Enterprise Apps Today

Big Data App Startup WibiData Raises Millions

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:53:00 -0700

Big Data application development company aims to usher in the next generation of big scale enterprise software.

Splunk, Hortonworks Team for Big Data BI

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:05:00 -0700

Splunk and Hortonworks seek to help businesses more readily put their Big Data stores to productive use. In addition, Hortonworks introduced Microsoft Windows Server support.

Getting Business Travel Expenses under Control with HCM

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:53:00 -0700

While business travel can seem tortuous, it's a piece of cake compared to managing employee travel expenses. Human capital management (HCM) software can help.

IBM Watson Brings Big Data Smarts to Customer Service

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:47:00 -0700

Watson is venturing beyond trivial pursuits. IBM's Big Data analytics powerhouse now powers a cloud-based customer service solution.

HCM No Longer an ERP Afterthought

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:36:00 -0700

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.

Alteryx Raises $12M to 'Humanize' Big Data

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:10:00 -0700

Hot 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.

G2 Crowd Shakes up Enterprise Software Buying with Peer Reviews

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:39:00 -0700

A startup called G2 Crowd wants to help enterprises streamline and improve their software buying processes by offering a service based on peer reviews and social data.

Jive Delivers Social Inbox with StreamOnce

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:38:00 -0700

Jive's social collaboration platform gains a new unified inbox, thanks to a social startup's newly-acquired technology.

School of Data Science

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:09:00 -0700

Because 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.

SAP Fiori: Consumerization of Enterprise Software Comes to ERP

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:27:00 -0700

iPads welcome. SAP's ERP slate gets new modern, user- and mobile-friendly apps to help keep workers productive.

IBM Consolidates Analytics Apps with Blue Insight

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:59:00 -0700

IBM is now using its own software to help build a smarter enterprise

Twitter Buys Big Data Analytics Startup Lucky Sort

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:51:00 -0700

Another Big Data startup gets swept up by an industry bigwig. This time social media giant Twitter comes calling.

Crafter Open Source CMS Goes Solo

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:36:00 -0700

New standalone organization created to support the open source Crafter content management system.

4 Barriers to Big Data Success -- and Ways to Overcome Them

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:03:00 -0700

Companies 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

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:29:00 -0700

A 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.

Oracle Intros In-Memory JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Apps

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:47:00 -0700

In pursuit of the real-time enterprise, Oracle gives JD Edwards project management and sales apps the in-memory treatment.

SAP Unveils HANA Enterprise Cloud

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:19:00 -0700

Blistering in-memory app performance meets cloud delivery in SAP's latest offering for enterprises, HANA Enterprise Cloud.

SalesFUSION 8 Blurs CRM and Marketing Automation

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:54:00 -0700

Business software firm extends popular CRM platforms by deeply integrating sales and marketing workflows and capabilities.

Is Cloud-based ERP Inevitable?

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:33:00 -0700

ERP 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.

Citrix Adds IM, Video Chat to Podio Collaboration Suite

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:24:00 -0700

Podio users will be able to initiate chats and hold video calls with their colleagues, as Citrix expands its collaboration platform.

Big Data, Big Opportunities for DBAs

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:05:00 -0700

Big Data is changing how companies view data. Is it also changing how they view database administrators (DBAs)?

Salesforce Communities Shakes up Customer Service

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:27:00 -0700

Salesforce is signaling the end of old-school customer forums with a social offering that pulls customer interactions directly into Chatter.

Cloudera Accelerates Big Data with Impala GA

Wed, 01 May 2013 09:59:00 -0700

Hadoop isn't just for batch processing of Big Data queries anymore. Cloudera introduces an open source project that enables real-time queries in Hadoop.

Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning Help Skytree Land $18M

Wed, 01 May 2013 09:44:00 -0700

UPS and Sun's former CEO bet that a machine learning software company can open new, business-friendly frontiers in Big Data analytics.

4 Hot Open Source Big Data Projects

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:48:00 -0700

There'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.