Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) made a big move today to boost its social CRM and social media monitoring capabilities with an agreement to acquire Radian6 for $326 million in cash and stock. Salesforce added Radian6 to its Service Cloud call center…
Infor shook up the ERP market two weeks ago with its proposed acquisition of Lawson Software(NASDAQ: LWSN) for $1.8 billion. Now Infor may soon have company in its bid to acquire its ERP rival, according to a Bloomberg report. Analysts…
Open source ERP software vendor OpenERP has launched an online apps librarywith more than 1,000 free applications. The OpenERP-based applications are all open source, and range from complete applications like CRM, accounting, project management and inventory management to specific applications…
IBM (NYSE: IBM) is moving social media analytics to the cloud. Big Blue today unveiled cloud-based software that the company said will give marketers “real-time, actionable insight from data available across social media channels.” The new offerings are based on…
The ERP market could get a little less competitive, if Infor has its way. Infor and parent company Golden Gate Capital have offered $11.25 a share to acquire ERP rival Lawson Software (NASDAQ: LWSN). Lawson confirmed the $1.8 billion offer…
SAP (NYSE: SAP) plans to launch five in-memory applications over the next year, including one aimed at sales and marketing departments. The new applications will be based on SAP’s High-Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) software. As part of its in-memory computing…
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) has added support for Facebook to its Service Cloud call center and customer service application. Service Cloud 3 now includes support for Facebook in addition to existing Twitter functionality. The online CRM leader announced the new functionality…
SAP (NYSE: SAP) is launching a new online CRM and collaboration solution similar to Salesforce.com’s (NYSE: CRM) CRM and Chatter services. Announced at CeBIT 2011 in Hanover, Germany, SAP’s new Sales OnDemand offering combines sales force automation and social collaboration…
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad has become the top platform for mobile business intelligence, followed by Research in Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry, according to a new study. The mobile business intelligence study by analyst Howard Dresner is a follow-up to one…
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) posted better than expected quarterly results late today, sending the company’s shares 8 percent higher in after-hours trading. The online CRM leader reported 29 percent sales growth in its fiscal fourth quarter to $457 million and earnings…