CRM, ERP, and Business Intelligence Software

Human capital management is no longer an also-ran when it comes to ERP purchasing decisions. Increased interest in HCM is leading giants like Oracle and SAP to make changes in their products.

• School of Data Science
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• Pivotal Aims to Disrupt Cloud, Big Data Analytics
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Watson is venturing beyond trivial pursuits. IBM's Big Data analytics powerhouse now powers a cloud-based customer service solution.

• Alteryx Raises $12M to 'Humanize' Big Data
• G2 Crowd Shakes up Enterprise Software Buying with Peer Reviews
• Jive Delivers Social Inbox with StreamOnce
• SAP Fiori: Consumerization of Enterprise Software Comes to ERP
• IBM Consolidates Analytics Apps with Blue Insight
• Twitter Buys Big Data Analytics Startup Lucky Sort

Paul Mah highlights a number of less obvious criteria for choosing the right enterprise software applications for your business.

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• Review: TeamLab Project Management, CRM, Collaboration
• Contactually Provides Powerful, Unobtrusive CRM

Thanks to a plethora of mobile apps, like the 10 featured here, business people can perform a variety of business intelligence tasks on their smartphones and tablets.

• Google Snaps Up Channel Intelligence for $125M
• SAS Aims Visual Analytics at Midsized Businesses
• Microsoft Dynamics for Retail Goes Omni-Channel
• IBM Retail Software Targets Omni-Channel Shoppers
• Top 5 CRM Trends for 2013
• Data Scientist Shortage? Try Team Building

While Big Data can be useful in fighting fraud, traditional business intelligence tools aren't much help.

• Top 5 CRM Trends for 2013
• Data Scientist Shortage? Try Team Building

Product portfolio management software can help organizations more quickly launch new products, an important edge in today's competitive marketplace.

• Rootstock Software, FinancialForce.com Partner on Supply Chain Solution

With Big Data in its DNA, tech startup Bina Technologies hopes to revolutionize health care by enabling personalized medicine.

• SAS Aims Visual Analytics at Midsized Businesses
• Data Scientist Shortage? Try Team Building
• Big Data and Beyond: 10 BI Trends for 2013