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Salesforce To-Do List
Most people use to-do lists to organize their days. A simple list of items helps run a more efficient day, but using Salesforce's take on to-do lists allows you to use additional filtering options to see your most important tasks. Some additional filtering options include: Task...
Benefits of Software Resale for Software Procurement Teams
Introduction Software resale is an often underestimated strategy for unlocking substantial cost savings, especially for IT industry procurement teams. In this blog post, we will delve into the benefits of software resale for procurement, exploring how it can help organizations...
AWS Account Setup First Steps
Setting up an environment in the cloud can be a daunting and overwhelming task. But it doesn't need to be. This article will help walk you through the basic first steps to take after setting up your AWS account. These aren't intended to be technical but more to practice in...
Microsoft Dynamics Customer Engagement Pain Points & How XTIVIA Can Help
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement is a powerful customer relationship management (CRM) platform designed to help businesses manage and optimize their sales, marketing, project management, field service, and customer service processes. While the platform offers numerous...
Deciding When to Use Amazon EMR versus AWS Glue: Detailed Guidelines for Data Engineers
Navigating the world of data engineering tools can often be a complex undertaking. Deciding when to use one solution over another, such as Amazon EMR versus AWS Glue, often hinges on careful consideration and understanding of these services' specific features and capabilities....
The Top 10 AWS Glue Cost Traps, Pitfalls, & Mistakes Unveiled
Welcome to our exploration of the top 10 AWS Glue cost traps, pitfalls, and mistakes that we find AWS customers stumbling upon. While AWS Glue is our preferred ETL, data catalog, data crawler, and data quality tool for AWS data lakes, AWS data lakehouses, and AWS data...
Microsoft Power Platform Challenges & How XTIVIA Can Help
The Microsoft Power Platform, a suite of tools encompassing Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents, is designed to empower organizations to create custom applications, automate workflows, analyze data, and build chatbots with minimal coding. While these...
AWS Glue Overview: What it is, How it Works, and Why it Matters for Data Professionals
In the ever-evolving world of cloud computing and big data handling, understanding all your tool options and their pros and cons is essential. Today, let's uncover one such integral tool - AWS Glue - by addressing what it is, how it benefits data processing, and why it's...
Why a CIO Should Invest in the Microsoft Power Platform With XTIVIA
Investing in the future of an organization is a top priority for Chief Information Officers (CIOs), and the Microsoft Power Platform offers a unique opportunity to drive innovation, efficiency, and growth. With its suite of tools that includes Power Apps, Power BI, Power...
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Part 1: Comprehensive Features and Updates
Welcome to the first part of my Microsoft Defender for Cloud series, where we will explore its features and updates by providing examples to help you better understand and utilize this powerful security solution. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a robust security tool that...