your search history. Read more at: http://www.news.com.au/technology/pokemon-go-gives-the-developers-full-access-to-your-google-account/news-story/b30294207a44933c698a14f40f357c3c

Although smartphones have helped up to engage with various brands, a gap still remained between the top and bottom app publishers. Pyze, a business intelligence platform have seem to bridge this gap. The most important reason why small app publishers seems to lag behind is because of lack of intelligence. It is here where Pyze comes in to provide a Growth Intelligence Platform for the small app publishers. Read more at: http://smallbiztrends.com/2016/07/pyze-mobile-analytics.html

The UK government is bringing up smart card facilities to induce and increase education across the country. This facility is also going to be an incentive for the rural families to send their daughters to school. These cards will help to keep accurate attendance and will be providing conditional payments to the families of the girls. The main motive behind such initiative is to increase girls' education, specifically in the Sub-Saharan countries as this would decrease child deaths, child marriages and induce faster economic growth. Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36734525

The internet makes the world a small place. It brings everybody and everything closer and helps in communication. Customer Relationship Management or CRM as we call it is getting revolutionized by the Internet of Things (IoT). They are now being able to access data from IoT to enhance customer experience and improve services. Companies are able to shift strategies, change decisions in a flick of a second, because all information is now available at the tip of their finger. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/crm-joins-the-internet-of-things-73690

Network monitoring software (NMS) is useful to increase productivity and security of business networks without increasing the workload. Few features of NMS include: monitoring the device on the network, gathering information and metrics on various devices, identifying traffic, analyzing performance, minimizing the threats related to security and alerting if any problem arises. This allows to focus more on building of network and managing the business. Freeware tools and open source software are two ways to get free network monitoring software.  Few network monitoring tools are solarwinds, ntopng, cacti, icinga, nagios core, zabbix, etc. 

On using network monitoring tools, businesses will improve their productivity and security and thus will be able to expand their networks efficiently.

To read more: http://www.business2community.com/cybersecurity/free-network-monitoring-software-organization-01600210#aTu1iyegOpdIiJWb.97