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In-Memory Big Data Processing Firm GridGain Raises $10M
July 30, 2013Increasingly, the way to topple the barriers to real-time Big Data computing is to throw lots of RAM at the problem. GridGain makes software that makes it possible.
More Marketing Management: Decision Software's MarketWide 4.0
July 29, 2013Marketing software maker Decision Software tackles campaign management and reporting with cloud-enabled Big Data processing and a fresh new face.
IBM Targets Social, Mobile Consumers with Digital Experience Push
July 26, 2013Big Blue brings together its analytics, mobile and social offerings to help organizations boost their customer engagement efforts and connect with their workforces.
Converge Enterprise Preps MobileCRM Edition
July 25, 2013After floating its cloud-based CRM platform, software maker Converge Enterprise sets its sights on mobile devices.
Tableau Launches Cloud BI Product
July 19, 2013Business intelligence software maker Tableau takes its technology to the cloud.
Cloud-Based Healthcare Analytics Firm ArborMetrix Raises $7M
July 18, 2013ArborMetrix leverages the cloud to help hospitals and other healthcare organizations improve the quality of care and keep costs in check.
SAP Consolidates Analytics Apps into BusinessObjects Mobile
July 17, 2013Company's new mobile all-in-one business analytics app wrangles SAP's data discovery and reporting capabilities under a single user experience.
TrustRadius Wants to be Yelp for Enterprise Software
July 16, 2013Startup bets IT buyers will flock to its crowdsourced recommendation and ratings site before sinking big bucks on business software.
BloomReach Mobile Brings Big Data to Mobile Marketing
July 15, 2013New mobile-first product melds Big Data analytics, machine learning and social discovery to help marketers engage with smartphone-wielding consumers.
Citrix Switches on Podio Video Chat
July 12, 2013Add virtual face-to-face meetings and voice chat to Citrix's cloud-based collaboration service's feature set.
Actian Launches ParAccel Big Data Analytics
July 11, 2013A few months after getting acquired, ParAccel's massively parallel processing technology is used to anchor Actian's analytics platform.
Microsoft Previews Power BI for Office 365
July 9, 2013A new Office 365 add-on leverages Microsoft's innovations in databases and cloud computing to bring insight-gathering business intelligence features to Office users.
Marketing Clouds: Salesforce, Oracle, IBM Battle It Out
July 8, 2013A look at how the market is shaping up for some major players in the newly competitive cloud marketing software scene.
Enterprise Software Leads IT Spending Growth: Gartner
July 3, 2013The industry's appetite for business software, particularly CRM, is helping to push IT spending rates higher.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Coming this Fall
July 2, 2013Redmond is taking customer relationship management (CRM) personally with enhanced mobile apps, social collaboration and marketing automation support.
Adobe Acquires Neolane to Bolster its Marketing Cloud
June 28, 2013The $600 million deal will bring Neolane's cross-channel campaign management tech to Adobe's cloud-based marketing software and services portfolio.
Base CRM Steps Up to the Enterprise
June 27, 2013Customer relationship management (CRM) software specialist rolls out an enterprise-grade version of its mobile-friendly platform.
Salesforce and Oracle Link Clouds
June 26, 2013Business software rivals ink a nine-year deal that will bring their clouds closer together.
Microsoft Moves ERP to the Cloud
June 20, 2013It took a while, but Microsoft ERP solutions are now available in the cloud.
IBM Aims SmartCloud Analytics at the C-Suite
June 19, 2013From the CMO to the CFO, Big Blue rolls out cloud app collections with business executives in mind.
Zurmo 2.0: Open Source CRM for Gen X and Y
June 18, 2013The CRM software maker targets an evolving workforce with new user options and email marketing features.
KnowledgeAdvisors Takes on HR with Talent Analytics Suite
June 17, 2013Firm targets human resources professionals with its cloud-based, Big Data-driven analytics platform.
RelateIQ Raises $20M for Relationship Intelligence Platform
June 14, 2013Big Data startup RelateIQ bags $29M for its mobile-friendly take on relationship management.
HP Autonomy Launches Marketing Cloud
June 13, 2013With Autonomy’s tech in tow, HP enters the increasingly competitive marketing cloud services market.
Marketo Revs Customer Engagement Engine
June 12, 2013Timing, automation and easy-to-digest insights are everything for Marketo, a maker of cloud-based email marketing automation software.
ThinkVine Updates Marketing Mix Optimization Platform
June 10, 2013ThinkVine advances its marketing software with new forecasting, collaboration and sharing features.
SAP Readies CRM Onslaught with Hybris Buy
June 6, 2013SAP to add multi-channel e-commerce solutions to its cloud-enabled, HANA-powered business software slate.
Salesforce Buys ExactTarget Marketing Cloud for $2.5B
June 4, 2013Salesforce's Marketing Cloud gets a lift courtesy of a big, multi-billion dollar deal.
Canvas Raises Millions for Paper-Killing Business Apps
June 3, 2013Startup Canvas rakes in funds to help businesses ditch paper forms and keep up with demand for on-the-go apps.
IBM Aims Big Data Analytics at HR Function
May 31, 2013IBM rolls out new Smarter Workforce analytics services to help HR execs boost productivity and retain talent.
Salesforce Guns for Corporate Intranets with Company Communities
May 30, 2013With its new social- and mobile-enabled offering, Salesforce hopes businesses will say good-bye to their stale corporate internets.
Pronto Furthers BI for Everyone Mission with Xi 710
May 28, 2013Improved mobile support, Office integration and “hundreds of improvements” help put business intelligence into practically every worker’s hands with Pronto's latest software update.
Big Data App Startup WibiData Raises Millions
May 24, 2013Big Data application development company aims to usher in the next generation of big scale enterprise software.
Splunk, Hortonworks Team for Big Data BI
May 23, 2013Splunk and Hortonworks seek to help businesses more readily put their Big Data stores to productive use. In addition, Hortonworks introduced Microsoft Windows Server support.
IBM Watson Brings Big Data Smarts to Customer Service
May 22, 2013Watson 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
May 20, 2013Hot on the heels of its Alteryx Strategic Analytics Platform 8.5 release, the Big Data analytics company raises additional funds to make Big Data more accessible to "ordinary" users.
Jive Delivers Social Inbox with StreamOnce
May 17, 2013Jive's social collaboration platform gains a new unified inbox, thanks to a social startup's newly-acquired technology.
SAP Fiori: Consumerization of Enterprise Software Comes to ERP
May 15, 2013iPads welcome. SAP's ERP slate gets new modern, user- and mobile-friendly apps to help keep workers productive.
Twitter Buys Big Data Analytics Startup Lucky Sort
May 14, 2013Another Big Data startup gets swept up by an industry bigwig. This time social media giant Twitter comes calling.
Oracle Intros In-Memory JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Apps
May 10, 2013In pursuit of the real-time enterprise, Oracle gives JD Edwards project management and sales apps the in-memory treatment.
SAP Unveils HANA Enterprise Cloud
May 8, 2013Blistering in-memory app performance meets cloud delivery in SAP's latest offering for enterprises, HANA Enterprise Cloud.
SalesFUSION 8 Blurs CRM and Marketing Automation
May 7, 2013Business software firm extends popular CRM platforms by deeply integrating sales and marketing workflows and capabilities.
Citrix Adds IM, Video Chat to Podio Collaboration Suite
May 3, 2013Podio users will be able to initiate chats and hold video calls with their colleagues, as Citrix expands its collaboration platform.
Salesforce Communities Shakes up Customer Service
May 2, 2013Salesforce is signaling the end of old-school customer forums with a social offering that pulls customer interactions directly into Chatter.
Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning Help Skytree Land $18M
May 1, 2013UPS and Sun's former CEO bet that a machine learning software company can open new, business-friendly frontiers in Big Data analytics.
CRM Jumps 12.5 Percent in 2012: Gartner
April 29, 2013Salesforce helps customer relationship management (CRM) grow at a faster rate than the overall enterprise software market.
Social Analytics Startup VoloMetrix Banks $3.3M
April 26, 2013Enterprise social networking has arrived. Now what? SaaS startup VoloMetrix offers managers insights into how interactions can help boost business.
Actian Snags ParAccel for Big Data Management, Analytics
April 25, 2013Big Data specialist Actian aims for bigger markets by acquiring a high-profile Amazon partner.
Salesforce Launches Social.com Ad Platform
April 23, 2013Cloud CRM innovator tackles social media advertising on with the latest addition to its Marketing Cloud services slate.
Big Data Boosts Enterprise Software Market in 2012: IDC
April 22, 2013Big Data shook up the enterprise software market last year and its impact is rippling across market segments, finds industry analyst IDC.
Marketing Automation Startup Brandcast Gets Benioff's Blessing (and Cash)
April 17, 2013Content management and marketing automation startup Brandcast gets off the ground with a little help from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.
Mobile CRM App Market Set to Explode: Gartner
April 12, 2013The number of mobile CRM apps is set to rise by 500 percent in a few short years, according to a new forecast from Gartner.
Enterprise NoSQL Firm MarkLogic Raises $25M
April 11, 2013Software maker MarkLogic attracts VC funds to help big businesses cozy up to Big Data.
Oracle Debuts New In-Memory Business App Slate
April 10, 2013Oracle feeds the enterprise's need for speed with new, in-memory versions of its popular business applications.
Oracle Revamps Endeca and Business Intelligence Foundation
April 9, 2013Business software giant Oracle updates its business analytics software portfolio with new ways to access more data sources and expanded visualization options.
Jive and Bunchball Usher in Personalized Gamification
April 9, 2013Jive's enhanced gamification module brings a touch of fun and games to the social enterprise.
SiSense Nabs $10M by Thinking Small for Big Data Analytics
April 3, 2013The startup sidesteps Hadoop clusters and pricey in-memory systems to crunch Big Data with standard server hardware.
SAS Survey Reveals Big Data Disconnect
April 1, 2013The vast majority of organizations are missing out on the business-boosting potential of Big Data, according to business software maker SAS.
iPad Sales Presentation Software Startup Showpad Raises $2M
March 29, 2013Belgian startup Showpad plans to establish a foothold in the U.S., by offering a cloud-based sales presentation app for the iPad.
Big Data Genomics Firm Bina Raises $6M
March 29, 2013With Big Data in its DNA, tech startup Bina Technologies hopes to revolutionize health care by enabling personalized medicine.
Platfora Launches In-Memory BI Platform
March 26, 2013Analytics startup layers its technology on Hadoop to generate fast, user-friendly business visualizations.
IBM's Social Email Push
March 22, 2013IBM wants to turn workers' inboxes into social media hubs with Notes and Domino Social Edition 9.
MapR Hauls $30M for Enterprise Big Data
March 21, 2013Hadoop innovator MapR technologies targets production environments as it eyes an emerging, multi-billion dollar market for Big Data platforms and apps.
Microsoft Ramps up Yammer Integration
March 20, 2013When will Office 365 and SharePoint get some baked-in Yammer love? Soon, says Microsoft.
Salesforce Chatter Bridges Social and Mobile CRM Divide
March 19, 2013Chatter gets a big update that brings core Salesforce CRM functionality within easy reach of mobile users.
Information Builders Dives into Social Media Analytics
March 18, 2013Business intelligence software maker’s Big Data-powered analytics platform gains new social media insight gathering capabilities.
Cloud BI Firm HG Data Raises $2M
March 15, 2013Latest business intelligence startup to attract VC financing uses proprietary tech to unearth the supplier, buyer and partner relationships between organizations.
Gartner: Welcome to Year of Big Data
March 13, 2013The past few years were just a warm-up. According to Gartner, 2013 is Big Data's turn in the spotlight.
Adobe Marketing Cloud Makes Move to 'Mobile First'
March 6, 2013Adobe cranks out new features as marketers prioritize mobile marketing campaigns.
Cloud Analytics Startup Anaplan Hauls $30M
March 5, 2013Following a year of rapid growth, Anaplan is taking on the global marketplace with its in-memory, cloud-based analytics technology.
Information Builders Gives WebFOCUS the Big Data Analytics Treatment
February 28, 2013New enhancements bring a real-time, Big Data-fueled edge to Information Builders' WebFOCUS business intelligence offerings.
Salesforce Tops CRM Rankings: Capterra
February 26, 2013While Salesforce takes the number one spot in the customer relationship management scene in terms of overall popularity, it relinquishes the crown in some notable categories.
Chartio Adds Salesforce to Visual Analytics Mix
February 21, 2013The analytics startup integrates Salesforce data to enable real-time business intelligence gathering for users of the leading cloud CRM platform.
Open Source Elasticsearch Firm Raises $24M
February 20, 2013As more enterprises base their Big Data search platforms on Elasticsearch, the software maker rakes in additional funding to advance and support the growing ecosystem.
Social Video Ad Firm Virool Raises $6.6M
February 15, 2013Social video advertising firm Virool rakes in funds to keep its momentum going.
Persado Raises $15M for Persuasive Marketing
February 13, 2013Marketing software specialist attracts funds for a SaaS platform that optimizes marketing messages.
Sailthru Raises $19M for Personalized Slant on Big Data
February 11, 2013Following a period of explosive growth, Sailthru attracts funds to put a personalized spin on Big Data.
CRM Is Most Wanted Mobile Enterprise App: Survey
February 8, 2013Executives want customer relationship management (CRM) apps in the palm of their hands, according to an enterprise mobility study from ISD and IDC.
DataXu Raises $27M for Big Data Marketing
February 7, 2013Venture capitalists are showing the love for Big Data startups, especially those with solutions geared toward marketers. The latest to get funding is Boston-based DataXu.
Google Snaps Up Channel Intelligence for $125M
February 6, 2013Search giant Google turns its attention to e-commerce and product marketing with its acquisition of Channel Intelligence.
IBM Buys Business Intelligence Automation Specialist
February 5, 2013IBM's analytics slate grows with the acquisition of a business intelligence process automation and application integration software specialist Star Analytics.
SAS Aims Visual Analytics at Midsized Businesses
February 5, 2013Now that the company's data exploration and visualization platform runs on departmental-level IT infrastructures, SAS puts Big Data insights within the reach of work groups.
Big Data Market to Reach $48.3B by 2018
February 1, 2013The Big Data market is only growing bigger, according to a forecast from Transparency Market Research. The firm predicts a CAGR of 40.5 percent from 2012 to 2018.
EMC Debuts Greenplum Unified Analytics Appliance for Big Data
January 31, 2013EMC challenges Oracle and IBM with an appliance that runs both Greenplum's MPP database and Hadoop distro.
IBM Forges Cloud Connections for Revamped Social Enterprise Slate
January 28, 2013Big Blue unveils Connections 4.5, IBM Notes and Domino Social Edition 9 and Employee Experience Suite powered by Kenexa.
Marketers to Boost Big Data Analytics Spending in 2013
January 22, 2013Businesses will increase Big Data spending this year in an effort to unearth customer insights, according to a new survey.
Big Data Insights Elude Marketers: Survey
January 18, 2013Despite its promise, a study from Neolane and Direct Marketers Association shows that Big Data insights elude most marketers.
Microsoft Dynamics for Retail Goes Omni-Channel
January 17, 2013E-commerce or brick-and-mortar, Microsoft shows off Dynamics' omni-channel chops at NRF 2013.
IBM Retail Software Targets Omni-Channel Shoppers
January 16, 2013Consumer behavior is changing, finds an IBM study. In response, Big Blue is rolling out analytics-backed retail apps to help retailers snag savvy shoppers.
Alteryx Analytics Gallery Gathers Steam
January 15, 2013Cloud analytics firm gains partners for its "consumerization of Big Data" platform.
Epicor Extends Retail CRM's Reach
January 14, 2013CRM provider offers retailers a clearer view of their customers with channel- and geography-spanning multi-divisional support.
SAP Business Suite Gets a HANA In-Memory Boost
January 11, 2013Real-time enterprises require real-time analytics, argues SAP, as the company pushes Business Suite apps powered by HANA.
Host Analytics Raises $17M for Cloud EPM
January 10, 2013Cloud business software specialist hopes to become the Salesforce of enterprise performance management.
HP Launches Big Data Certification Program
January 9, 2013Server maker sets its sights on the growing Big Data market by offering an official certification program that covers HP's Vertica Analytics Platform.
Zoho CRM Adds Smart Email, Location Awareness, More
January 8, 2013Zoho launches a new Document Library module, enables smart email filters and adds location awareness for its mobile CRM app.
Infusionsoft Banks $54M for Small Biz CRM
January 7, 2013Goldman Sachs leads an investment round in the small business CRM specialist Infusionsoft.
OpenERP 7.0 Sets Stage for One-Stop Integrated Business Apps
December 28, 2012For the latest release of its open source ERP platform, OpenERP focuses on integrated applications, first-time users and more social hooks.
Oracle Grabs Eloqua's Marketing Cloud for $871M
December 20, 2012Business software giant Oracle absorbs yet another SaaS provider into its expanding cloud services portfolio.
Splunk Intros More Big Data SDKs
December 18, 2012Big Data pioneer Splunk releases new software development kits to bring more developers into the fold and grow its ecosystem.
Oracle Debuts Big Data Appliance X3-2 and Updated Hadoop Connectors
December 17, 2012Oracle announces new, high-performance server hardware and software offerings that play well with the popular Hadoop Big Data platform.
Oracle Snaps up DataRaker
December 14, 2012Oracle buys a cloud-based, smart meter analytics specialist to add momentum to its Big Data push.
Feds to Spend $7.2B on Big Data by 2017
December 13, 2012Affordable analytics solutions and growing cloud adoption are sparking increased federal government demand for Big Data solutions.
Birst Launches Predictive Sales Analytics
December 13, 2012Analytics software specialist Birst brings predictive analytics to major SFA apps.
IDInteract Launches Demand Exchange Cloud
December 12, 2012A new startup aims to one-up social CRM analytics vendors with a targeted, analytics-based cloud offering.
Coveo Raises $18M for Big Data-driven CRM
December 10, 2012Canadian enterprise search firm rakes in funds as its CRM-friendly platform draws more customers.
Sage SalesLogix 8 Champions Sales Roles, Mobile Access
December 6, 2012Sage's updated CRM platform emphasizes role-based functionality and improves the mobile experience. Sage SalesLogix 8 Champions Sales Roles, Mobile Access
Big Data Analytics Startup ClearStory Raises $9M
December 6, 2012ClearStory, another startup that puts a user-friendly spin on Big Data analytics, rakes in VC funds.
IBM Completes Kenexa Buy, Preps Analytics-Driven HCM
December 4, 2012IBM sees a Big Data analytics opportunity as it closes the book on its human capital management acquisition of Kenexa.
SAS Points Big Data Guns at Fraudsters
December 4, 2012Analytics provider SAS plans to fight financial crimes by boosting R&D and leveraging in-memory technology.
Zurmo CRM Gets In-App Email
November 30, 2012The open source CRM platform adds built-in email and better bug reporting to its bag of tricks.
SAP Launches Predictive Analysis for Big Data
November 28, 2012SAP grows its HANA in-memory analytics ecosystem with compatible software that helps businesses make sense of Big Data and plan for the future.
Yellowfin Adds Social Sharing for Business Intelligence Boost
November 27, 2012Yellowfin's strategy for improving business intelligence adoption owes a debt to Google+ and gives new meaning to the term "one percenter."
SumAll Raises $6M for Small Biz Analytics on the Cloud
November 21, 2012A cash infusion helps startup SumAll ramp up its SMB data analytics platform, with a good chunk going toward its charitable foundation.
Socialbakers Raises $6M to Accelerate Global Expansion
November 19, 2012Social analytics startup looks to strengthen its global operations as the competition heats up.
SAP Unveils Windows 8 Mobile Apps
November 13, 2012What iPad? SAP shows its support for Microsoft’s tablet-friendly OS with six new business apps.
Selligy iPhone App Streamlines Sales Meetings
November 8, 2012Salesforce integration, location awareness and social smarts combine to help iPhone-wielding sales pros manage their sales meetings from one app.
Microsoft Adds Moxie to Dynamics CRM
November 5, 2012Companies team to bring social features to Microsoft’s Dynamics, boosting the CRM platform's appeal for call centers and other customer service operations.
Microsoft Preps Dynamics CRM Update for December
November 1, 2012New Dynamics CRM features to loosely coincide with Microsoft's sweeping Windows OS and Office 2013 revamps.
RedPrairie Snags JDA Software in $1.9B SCM Deal
November 1, 2012RedPrairie, JDA Software merge to take on SAP and Oracle in the growing supply chain management market.
Microsoft, Hortonworks Debut Hadoop-powered HDInsight
October 26, 2012Hortonworks helps Microsoft's cloud and server ecosystem get hip to Hadoop.
Alpine Predictive Analytics Takes Aim at Hadoop
October 19, 2012Company joins growing list of business analytics firms that support the popular open source Big Data platform.
SAP HANA One: In-Memory Analytics Meets SaaS on Amazon's Cloud
October 17, 2012SAP banks on popularity of Amazon Web Services to turn businesses on to its HANA in-memory analytics platform.
HP Enters Business Analytics Services Fray
October 15, 2012Gunning for IBM, HP expands its enterprise services portfolio by targeting the exploding Big Data analytics market.
SAS High-Performance Analytic Server Gets Hadoop Boost
October 10, 2012SAS updates its analytics platform with HDFS support and enhanced text mining.
Alteryx Enlists Cloud for Consumerization of Big Data
October 8, 2012Alteryx takes cues from popular social media sites to bring Big Data to the masses.
SAP Debuts HANA-Powered Precision Retailing Cloud Service
October 2, 2012SAP enlists its real-time, in-memory analytics technology to help retailers boost sales.
HootSuite Reveals Social Enterprise Ambitions with Conversations
September 26, 2012HootSuite takes aim at workplace collaboration with new social media-inspired features.
Tibco Spotfire 5.0 Casts Wider Big Data Analytics Net
September 25, 2012Tibco's big engine overhaul brings improved capacity and support for more data sources.
Salesforce Launches Social Services at Dreamforce
September 20, 2012Salesforce introduced a variety of new services, most with a strongly social slant, at its Dreamforce event.
Oracle Buys SelectMinds, Another Cloud HCM Company
September 18, 2012Oracle makes another HCM buy to bulk up its social enterprise cloud services portfolio.
App Employs Context for Big Data Analytics Efficiency
September 18, 2012OpTier aims to make short work out of Big Data analytics by looking at information in context.
IBM Connections: Big Data Analytics Meets Social Enterprise
September 13, 2012IBM updates its social business platform, leveraging Big Data processing to unearth social media-driven business opportunities.
Epicor Readies Cloud ERP for Midsized Businesses
September 10, 2012Epicor's small business ERP cloud services suite grows up and sets its sights on larger customers.
HootSuite Buys Seesmic to Woo Enterprise Social Media Users
September 7, 2012Social network management software company HootSuite snaps up rival Seesmic to grow its enterprise user base.
Kred Sniffs out Social Influencers on Salesforce CRM
September 6, 2012Kred for CRM integrates with Salesforce to help boost sales and prioritize customer support.
CallidusCloud Is Salesforce's Latest Force.com Partner
September 4, 2012Force.com integration brings CallidusCloud's lead generation and marketing management to Salesforce's application development platform.
Sales Performance Management Steps Out of CRM's Shadow
September 4, 2012The industry is waking up to sales performance management (SPM) software that can supercharge sales teams.
HCM Specialist Workday Files for $400M IPO
August 31, 2012Cloud HCM provider Workday takes the first steps in going public in the midst of a sizzling enterprise human resources software market.
Cloud Security Alliance Sets Sights on Big Data Security
August 31, 2012The Cloud Security Alliance thinks there’s no better time than now to tackle Big Data security.
Quest Launches Toad Business Intelligence Tools
August 29, 2012Quest looks beyond database developer tools and tackles business intelligence (BI) implementations with its new offering.
Tidemark Aims at Mobile Users with Cloud EPM Apps
August 28, 2012Tidemark brings its enterprise performance management technology to mobile workforces.
IBM Buys Social HCM Specialist Kenexa for $1.3B
August 27, 2012IBM bolsters its social enterprise services slate by acquiring human capital management (HCM) software maker Kenexa.
Big Data Startup Sqrrl Raises $2M, Focuses on Security Challenges
August 20, 2012Startup with National Security Agency roots raises funds for its Accumulo-based Big Data platform and packs its bags for a move to Boston from Washington DC.
Zoho Campaigns Brings Email Marketing to Cloud CRM
August 15, 2012Zoho integrates an email and social campaign module into its cloud-based CRM suite.
Salesforce Embarks on Community-Building for Social Enterprises
August 14, 2012By presenting "social" as a set of business behaviors -- not just features -- Salesforce.com hopes to supercharge customer service and sales.
Tableau Adds MapR Support for Hadoop-Powered Analytics
August 10, 2012Business intelligence specialist Tableau expands its data source support by embracing MapR's Hadoop distribution.
To Socialize SharePoint, NewsGator Goes on the Lookout
August 9, 2012New features in Newsgator's Social Sites 3.0 aim to bring relevance, personalization to SharePoint social sharing as Yammer integration looms.
Yammer Adds Sentiment to Social with Kanjoya
August 3, 2012Yammer's partnership with Kanjoya means organizations can gauge employees' emotions on their enterprise social networks.
Salesforce's Do.com Gets Social for Contact and Sales Management
August 2, 2012New features in Salesforce's Do.com harness social media and advanced task management options to supercharge collaboration and help sales organizations close deals.
Oracle's CRM On Demand Rolls on with Release 20
July 31, 2012Oracle revamps CRM On Demand with a focus on industries, despite the arrival of the company’s Fusion CRM platform.
HANA, Cloud Uptake Drive Record Q2 Revenues for SAP
July 24, 2012The HANA in-memory analytics platform and SAP's SuccessFactors buy help the software giant book record revenues.
Flexibility Key to Finding CRM Sweet Spot
July 23, 2012Need CRM guidance? Get expert advice on navigating the CRM software landscape and learn from a look at how one law firm found its sweet spot with SugarCRM.
Microsoft Closes Yammer Acquisition
July 20, 2012Yammer officially becomes a Microsoft property less than a month after the two companies announced the acquisition.
Big Data-Fueled Social Startup 33Across Raises $13 Million
July 20, 2012Deal making in the social marketing realm shows no sign of slowing down as one East Coast startup attracts millions in VC funds to grow its Big Data technology platform.
Alteryx Embarks on User-Friendly Analytics Software
July 16, 2012In response to the Big Data skills shortage, Alteryx sets out to "humanize" business intelligence with a new software update.
Oracle: Smart Grids the Next Big Data Opportunity
July 11, 2012The analytics industry braces for a deluge of Big Data as electrical utilities roll out smart grids.
Salesforce Buying Social CRM Startup GoInstant
July 10, 2012Salesforce is paying $70 million for online customer engagement startup GoInstant, the latest of several social software acquisitions that will help Salesforce beef up its social CRM capabilities.
Spotlight on SharePoint as Microsoft Snaps up Yammer
June 26, 2012Microsoft spends a hefty $1.2 billion to drive collaboration across its cloud services and beef up SharePoint's social standing.
MemSQL Rides In-Memory Rocket, SQL Legacy for Big Data
June 25, 2012Startup tackles Big Data with a database that exploits SQL skill sets and adds an in-memory performance boost.
IBM Puts Focus on Predictive Analytics with Analytical Decision Management
June 25, 2012Decisions, decisions… IBM hopes to lend speed and clarity to decision making with its new Analytical Decision Management software, which utilizes predictive analytics.
ERP to Top Enterprise App Spending in 2012
June 22, 2012ERP software vendors take the lead as the enterprise app market is forecast to notch more revenues.
Report: Microsoft to Acquire Yammer for $1B
June 15, 2012Microsoft prepares to spend big for a grab at the social enterprise market.
IDC: CRM Market Grows as Apps Get Social
June 14, 2012What's not to 'Like'? Providers of CRM apps look to social CRM to help maintain healthy growth.
Actuate, Pervasive Team for Big Data Visualizations
June 11, 2012Actuate continues its quest to become the de facto business intelligence visualization platform for Hadoop by partnering with Pervasive Software.
Oracle Buys Collective Intellect in Cloudy Social CRM Play
June 5, 2012Oracle makes social CRM waves of its own a day after the blockbuster Salesforce-Buddy Media deal.
Zurmo Open Source CRM Beta Adds Gamification
May 31, 2012Level up! Zurmo includes a points system and virtual bling in its CRM application to incentivize sales organizations.
Oracle Snaps up Vitrue's Social Marketing Cloud
May 23, 2012Tweet long and prosper. With its latest acquisition, Oracle bets on cloud-based, Facebook-friendly marketing services as social CRM picks up steam.
SAP Bolsters Cloud Business with $4.3B Ariba Buy
May 23, 2012SAP buys Ariba to add needed breadth and scale its business cloud services slate.
Salesforce Pumps up Chatter's Enterprise Collaboration Capabilities
May 22, 2012Salesforce.com wants to help social enterprises get chatty and show-offish by rolling out instant messaging features in June, followed by screensharing capabilities in the third quarter.
Opera Solutions Brings Predictive Analytics to SAP HANA
May 15, 2012Can third parties thrive in the HANA universe? One company is betting that it has not only the technology, but also the brains to back it up.
Survey: 70 Percent of Organizations Have Big Plans for Big Data
May 14, 2012Big Data is on nearly every IT and business professional's mind, a new survey from Informatica shows. But challenges loom...
Customer Service Gets More Social with Zoho Support
May 11, 2012New Facebook and Twitter integration highlights the increasing impact of social media on customer service software, a key characteristic of social CRM.
Actuate, Cloudera Team for Big Data Business Intelligence
May 7, 2012The companies expect the alliance to ease enterprise Big Data analytics integration projects and strengthen the ties between their respective open source developer communities.
IBM Gathers Tealeaf in Analytics Buying Streak
May 3, 2012Tealeaf is taken off the market as the industry turns its attention to online consumer behavior and digital marketing analytics.
Jive Updates Platform with Seamless Sharing, Big Data Brawn
May 2, 2012Jive unleashes improved apps integration, the power of Big Data analytics and a reworked UI for seamless social business collaboration.
Intuit Gains Expanded CRM Presence with $420 Million Demandforce Purchase
April 30, 2012Intuit parts with big bucks for a shot at the hot cloud and social CRM markets.
Gartner: CRM Emerges as a Big CIO Priority
April 30, 2012Need more proof that the CRM software market is sizzling? Gartner says that CRM skyrocketed 10 slots in its list of CIO technology priorities.
IBM Seeks Big Data Domination with Vivisimo Buy, Cloudera Support
April 26, 2012IBM feeds its relentless hunger for all things Big Data with an acquisition and newly-announced Cloudera support.
Teradata Debuts In-Memory System for SAS Analytics
April 23, 2012Teradata targets SAS environments with pre-configured systems that feature massive RAM stores.
W2O Group Buys Ravel in Big Week for Big Data Startups
April 20, 2012W2O group takes Austin-based Big Data startup Ravel off the market as Splunk's IPO lights up Wall Street.
IBM Acquires Varicent for Sales Data Analytics
April 13, 2012Big Blue targets sales organizations as it snaps up another business intelligence and analytics specialist.
SAP Acquires Syclo for Mobile App Momentum
April 11, 2012Syclo buy strengthens SAP's mobile apps strategy as it puts its ambitious enterprise software plans in motion.
CDC Releases Pivotal CRM for iPad
April 9, 2012CDC Software joins the iPad CRM app club with new software for Apple's white-hot tablet.
Dell to Make Old Apps New Again, and Cloudier Too, with Make Technologies Buy
April 6, 2012Dell is acquiring Make Technologies to help its customers modernize aging business apps and find new homes for them in the cloud.
Oracle Outlines Business Analytics Battle Plan
April 4, 2012Big Data, Endeca-derived technology and predictive analytics anchor Oracle's plan to dominate the market.
Dell Buys Clerity in Cloud Applications Push
April 3, 2012Big Iron weighing your business applications down? By acquiring Clerity, Dell wants to help businesses transition their enterprise apps to the cloud.
Jive Brings Social, Gamification to Corporate Intranets
March 28, 2012Game on! Jive brings social hooks to corporate intranets and teams with Bunchball to engage employees with a little productivity-enhancing fun and games.
Adobe: Online Marketers Selling Social Traffic Short
March 23, 2012Shifting to a first-click attribution measurement model could raise the value of social media outreach efforts by up to 94 percent, according to an Adobe study.
Microsoft Dynamics ERP Heading to Azure
March 21, 2012Microsoft's roadmap offers a path to the cloud and updates aplenty. SMBs are the first intended audience for Dynamics NAV 2013 and Dynamics GP 2013 on Windows Azure.
IBM Launches Big Data Analytics for Business
March 20, 2012IBM’s new offerings highlight Big Data’s profit-boosting potential.
Study: Cloudy Job Forecast Calls for Over a Half Million New IT Jobs
March 19, 2012Mobile, social networks and Big Data to drive growth in cloud jobs and revenues.
Salesforce.com Sends Rypple Across Social Enterprise
March 15, 2012Achievement unlocked! Salesforce.com rolls out new socially-driven features powered by its recent human capital management HCM buy.
IBM's Watson Takes to Cloud for Big Data
March 13, 2012A year after schooling former Jeopardy! champs, Watson gears up for crunching Big Data on the cloud.
Symantec Fights Big Data Sprawl With Data Insight 3.0
March 13, 2012Symantec tackles the task of managing and protecting unstructured data by placing a premium on accountability.
Market for Big Data Getting, Well, Big
March 12, 2012IDC predicts the market for Big Data solutions will hit $16.9 billion by 2015. Big Data market growth is outpacing general IT market growth, but staffing challenges loom.
Hortonworks, Microsoft Team for Hadoop-Excel Support
March 1, 2012Yahoo spin-off joins with Microsoft for tools that could potentially grow Hadoop's popularity by millions of users.
Oracle Enters In-memory Analytics Fray with Exalytics
February 29, 2012Oracle ships in-memory analysis hardware for crunching Big Data, takes on SAP.
Survey: Less than a Third of IT Pros 'Get' Big Data
February 27, 2012A study conducted by LogLogic finds that most IT professionals don't know what Big Data means, let alone possess the ability to come to grips with it.
OnLive Brings Cloud-based Office, Flash Browsing to iPad
February 23, 2012Cloud gaming company explores new territory with an iPad app that offers a virtual Windows 7 desktop, Microsoft Office and mobile Flash.
Oracle Acquires Taleo for $1.9 Billion
February 9, 2012Taleo's platform is coming to Oracle Public Cloud as the HCM market sizzles.
