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Michael Singer

Michael Singer is a career coach, podcast host, and author to help you step into a career you're excited about. Currently, He is a coach and trainer helping entrepreneurs and executives achieve business and leadership success. He is also an award-winning business journalist focused on the intersection of technology, Big Data, Cloud, SaaS, SAP, and other trending technology.

Attensity Pipeline Powers Social Media Analytics

As recent surveys show, consumers are increasingly using social channels like Facebook and Twitter to resolve customer service issues and otherwise interact with companies. Thus, collecting and analyzing social data plays a central role in social CRM strategies. In recent…

Oracle to SAP: Don’t Erase The Evidence

UPDATED: Oracle  asked a judge to ensure that SAP  doesn’t destroy evidence pertaining to the suit it filed against SAP in March for “massive” theft.Oracle said it filed the motion “to ensure that SAP is preserving the critical electronic records…

Salesforce, Adobe Together at Last

Salesforce.com  today announced that developers can now use the Flex developer toolkit from Adobe  on its Apex platform. Apex is a programming environment that allows developers to customize applications running on AppExchange, the Salesforce.com on-demand platform. Flex, introduced by Adobe…

SAP’s Chief Software Architect Calls it Quits

SAP  announced today that its supervisory board has accepted the resignation of chief software architect Shai Agassi, who said he is leaving in order to devote himself to environmental issues.Agassi’s resignation is effective April 1, but he will continue to…

SAP Could be ‘In a World of Trouble’

Analysis: The lawsuit that Oracle  filed against its rival in the enterprise software market yesterday is going to get even worse. When all is said and done, SAP’s  conduct, if proved true, could cost it hundreds of millions of dollars…

Salesforce to Offer Wall Street Support

UPDATED: Salesforce.com  will announce a new customer relationship management (CRM) application tomorrow specifically tailored for the financial industry, according to company spokesman Gordon Evans. The leading vendor of on-demand CRM applications is also set to announce that the first customer…

At The Salesforce Apex of SaaS

On-demand customer relationship management (CRM) application vendor Salesforce.com  used the winter release of its flagship CRM service Salesforce SFA to formally launch Apex, a new platform and programming language. First announced in October, the Apex platform allows corporate and in-house…

An iTunes Store For Business Apps?

Salesforce.com  is announcing AppStore, a new set of services it will use to squeeze more revenue from its AppExchange platform. AppExchange, launched in January 2006, is a marketplace of on-demand application vendors which Salesforce.com has used to create an ecosystem…

Salesforce.com Grows Up

Salesforce.com is introducing a suite of integration applications. In doing so, it hopes to remove a major obstacle in its pursuit of enterprise dollars: integration with installed systems. ApexConnect is a family of integration services that will allow enterprises to…

NetSuite ‘Flexing’ Platform Muscles

NetSuite, which makes business management software offered as a service , has rolled out a set of tools to support a new vertical strategy. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company unveiled SuiteFlex, a new application development platform that allows programmers to…

Apex Gives SAP a Case of Vertigo

SAP  may be feeling the heat.The world’s largest vendor of ERP  software was quick to deprecate Apex, the new programming environment announced by Salesforce.com  this week.Apex is a Java-like programming environment that will allow developers to customize applications running on…

SAP Pushes Compliance as Strategy

SAP  wants companies to think of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) management in strategic terms. The leading vendor of enterprise software, based in Walldorf, Germany, introduced an integrated set of solutions to help enterprises manage their GRC issues. The solutions…

Salesforce: More Than Just a Pretty SaaS

Salesforce.com surprised analysts with a much stronger second quarter than expected. As impressive as the raw numbers, however, was the manner in which the leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM) software is diversifying its revenue streams. The company reported…

A Sales View of The Inside

Knowing how your products are selling can be a lot like waiting for results on election night. Exit polls can indicate general trends, but you won’t know exactly how many votes you got until all precincts have reported. In a…

Salesforce Serves Notice

Courtesy of Internetnews.com.Salesforce.com may not have deep enough pockets to get into the venture capital business the way rival SAP did last week, but it has found a way to leverage venture capital indirectly on its behalf. The provider of…

SAP Looks to Lure ISVs

SAP wants more independent software vendors (ISVs) to build applications on NetWeaver. The $125 million venture fund it announced should help lure them in.The company already has 1,000 ISVs building applications on its proprietary NetWeaver platform, with more than 1,500…

SAP and Oracle Go Another Round

SAP threw another blow at the body of rival software vendor Oracle, announcing that is offering technical support and a conversion roadmap for customers running Siebel software. On the eve of its Sapphire user conference beginning tomorrow in Orlando, Fla.,…

A Wireless Spring in Salesforce.com’s Step

Given the limitations of most wireless devices on the market, the relative dearth of business applications running on wireless devices could be moot. But Salesforce.com has made a $15 million bet on that market, with its acquisition of wireless applications…

Oracle, SAP: Upward Bound

The fight for retail software player Retek marks a new phase in competition between SAP and Oracle : the battle for vertical markets.Analysts suggest Oracle’s winning bid for the Minnesota-based retail software provider is only the tip of the iceberg…

Enterprise Braces for Oracle’s Impact

Government, financial services and manufacturing are the enterprise sectors that will feel the first ripple effect of the new Oracle , according to research published this week.Analysts with IT market consultants Burton Group and IDC are pointing to some very…

Oracle User Groups Extend Olive Branch

Now that PeopleSoft and Oracle are coming to terms, their respective support groups are starting to do the same. The International Oracle Users Group (IOUG) and Oracle Applications User Groups (OAUG) each extended an olive branch this week inviting the…