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…