Dann Anthony

Maurno

Dann Anthony Maurno is a seasoned business journalist who began his career as International Marketing Manager with Lilly Software, then moved on as a freelancer to write for such prestigious clients as CFO Magazine; Compliance Week;Manufacturing Business Technology; Decision Resources, Inc.; The Economist Intelligence Unit; and corporate clients such as Iron Mountain, Microsoft and SAP. He is the co-author of Thin Air: How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives(CRC/Productivity Press, 2010).

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Research: Cloud race has Amazon far in lead, Microsoft showing rapid growth

by Dann Anthony Maurno

Amazon maintains its about-a-third market share, but Microsoft is first in market gain, finds Synergy Research.

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Sportswear giant Columbia will use Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure to strengthen consumer engagement

by Dann Anthony Maurno

Durable, 80-year-old consumer brand expects Microsoft Cloud to modernize its consumer experience

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Microsoft pledges "highest-value support available" standard with Azure

by Dann Anthony Maurno

Microsoft aggressively pursues public cloud market share with a price cut, rapid response

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A value-based pricing model: Microsoft & partners look at where to begin

by Dann Anthony Maurno

Value-based pricing is based not on your costs, but your service’s worth to the customer, explain Microsoft’s Melissa Mulholland and three Microsoft partners

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Microsoft State of the Channel: Positive co-sell progress, but trillions in digital transformation value still to come

by Dann Anthony Maurno

Microsoft’s One Commercial Partner CVP Gavriella Schuster recaps OCP and co-sell successes, opportunities in AI, and a giant digital transformation outlook.

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Social selling: Microsoft Relationship Sales brings LinkedIn Sales Navigator to Dynamics 365/CRM

by Dann Anthony Maurno

How LinkedIn Sales Navigator builds on the classic job-seeking/hiring application data for social selling, and where Dynamics 365/CRM customers stand to benefit.

Customer Engagement Customer Relationship Mgmt Dynamics 365 Dynamics CRM LinkedIn Sales Navigator Marketing Sales Sales & Marketing Social Networks

Executive Q&A: Predicting Microsoft Dynamics 365’s role in the future of retail

by Dann Anthony Maurno

BDO Canada’s Eric Matusiak on how Microsoft technology meets customers’ lengthy list of demands

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Best of 2017: Microsoft Dynamics NAV experts keep an eye on the future of the product and channel

by Dann Anthony Maurno

Pessimism gave way to optimism in 2017 for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV channel.

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Best of 2017: Microsoft Dynamics GP experts offer practical ideas and channel questions

by Dann Anthony Maurno

Does Microsoft Dynamics GP matter? As these experts point out, it does to its users and partners - and maybe even to Microsoft.

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Microsoft Commercial and Enterprise CVP to analysts: Aggressive cloud investment can co-exist with customers' hybrid, on-prem interests

by Dann Anthony Maurno

The company is ready for customers’ cloud migrations, but at customers' speed, says Microsoft’s Dave O’Hara

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