Infor and Lawson Software (NASDAQ: LWSN) made their merger official today, in the process creating the third-largest ERP vendor after SAP (NYSE: SAP) and Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL). There had been reports that Oracle might join the bidding for Lawson, but…
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is reporting strong growth in its social media call center solutions just a few months after the product’s launch. Since Cisco launched its SocialMiner contact center software late last year, the social media monitoring and analytics…
The business intelligence, analytic applications and performance management software market grew more than 13 percent last year to pass the $10 billion mark, and SAP (NYSE: SAP), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) led the way, according to Gartner.…
Mobile business intelligence has evolved from browser-based clients to native apps — and now QlikTech (NASDAQ: QLIK) sees them returning to mobile browsers as HTML5 begins to take off. QlikTech this week unveiled QlikView on iPad, the company’s browser-based mobile…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced plans to offer ERP in the cloud, and the software giant also had a number of product announcements across its Dynamics ERP and CRM product line (see Microsoft Updates Dynamics SL and AX ERP Offerings).…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has unveiled new versions of its ERP products in recent days, and more details could be coming next week. A recent blog post announced the general availability of Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011, which the company first unveiled…
Actuate (NASDAQ: BIRT) unveiled a new offering this week that gleans business intelligence from unstructured and semi-structured data, which comprises the vast majority of data in organizations. The structured data residing in databases has long been mined for business intelligence,…
SugarCRM today strengthened its ties with IBM (NYSE: IBM), acquiring Lotus Notes CRM product iExtensions CRM from iEnterprises Inc. and deepening its integration with other IBM offerings. The iExtensions CRM acquisition and deeper integration with IBM LotusLive, Cognos business intelligence…
Private equity firm Apax Partners plans to acquire mid-market ERP software vendors Epicor Software (NASDAQ: EPIC) and Activant Solutions, the second big ERP acquisition in the last few weeks. The move follows the proposed acquisition of Lawson Software (NASDAQ: LWSN)…
ERP vendor Infor today unveiled a new consumer-grade user interface based on Microsoft SharePoint. The new Infor Workspace was developed with “significant R&D investment,” and combines ERP apps with a common user interface, collaboration and business intelligence, the company said.…