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…
No need to shake the box. It’s another tie. Microsoft has unwrapped a sleigh-full of presents for its partners and customers, including enhanced developer tools and new software integrations. The software tools are intended to help developers write new applications…
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…
Converts — ex-smokers and former on-premise software vendors — are the most zealous of proselytizers, which is one reason internetnews.com wanted to talk to Chris Cabrera about two topics he is intimately familiar: the rise of on-demand applications and sales…
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 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.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…
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…
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 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…