News: March 2012
Host Analytics Intros Business Intelligence Tool for Finance Pros
March 30, 2012Provider of cloud-based corporate performance management software says the tool provides self-service reporting and dashboarding capabilities.
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.
Knowledge Workers Find Sales Analytics Lacking
March 28, 2012A new survey finds just 19 percent of knowledge workers are happy with the analytics capabilities of their sales force automation software.
Meeting Challenge of Monitoring Big Data in the Cloud
March 27, 2012You've got Big Data apps, and you need to monitor them from end to end. What do you do? Startup Boundary uses a less device-centric model than traditional monitoring software.
Web Chat, Speech Analytics Hottest Contact Center Technologies for 2012
March 27, 2012Web chat and speech analytics will be the two fastest-growing contact center technologies this year, according to Contact Babel research.
Oracle Database Certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Oracle 6
March 23, 2012Over a year after Oracle released its own flagship Linux release, its namesake database is finally certified to run on it.
SAS Introduces Visual Analytics for Big Data
March 23, 2012In a demonstration of its new data exploration and visualization solution, SAS took pains to differentiate what it calls high-performance analytics from simple business intelligence.
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.
Oracle Earnings Grow; Ellison Blasts SAP
March 21, 2012Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says moving applications to the cloud isn't an all-or-nothing proposition for Oracle. He also says the competition, notably SAP and Salesforce.com, isn't offering the right cloud model.
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.
Axeda Integrates M2M Data with SAP CRM, ERP
March 19, 2012Axeda Corporation's alliance with SAP Gold Certified Partner GlobalSoft Solutions enables SAP customers to utilize machine-to-machine data across the enterprise.
Pentaho Targets OEMs with Embedded Analytics
March 16, 2012Is business intelligence analytics a standalone technology? Sure, but it's also a great fit with other enterprise software too.
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.
Zendesk Analytics Tool Helps Companies Understand 'Silent' Customers
March 15, 2012The provider of help desk software says its new analytics feature gives companies direct visibility into how customers use self-service content. This insight can help them optimize their self-service strategies.
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.
SAP Performance Management, Meet HANA
March 13, 2012SAP says its BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation application will be the first enterprise performance management app to support its HANA-powered NetWeaver Business Warehouse component.
Infor Connects ERP with Salesforce.com CRM
March 12, 2012The Inforce Everywhere application, built on Salesforce's Force.com platform, keeps core CRM data in sync with data from ERP, offering what Infor calls "a 360-degree view" of customers
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