Businesses are clamoring for mobile access to enterprise resources, but IT has to deal with more than just putting data on devices. They have to protect that data and control who gets to see it. According to this Market Wire…
Social media is everywhere, right? Not quite. According to this Network World report, the one place social media isn’t is inside traditional CRM systems. CIOs want to bridge the gap between social media and enterprise CRM but avoiding CRM silos…
Rech Informatica is using Veryant isCOBOL and Java technologies to modernize its COBOL-based ERP software application with updated user interfaces and new, thin client access options. As reported on TMCnet, Veryant’s isCOBOL Evolve enabled the company to continue programming in…
Organizations and marketers have always attempted to collect information about consumers, but the emergence of social media have enabled analysis on a scale that was previously impractical. As noted in this report on CMS Wire, as organizations learn more about…
As noted in this pre-market movers report on International Business Time, companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Monday are: NYSE Euronext, Salesforce.Com, Freeport-McMoRan, Netflix, Bristol Myers Squibb, Caterpillar, Boeing, Marriott International, Peabody Energy and Wal-Mart Stores. “NYSE…
GuestLogix, Inc. (TSX:GXI) recently released OnTouch Analytics, an analytics platform created for the airline industry. As noted by the company in this Market Wire news release, the solution is designed to provide airline operators with valuable business intelligence to effectively…
NetSuite (NYSE:N), a cloud-based ERP and CRM vendor, has launched a new channel sales program aimed at growing its UK channel community. As reported on Channel Pro, the new program drops its old £2750 joining fee, provides free training, marketing…
Rose Business Solutions, Inc., has announced the acquisition of privately-held TTD Enterprises LLC, a Microsoft Dynamics ERP consulting firm catering to the needs of distribution and supply-chain customers. As reported in this PR-USA news release, The TTD team will continue…
SalesFUSION will be featuring its enhanced SalesFUSION 360 version 6.0 platform and integration with CRM 2011 at Microsoft’s Convergence show and exposition in Atlanta, April 10th through the 13th. As noted in this news release on PR-USA, SalesFUSION offers the…
Elements CRM has brought the updated Elements v3.1 edition to the Mac App Store. As noted in this macnn report, the new version offers significant speed increases (up to 100x in some cases), bug fixes and a few new features,…
When it comes to a small business service breakdown or a failure in marketing, CRM is not usually part of the vocabulary. This CRM Buyer article looks at the untapped CRM market and discusses the disconnect between the vendors and…
Social CRM software company, InsideView aggregates information from LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and news sites for better sales prospecting. As reported on Managing Automation, the company recently announced that it has closed a $12 million round of venture financing led by…
MIE Solutions offers new features in the Version 10.6, MIE Trak ERP/ MRP software release. As noted in this report on ThomasNet, MIE Trak v10.6 integrates and focuses all angles of fabrication business process towards advanced feedback function that yields…
CRM Software says its customer relationship management (CRM) product, Junxure, will have a cloud-based version of its software next January. As reported on Forbes Blog, The President of San Rafael, Calif.,-based CRM Software says the hype surrounding the cloud forced…
Nearly three years in the making SAP (NYSE: SAP) is set to rival IBM (NYSE: IBM), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and other players in the GRC (governance, risk and compliance) market with the announcement of its new software suite. As reported…
Business Intelligence (BI) solution provider, Panorama Software, has announced today the availability of its newest product, Panorama Necto, a new socially-enabled BI solution. As reported by the company on PR Newswire, Panorama Necto is a new way to connect data,…
Social media and news monitoring company, The Meltwater Group, has announced the acquisition of JitterJam, a provider of Social CRM software. According to the news release issued by The Meltwater Group both companies will provide marketing, communications and advertising professionals…
Too often CRM data that’s about your users (employees who log in and manipulate data every day) is ignored. This Computer World article offers advice on user policies and tips to avoid user identity mistakes. “1. Naming Users By Their…
Market Intelligence Center is reporting a potential Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) trade target at 49.35% return. As noted in the brief update in the recent stock profile news on the site, technical indicators for the stock are Bearish and S&P gives…
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) is expected to post sharp gains in profit and sales when it reports fiscal third-quarter earnings after the market’s close next Thursday. According to this Market Wire release, in particular, Oracle is likely to report 20…
Silicon Valley VC firm Andreessen Horowitz has hired Peter Levine as a venture partner to help it invest in startups that focus on enterprise and business computing. According to this report on SF Gate, Levine is a veteran of the…
Telcos struggle to extract and model prodigious amounts of customer and network data. According to this Connected Planet report, the industry requires a new approach to help them and data warehousing vendor IBM Netezza is currently pushing a new approach…
Pervasive’s revenue growth and stock price ebbs and flows with its product release cycles. After two years of hibernation, shares of Pervasive Software (PVSW) are ready to re-launch. As noted in this report on Seeking Alpha, in November, it released…
University of Jordan has signed an agreement with Sermon Business Solutions for the provision of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) specialized workshops to train and qualify the university’s students as well as employees from both public and private sectors on Microsoft…
Meritus Business Solutions is now offering the new SalesLogix Mobile application for SalesLogix CRM customers. As noted in this report on PR Web, the new mobile application for SalesLogix is HTML5-based and supports such mobile PDAs as the iPhone, iPad,…
In order to justify expenditures and upgrading in a business intelligence (BI) system, it is important to demonstrate how these investments will impact the business. In this article on E Commerce Times, author David F. Carr offers nine tips on…
In a press release Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ) and SAP America SAP (NYSE: SAP) announced they will jointly deliver the SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) rapid-deployment solution to enterprise workers through Verizon’s flagship cloud offering, Computing as a Service. This…
Infor announced it will expand its engineering organization by hiring approximately 400 additional software developers, after a successful Q3. In a press release on the company website, Infor announced it will immediately begin to recruit development staff, with plans to…
StayinFront has announced the launch of StayinFront TouchRx, a new mobile customer relationship management (CRM) solution for the Life Sciences industry. As noted in this news release on PR Wire, StayinFront TouchRx is built on the company’s StayinFront Touch platform,…
Ecommerce, ERP and CRM solution provider, Ignify, has announced full interoperability of the company’s eCommerce platform with two online services for Microsoft Dynamics ERP through the launch of its new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) portal called eCommerce for Microsoft Dynamics. As reported…
Email marketing and social media solution provider, StrongMail, has said that Cisco’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) WebEx division has significantly improved the deliverability, efficiency and effectiveness of its email marketing programs. As noted in this news release, Cisco WebEx has recently gained…
MyBusiness CRM has released its new Google Apps synchronization feature. According to the company, this new tool enriches the MyBusiness cross-platform offering by making data sharing simpler and swifter for companies in every business sector. “The synchronization with Google Apps…
Predixion Software has launched the Predixion Partner Network, a new practice dedicated to working with business intelligence-focused consulting partners to deliver low-cost, self-service predictive analytics solutions utilizing the Microsoft business intelligence (BI) platform. As noted in this Business Wire news…
ERP software provider, SYSPRO, has recently announced a strategic partnership with Avalara to offer AvaTax for SYSPRO. The solution, as described by SYSPRO in this Business Wire report, will leverage off the open SYSPRO technology architecture to deliver an integrated…
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has recently announced new software and the creation of a consulting practice dedicated to the emerging category of smarter Commerce. As noted in this report on PR Newswire, the focus is on helping companies swiftly adapt to…
High-performance analytics platform provider, ParAccel, Inc., has announced the integration of the ParAccel Analytic Database (PADB) and DB Lytix from Fuzzy Logix. The integration, according to the company news release on Business Wire, introduces additional analytic libraries that leverage PADB’s…
This product review on CRM Buyer claims that SalesLogix is favored by CRM process owners such as managers and people with strong front-office orientation. It is also particularly strong in the areas of opportunity management, workflow, marketing capability, analytics and…
The Higher Gear Group has released its latest tool designed to simplify the sales process. As noted by the company in this PR Newswire release, eZAppraise leverages the power of The Higher Gear Group’s simple and easy-to-use CRM and DeskLog…
SAP (NYSE: SAP) has integrated its in-memory HANA (High-Performance Analytic Appliance) with IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) DB2 database. As noted on Reseller News, this move underscores the companies’ increasing alignment against rival Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and its Exadata platform. “The integration…
em> Lawson Software has received an unsolicited buy out offer of US$11.25 per share, or around $1.84 billion, from rival ERP software vendor Infor. As noted in this Computer World report, a deal had been rumored all week. The offer…
Business intelligence (BI) software maker, Jaspersoft, has announced that Gartner named the company to its 2010 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms. According to this PR-USA news release, inclusion in the 2010 Gartner Magic Quadrant was decided by Gartner analysts…
Author Kenneth J. Richard, in his article on Information Week, says customers can avoid big deployments gone awry, if they just pay attention to the contracts they sign. Disclaimers, warranty and remedies limitations, venue provisions, and integration clauses operate to…
A software company needs to balance its offering — if the focus is on back-office financials the company should build or buy CRM, and a CRM company should build or buy ERP. But the number of companies that succeeded at…
Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures and Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) have all all invested in one company, HubSpot, with a Series D round of financing of $32 million. As noted on the Hubspot blog, the company provides all-in-one marketing software used by…
Enterprise class vendors looking for ways to tap into the middle tier of customers that traditionally would have been out of reach to them, have taken an interest in two-tier ERP, a concept that goes back at least 15 years…
According to Gartner, social CRM for customer service has the potential to bring new and dynamic methods for improving customer service. As noted in this report on Media Newswire, social CRM is also creating opportunities for new and existing providers…
Customer relationship management (CRM) company, SugarCRM, has announced the keynote speakers, sponsors and agenda for its open business event: SugarCon 2011. Taking place April 4-6 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, industry leaders such as IBM, Pardot, Capgemini and…
Big Data includes unstructured info posted on Facebook and Twitter, and ways of gleaning intelligence from all of it to create business opportunities. This Network World articles discusses the topic of exactly what the phrase big data means and focuses…
Apperian, Inc. has recently announced a new version of its Enterprise App Service Environment (EASE). In this news release on Business Wire, Apperian says the new version gives administrators new tools to strengthen authentication and security for enterprise-wide applications running…
Singapore Management University (SMU) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have teamed up to establish the Living Analytics Research Center (LARC). As noted in this PR Newswire release, the center will develop new techniques to acquire data on consumer and social…