Video editing has become an integral part of various applications and platforms, from mobile apps to web services. To enhance the capabilities of developers and empower them to deliver seamless video editing experiences, Video Editing Software Development Kits (SDKs) play…
A well-designed website could help people understand how using your products or services would benefit them more. It efficiently promotes your brand and objective and broadens your exposure to new potential customers. Regular website updates are essential to ensure that…
With cyber threats increasing over the past few years, web apps must possess the best security attributes. Developers are at the center of it all and need to find the right approaches, from coding safely to staying on top of…
The B2B world is fiercely competitive. Standing out among a sea of businesses vying for the attention of decision-makers can be incredibly challenging. To succeed, you need a strategic approach that drives targeted leads and conversions. This is where high-impact…
In the rapidly advancing world of technology, the shift towards cloud computing marks a pivotal change in the operational and strategic frameworks of businesses. Cloud migration, the process of transferring data, applications, and other business elements to a cloud infrastructure,…
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a critical component of any digital marketing strategy. When done right, it can drive organic traffic to your website and help your business thrive online. However, many website owners and digital marketers often find themselves…
Gantt charts, pioneered by management consultant Henry Gantt in the early 20th century, have become an invaluable tool in the arsenal of today’s tech giants. These visual representations of a project’s timeline, tasks, and phases allow companies like Google, Amazon,…
Academic writing is a vital aspect of education and the key to unlocking understanding and critical thinking. As we move further into the digital age, the rise of online tools and apps has changed this important skill. These tools provide…
Over the years, prominent online gaming platforms have boosted their production of HTML5 games. This largely has to do with HTML5 being remarkably compatible with browsers across an extensive range of devices, including tablets, smartphones, and even desktop computers. Furthermore,…
As I wrote last week, citing a recent study by the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson, there’s a growing awareness that companies can derive real value from data. As I wrote last week, citing a recent study by…
ServiceNow, which earlier this year introduced products for enabling cross-functional customer service and improving enterprise security, continues to broaden its reach into the enterprise with a solution called IT Business Management (ITBM) Suite. The ITBM software combines elements of IT…
Customer support can be a weak link of traditional CRM software, which often focuses more on sales than support. This presents a business opportunity for providers of IT help desk software. While such software typically focuses on better serving internal…
Workday is expanding into new areas of the enterprise which it hopes will appeal to its current user base of finance and human resource professionals and help it attract new customers as well. It rolled out the products, all of…
by Tyler Warden, BackOffice Associates Starting with its origins in master data management, data governance has traditionally focused on identifying the data elements that are key to an organization’s business and then investing time and money to ensure those data…
Technology companies often have unusual names that have little to do with the company’s actual business. Hulu, for example, comes from a Chinese proverb in which Hulu is described as a “holder of precious things.” Startup MemSQL, however, took a…
DevOps, which Wikipedia defines as “a culture, movement or practice that emphasizes the collaboration and communication of both software developers and other IT professionals while automating the process of software delivery and infrastructure changes,” will play a key role in…
Zoho, a provider of business apps including Zoho CRM, does not have to look far for a successful business model to emulate. Its ManageEngine division, which sells network and IT management software, grew its customer base from fewer than 5,000…
By Dan Sholler Big Data represents one of the biggest opportunities and biggest challenges facing organizations today. There is tremendous expectation that if we could only get our hands on the right data and analyze it the right way, great…
Taking a cue from Facebook and other social channels that attempt to surface information most relevant to users, Jive announced some new tweaks to its Interactive Intranet and Customer Community collaboration solutions. Elisa Steele, CEO at Jive Software, said in…
While there are lots of great off-the-shelf field service software applications on the market today, from the likes of Oracle, Microsoft and Salesforce, a custom application is sometimes more useful for companies with industry-specific requirements. Nautilus Hyosung America, a North…
Marketing, e-commerce and advanced analytics will be among the fastest-growing segments of enterprise software through 2019, Gartner predicted last summer. This forecast certainly isn’t hurting the business of startups like Zarget, a California-based company founded in early 2015 that recently…
While Big Data still garners the lion’s share of attention, companies are increasingly looking to so-called fast data for real-time streaming data analytics to give them a competitive edge. “We are seeing so many use cases and business applications across…
By Maureen Polte, Flexera Software Application sprawl is a major challenge for IT operation teams. The modern enterprise has accumulated many applications over the years that must be actively maintained and supported. The number of applications in the typical portfolio…
By John Hughes, ManageForce When Microsoft released SQL Server 2016, the release was accompanied by a slew of advanced features heavily tailored to make data more malleable and useful for business. In that light, one of the most exciting features…
When it comes to Big Data, it is hard to overstate the importance of having a clear business strategy. Without this strategy, it is tough to attain a return on investment. Joint research by Capgemini and Informatica found that less…
By Adam Fingerman, ArcTouch With 90 percent of enterprises planning to increase mobile app development this year, it’s safe to say that enterprise mobility remains a hot topic. The value that mobile apps can bring to an enterprise is undeniable:…
One Twitter user reacted to Microsoft’s $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn by saying both companies are “basically tech manifestations of the guy you don’t want to sit next to on a plane.” I suspect what this person meant was that…
For years companies have bemoaned the scarcity of mobile development resources. Gartner last summer said that by the end of 2017 market demand for mobile app development services will grow at least five times faster than internal IT organizations’ ability…
Many enterprise leaders today understand the imperative of embracing digital transformation in the Information Age. A recent study found that modernization and digital transformation projects are driving growth in the enterprise application software market, with worldwide spending in this area…
Anyone who has spent time on the phone or online trying to resolve a customer service issue has likely experienced a situation in which they get transferred from one department to another — perhaps more than once — before the…
Finance departments are finally beginning to lessen their reliance on spreadsheets and use more advanced analytics. Cognizant of this, Host Analytics delivered improved reporting and analysis capabilities with the latest release of its Host Analytics Performance Platform, announced last week.…
If Big Data has a killer application, it is operational analytics. Companies using Big Data initially focused on the customer experience, with Capgemini/Sloan Management Review research finding that 40 percent of analytics initiatives in 2013 were aimed at the customer…
No one gets more of an earful about enterprise applications than the technical support staff who are tasked with supporting business software. Tech support teams communicate closely with users of apps, helping them work through any issues they might experience.…
By Robert Lacis, Apperian Mobile apps have taken the consumer world by storm, and businesses are rapidly following suit. The enterprise mobility market is expected to reach $500 billion by 2020, according to a study conducted by Enterprise Research Store.…
Because data preparation has largely been the responsibility of time-crunched IT organizations, it often creates a bottleneck in data analytics. The problem has gotten lots of attention the past few years, with vendors rolling out products that aim to help…
Enterprise app stores are nowhere near as popular as consumer app stores like Google Play and Apple’s App Store. But they are growing in popularity, found a recent survey by mobile application management provider Apperian, which recently published its 2016…
Geolocation and map customization features were among the new capabilities in a December update of Tableau Software’s business intelligence software. At the time, Ellie Fields, VP of Product Marketing, said, “We have a lot of users asking for more detailed…
Digital transformation is challenging enterprises in numerous ways, from determining who should lead digital initiatives to modifying infrastructure to better support the cloud computing, mobile, social media and Big Data analytics technologies that are central to digital business efforts. “There…
There is little doubt that IQity’s cloud manufacturing software complements NetSuite’s cloud ERP software. After attending a webinar during which IQity demonstrated some of its features on the NetSuite platform, Andrew Bolivar, a senior consultant for Ultra Corporation, came away…
by Rex Ahlstrom, BackOffice Associates As enterprises look into 2016, they are faced with new and continually more complex data challenges to solve across their global operations. However, evolving technologies and innovative information governance approaches are helping organizations manage their…
“Personalization” is a big buzz word in enterprise software, especially in customer-facing marketing applications. FinancialForce, a cloud ERP provider on the Salesforce App Cloud, is bringing personalization to a somewhat unexpected corner of the enterprise: the finance function. The latest…
By Phara E. McLachlan, Natheava LLC Why do so many IT asset management (ITAM) programs fail? The short answer is simple: human error! It may be more useful to ask why ITAM programs succeed. The answer: 20 percent technology, 80…
Companies have talked about personalized marketing for years, most recently as a central facet to their digital transformation efforts. Yet little progress has been made toward real personalization, said Karl Wirth, founder and CEO of startup Evergage, which sells software…
With data becoming increasingly central to business strategies, data quality management has never been more important. So it is a little disheartening to see that just 40 percent of companies surveyed by 451 Research were very confident in their organization’s…
Salesforce chairman and CEO Marc Benioff did not intend to add configure-price-quote (CPQ) software to Salesforce’s suite of offerings. But he changed his mind after attending a presentation in which Salesforce partner SteelBrick showcased its CPQ application built on Salesforce’s…
As companies increase their investments in mobile apps, they tend to get more strategic about enterprise mobility. For example, mobile application management provider Apperian last month published a survey that found that deploying applications that supported business processes was a…
Hot on the heels of a $531 million IPO, the fifth largest IPO in the U.S. of 2015, cloud collaboration company Atlassian is unveiling a new release of its service desk software, JIRA Service Desk. IT service management (ITSM) has…
More mobile apps are on the agenda for many enterprises in 2016. So Enterprise Apps Today asked mobility experts to share their predictions for top mobile app development trends. Hybrid HTML5 Gains Momentum While some developers will always prefer native…
In order to leverage cloud computing, mobile technology, social media, Big Data analytics and other emerging technologies, many companies are involved in sweeping “digital transformation” initiatives. Given the importance of such initiatives, organizations need strong leaders to make them work.…
The last few years have seen some big changes in data analytics, with companies creating new business models and shaking up existing ones based on increasingly sophisticated uses of data. For example, health insurer Humana has made analytics the centerpiece…