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Applications of CRM, sales, marketing, business intelligence, customer service, social media and networking, supply chain, and e-commerce software and solutions in the retail industry.

Top 10 Mobile Business Intelligence Apps

February 14, 2013

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

February 6, 2013

Search giant Google turns its attention to e-commerce and product marketing with its acquisition of Channel Intelligence.

SAS Aims Visual Analytics at Midsized Businesses

February 5, 2013

Now 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.

Microsoft Dynamics for Retail Goes Omni-Channel

January 17, 2013

E-commerce or brick-and-mortar, Microsoft shows off Dynamics' omni-channel chops at NRF 2013.

IBM Retail Software Targets Omni-Channel Shoppers

January 16, 2013

Consumer behavior is changing, finds an IBM study. In response, Big Blue is rolling out analytics-backed retail apps to help retailers snag savvy shoppers.

Top 5 CRM Trends for 2013

January 14, 2013

From "interconnected" business intelligence to added attention from the C-suite, here are five trends that will shape CRM in 2013.

Data Scientist Shortage? Try Team Building

January 9, 2013

A good data scientist is hard to find. So hard that enterprises should focus instead on creating small analytics teams that can glean insights from Big Data.

Social Media Monitoring and Listening Tools: a Primer

January 4, 2013

Interested in "social listening?" This beginners' guide to social media monitoring and listening tools tells you what you need to know.

Big Data and Beyond: 10 BI Trends for 2013

January 2, 2013

Big Data will continue to dominate business intelligence in 2013, but experts are beginning to see a growing sophistication in how companies use it.

IBM Debuts Netezza Analytics Appliance Geared to Retail Industry

January 24, 2012

As part of its Smarter Commerce initiative, IBM has released the Netezza Customer Intelligence Appliance, a SQL-based enterprise data warehouse capable of analyzing up to petabytes of Big Data for retailers.

CRM Going Social, Mobile

December 7, 2011

Major vendors like SAP and Salesforce.com are betting mobile and social technologies will be a prominent part of CRM strategies in 2012.  

Oracle Buys RightNow for Cloud Customer Service

October 24, 2011

Oracle takes aim at Salesforce.com with its expanding cloud CRM service.

Oracle Buys Endeca for Unstructured Business Intelligence

October 18, 2011

Oracle expands its business intelligence offerings with Endeca's unstructured data management.

Vision Critical Unveils Customer Experience Management Platform

September 26, 2011

New Customer Experience Management (CEM) platform automates the secure collection and integration of all data collected throughout an organization – including social media.

Six Helpful Customer Support Software Solutions

September 14, 2011

Here are a half-dozen help desk and customer support software solutions that can help your business better manage customer queries and support tickets.

A Dozen Simple Ways to Improve Customer Relations

July 27, 2011

Business owners, customer service experts and marketers share their tips on how to gain customer loyalty.

Seven Ways to Reward Your Customers and Improve Your CRM

July 1, 2011

Business owners and CRM experts reveal how rewarding customers can be a very rewarding experience.

Oracle Acquires FatWire for Web Experience Management

June 22, 2011

The acquisition will combine web experience management (WEM) with CRM and ecommerce.

SAS Fraud Management Boosts Detection and Prevention

June 15, 2011

The latest SAS Fraud Management version provides faster and more accurate enterprise fraud detection.

Oracle Offers Prebuilt Analytics App for Retail Merchandizing

May 31, 2011

Oracle unveils a new analytics application for retail performance metrics.