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Getting Business Travel Expenses under Control with HCM
May 23, 2013While business travel can seem tortuous, it's a piece of cake compared to managing employee travel expenses. Human capital management (HCM) software can help.
HCM No Longer an ERP Afterthought
May 21, 2013Human 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
May 16, 2013Because data science is an emerging field with a broad range of requirements, some companies create specialized internal training programs to get the skills they want and need.
4 Barriers to Big Data Success -- and Ways to Overcome Them
May 13, 2013Companies that are leveraging Big Data have identified four common barriers to Big Data success. Fortunately, all four barriers can be overcome with the right strategies.
Pivotal Aims to Disrupt Cloud, Big Data Analytics
May 10, 2013A startup called Pivotal, headed by VMWare's former CEO, wants to be the go-to cloud operating system. And it wants to shift analytics focus from Big Data to fast data.
Is Cloud-based ERP Inevitable?
May 6, 2013ERP has not been as quick as other enterprise applications to move to the cloud. But that doesn't mean it won't get there, say industry watchers.
Big Data, Big Opportunities for DBAs
May 3, 2013Big Data is changing how companies view data. Is it also changing how they view database administrators (DBAs)?
4 Hot Open Source Big Data Projects
April 30, 2013There's more -- much more -- to the Big Data software ecosystem than Hadoop. Here are four open source projects that will help you get big benefits from Big Data.
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.
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.
Using Big Data to Fight Fraud
April 18, 2013While Big Data can be useful in fighting fraud, traditional business intelligence tools aren't much help.
Putting a Social Spin on HCM
April 16, 2013Human capital management (HCM) vendors are focusing on social recruitment as social channels become an important source of job referrals and recommendations.
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.
Big Data Success: Focus on Customer, not Cost
April 12, 2013It may seem counterintuitive, but Wayne Kernochan says that companies successfully using Big Data deliberately do not make cost reduction a top focus.
5 More Buzz-worthy Big Data Analytics Apps
April 10, 2013The number of analytics applications designed to help enterprises leverage Big Data is getting bigger all the time. Here are five that got our attention.
How Big Data Is Changing Enterprise Applications
April 4, 2013Companies can use in-memory processing and Hadoop to handle Big Data. But how will that change enterprise applications?
5 Buzz-worthy Big Data Analytics Apps
March 28, 2013The marriage of Big Data and analytics will likely yield some powerful business benefits. Here are five buzz-worthy Big Data analytics apps.
Big Data + SaaS = Better Marketing
March 26, 2013Big Data apps, or BDAs, offer a new twist on software-as-a-service (SaaS) that will be especially valuable to marketers.
Closing Big Data Loop Reveals Marketing ROI
March 19, 2013It’s neither easy nor inexpensive to consolidate data from disparate sources. But doing so can help enterprises understand cost per customer sale, a key metric.
5 Tips for Mashing up Big Data, Social Media
March 14, 2013Mashing up Big Data and social media can help organizations understand their customers better. Here are five tips for a successful Big Data and social media mashup.
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