Open source Apache Hadoop offers companies an inexpensive way to store the increasingly massive amounts of information they are capturing from data sources like Web logs, machine data and text. Yet standard business intelligence applications and tools do not offer…
Intranets are the corporate equivalent of Beanie Babies. Though they may have been rolled out with great fanfare and even greeted with excitement, many business people now consider them a passing fad not relevant to their jobs and are largely…
The recent Gartner BI Summit in Los Angeles provided an opportunity for Enterprise Apps Today to meet with a wide range of business intelligence vendors to find out what’s new on the business intelligence front. Here are six of the…
Microsoft made a big deal about the Big Data and business intelligence capabilities built into Microsoft SQL Server 12 during last month’s launch, touting changes to the main SQL Server 2012 database engine for improved programmability, manageability, scalability and security.…
Zendesk, a provider of cloud-based contact center software, announced a new two-way integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM that helps sales and support organizations work together to develop sales leads, convert the leads into customers and maintain good customer relationships. The…
Social media and contact centers are like the peanut butter and chocolate of the enterprise – a once-unusual combination that most folks quickly realize not only makes sense but works exceptionally well. So it’s not surprising that many providers of…
Running two ERP solutions seems counter to ERP’s ostensible aim of consolidating a company’s internal and external data, including financial, sales and marketing information. Yet using a so-called two-tier ERP strategy offers benefits, say experts. Why a Two-tier ERP Strategy?…
It makes sense that interest in business intelligence visualization is increasing, given the highly visual nature of hot trends in both consumer and enterprise technology: big screens, HD, iPads, eReaders and smartphones. Everyone wants data served up in high resolution,…
At this week’s Gartner BI Summit in Los Angeles, a packed downtown JW Marriot hotel witnessed a mix of briefings from Gartner analysts, case studies from a wide range of organizations and the latest numbers from the business intelligence market…
A growing number of vendors offer cloud ERP products. While major players like SAP are introducing cloud computing into their previously on-premise product lines, the trail has been blazed by a series of pioneers, whether under a cloud or a…