Enterprise Apps Today

Salesforce.com Grows on Big Deals (And Small Ones Too)

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:57:00 -0800

Benioff highlights eight- and nine-figure deals, though he says Salesforce remains committed to chasing them all.

Latest Version of OpenERP Includes Social Features

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:27:00 -0800

Provider of open source enterprise management software says new release adds 85 applications.

OnLive Brings Cloud-based Office, Flash Browsing to iPad

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:57:00 -0800

Cloud gaming company explores new territory with an iPad app that offers a virtual Windows 7 desktop, Microsoft Office and mobile Flash.

Visible Technologies Updates Enterprise Social CRM Platform, Adds Solution for SMBs

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:57:00 -0800

A social performance dashboard that presents data and metrics from multiple sources is among the new features.

Companies Still Challenged by ERP Implementations

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:57:00 -0800

The bad news: According to a Panorama Consulting study based on ERP implementations completed in 2011, 54 percent of companies said their ERP projects took longer than expected and 56 percent spent more than expected. The good news: That's an improvement over last year's study.

Oracle Enhances Enterprise Healthcare Analytics with Data Integration Feature

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:27:00 -0800

The software giant says its Healthcare Analytics Data Integration consolidates, integrates, validates and loads source data from clinical, financial, administrative and research systems into Oracle's healthcare data model.

Eight Business-changing Ways to Use Big Data

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:57:00 -0800

Enterprises are finding business-changing ways to put the power of Hadoop, an open source Apache project for storing and processing large amounts of data, to good use. They are using Hadoop and Big Data to reduce risks, better serve customers and even change the Internet.

Getting Started with Workforce Analytics

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:57:00 -0800

Carl C. Hoffmann, one of three authors of “Calculating Success: How the New Workplace Analytics Will Revitalize Your Organization,” discusses using workforce analytics to promote knowledge sharing and also shares six key steps for introducing workforce analytics to an organization.

Persistent Systems Rolls out Analytics Software Optimized for IBM Big Data Platform

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:57:00 -0800

Email analytics and social media analytics solutions run on top of IBM’s InfoSphere BigInsights platform.

SAP, Oracle Face Off in Human Capital Management Showdown

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:57:00 -0800

Both SAP and Oracle recently acquired providers of software-as-a-service human capital management solutions, setting the stage for a big battle in the cloud. What does this mean for customers of both companies, and for the HCM space in general?

Review: QlikView 11 Connects Comparative Analysis With Social Business Intelligence

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:57:00 -0800

User-driven business intelligence goes social in QlikView 11.

Nimble Gets More Social With New Version of Contact Management Software

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:57:00 -0800

Social CRM provider Nimble has added several new features to its contact management software, including social discovery, dynamic engagement and marketing integration.

Pegasystems Updates CPM Software With Social, Mobile Features

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:57:00 -0800

Pegasystems has always taken a process-oriented approach to CRM. Now it’s making social and mobile a key part of its approach as well.

Fine Tuning Your Workforce with Analytics

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:57:00 -0800

As part of the red-hot human capital management market, workforce analytics is gaining attention from executives looking to derive competitive advantage from their workforces.

Oracle Updates Advanced Analytics with Open Source R

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:57:00 -0800

Oracle adds enterprise support for the R statistical programming language to Oracle Database 11g.

Oracle Acquires Taleo for $1.9 Billion

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:30:00 -0800

Taleo's platform is coming to Oracle Public Cloud as the HCM market sizzles.

In-Memory Analytics Buyer's Guide: Oracle Big Data/Exalytics Appliances vs. SAP HANA

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:57:00 -0800

Big Data has become a super-heated area of the business intelligence landscape, with companies hoping to extract actionable insights from their growing stores of data. Oracle and SAP are among the vendors introducing solutions designed to help them do so

Five Mobile Business Intelligence Blunders You Won't Want to Make

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:57:00 -0800

Organizations need to be aware of some common pitfalls that can really wreck a mobile business intelligence initiative.

Social Adds New Twist to Customer Service, Support

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:57:00 -0800

Consumers increasingly expect companies to provide a consistent user experience across emerging channels like social as well as traditional ones like the call center. This will be a challenge for companies that keep their data, business processes and best practices in departmental silos.

Microsoft Offers CRM on Any Device with Latest Dynamics Update

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:57:00 -0800

The latest update of Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM software offers native clients on Windows Phone 7, iPad, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry platforms.

Salesforce.com Makes U-Turn on Analytics Pricing

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:57:00 -0800

Responding to a social storm of customer feedback, Salesforce.com has abandoned its plans to charge for an analytics module that customers feel should be part of the software's core functionality.

NetSuite Q4 Earnings Show Move Upmarket for SaaS ERP

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:57:00 -0800

NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson attributed a significant amount of 2011’s revenue growth to the SaaS ERP provider’s business with larger companies. In the fourth quarter, NetSuite saw a 43 percent increase in deals worth more than $100,000.

Cloud9 Wants to Take Spreadsheets Out of Sales Forecasting

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:57:00 -0800

Cloud9’s new Intelligent Forecasting Suite integrates with CRM systems to record changes to CRM data and analyzes the data to identify historical patterns of success and failure.

TrackVia Rolls Out New Build-Your-Own App Features

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:57:00 -0800

Cloud-based database provider TrackVia adds more collaboration and reporting functionality to its online application builder, which it says allows users to create and deploy their own apps to track and manage projects and data.

Salesforce.com Intros Social-Focused Help Desk App for SMBs

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:57:00 -0800

Salesforce.com introduces Desk.com to help SMBs deliver customer service via social media and mobile channels.