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Board Collaborates with Microsoft to Bring Agentic AI Into the Core of Enterprise Planning

eriinfo.com17 hours ago05 mins

Board, one of the leading Enterprise Planning Platforms, today announced the launch of Board Agents built on Microsoft Foundry. Board Agents deliver an intelligent suite of domain-specific, enterprise-ready AI agents that support real-world planning decisions across finance, supply chain, and merchandising. This marks the first Board enterprise planning capability developed with Microsoft Foundry, using Microsoft…

Modernising business applications with Microsoft

eriinfo.com1 week ago06 mins

Christo Greeff, Delivery Lead: App Modernisation, Mint Group. Companies are still relying on legacy systems that were never designed for the pace and scale of today’s market. They work, but they’re not agile enough and they’re expensive to maintain and slow to adapt. Companies sitting on legacy may be reluctant to change due to sunk…

Amazon, Microsoft and more cite AI for 2025 layoffs

eriinfo.com1 month ago010 mins

Sad female worker carrying her belongings while leaving the office after being fired Isbjorn | Istock | Getty Images Layoffs have been a defining feature of the job market in 2025, with several major companies announcing thousands of job cuts driven by artificial intelligence. In fact, AI was responsible for almost 55,000 layoffs in the…

Microsoft announces global price hikes for Microsoft 365 in 2026

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Microsoft is set to implement a global price increase for its Microsoft 365 productivity suites, effective July 2026, targeting commercial and government customers. The company stated on Thursday that the price adjustments reflect the addition of more than 1,100 new features to the suite—including AI-driven productivity tools and enhanced integrated security—since the last major price…

Big Microsoft price increases coming next year

eriinfo.com2 months ago02 mins

Microsoft will increase prices for its Microsoft 365 productivity suites globally starting in July 2026 for commercial and government clients, the company said on Thursday. The move comes as Microsoft’s suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, faces growing competition from Google’s products. The price hike will affect businesses and public sector agencies, with small…

Gauteng under fire for failing to pay R344m Microsoft licence fees

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

Microsoft says it does not disclose or comment on the commercial terms of customer agreements. The Gauteng Provincial Government owes Microsoft R344 million in unpaid licence fees. This was revealed during a recent e-government portfolio committee meeting. According to a presentation by the provincial government’s finance department, it embraced digital transformation by integrating a range…

Webinar: Transform your data governance with Microsoft Purview: From E3 foundations to E5 excellence

eriinfo.com2 months ago02 mins

Elevate data protection across the business. Join Cloud Essentials for a powerful, insight-packed webinar designed to help IT, security and compliance leaders understand how Microsoft Purview can elevate data protection across the business – no matter where you’re starting from. Microsoft Purview delivers robust tools for compliance, governance and risk management – and many organisations…

SA NPOs urged to reassess IT after Microsoft licence changes

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

While the Business Basic grant remains available, full-featured editions will now be offered at discounted rates instead of being fully donated. , which will phase out donated Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 packages for renewals after 1 July 2025. While the Business Basic grant remains available, full-featured editions will now be offered…

DAC Systems sets sights on AI-driven business impact at Microsoft Ignite

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

AI innovations at Microsoft Ignite will have a big impact in 2026. DAC Systems will attend Microsoft Ignite, taking place in San Francisco from 18 to 21 November, as momentum builds around a new wave of AI-centred capability across the Microsoft ecosystem. Bernard Vertenten, Microsoft Solutions Business Development at DAC Systems, says the company is…

A new era of e-mail defence: KnowBe4 meets Microsoft

eriinfo.com2 months ago07 mins

E-mail remains the easiest way into an organisation. Phishing, business e-mail compromise (BEC) and ransomware now arrive wrapped in convincing language, trusted brands and increasingly artificial intelligence-generated content. Security teams are battling growing volumes of alerts and a patchwork of tools that don’t always work well together. In a recent TechCentral webinar, KnowBe4 and Microsoft…