Alteryx, a business analytics software maker, is bullish on its Big Data for the masses approach to analytics. And more companies are coming around to its way of thinking, the company announced. Last fall, Alteryx debuted Strategic Analytics 8.0, which included…
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) software specialist Epicor today announced a new version of its CRM product aimed at retailers during NRF 2013, the National Retail Federation’s tradeshow taking place this week in New York City. The product, dubbed…
SAP is not slowing down when it comes to finding new markets for its HANA in-memory analytics platform. The business software maker unveiled Business Suite Powered by SAP HANA this week, a new offering that bridges real-time transactions and analytics…
Enterprise performance management (EPM) is emerging as an important new front in the cloud business app wars. Host Analytics, a Redwood City, Calif.-based software maker, has secured $17 million in a Series D round of financing to help fuel the…
Want to get schooled in Big Data? IT systems and services provider Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced a new certification program to help get IT professionals up to speed on the company’s Vertica Analytics Platform. Offered via HP’s ExpertOne IT certification program,…
Zoho today launched new updates to its CRM suite aimed at helping sales and marketing professionals collaborate better, prioritize their email communications and leverage opportunities on the go with the addition of location awareness to their travels. The company’s just-released Document…
Sales and marketing software provider Infusionsoft announced today that it had completed a round of financing worth $54 million amid a period of rapid growth for the company. Goldman Sachs led the funding round, with backing from Arthur Ventures. Infusionsoft has…
OpenERP, a Belgium-based maker of open source ERP software, capped off the year by announcing a new release and pricing details. OpenERP 7.0 debuted just ahead of the holidays with new features aimed at getting complete newcomers up and running…
The following is a “virtual case study” in which Wayne Kernochan takes an existing use case and imagines what would happen if the company extended its use of data virtualization to analytics involving Web-sensor and social-media data. The intent is…
Oracle today announced that it is acquiring Eloqua, a cloud-based marketing automation and revenue performance management software company, in a deal valued at $871 million or $23.50 per share. Thomas Kurian, executive vice president of Oracle Development, said that Eloqua’s technology…