Business intelligence software maker Tableau is broadening its reach in Big Data analytics with a newly-announced version of its namesake software. Tableau now offers features MapR support, giving the analytics platform direct access to data on MapR’s enterprise-grade Hadoop distribution. According to…
What Yammer acquisition? cNewsGator is signaling there’s plenty of room for other social enterprise players on Microsoft’s court by rolling out a new version of the Social Sites plugin for SharePoint. Between major product revamps that encompass both Microsoft’s consumer…
Yammer is teaming with Kanjoya, an emotion-aware sentiment analysis specialist, to help organizations draw insights into what workforces are really thinking and feeling. For Microsoft, which bought the enterprise social network provider last month, it’s an encouraging sign that the Yammer ecosystem remains…
Do.com, a social task management and collaboration service known as Manymoon when it was acquired by Salesforce, today unveiled two new features that add a social twist to contact management and enable deal progress tracking for sales organizations. The social task…
Oracle hit a major milestone today with Release 20 of its cloud-based On Demand CRM platform. With this latest version, says Anthony Lye, SVP, Cloud Applications Strategy for Oracle, the company continues on a trajectory of constant, customer-driven updates. In October, CRM On…
While early “social listening” software focused largely on simply monitoring customer communications, a new breed of applications promise to help companies more actively manage their social media activities. Social CRM provider QuestBack this week launched Listen & Act, a social engagement…
SAP today announced its “best ever second quarter” based on software revenues that crossed the €1 billion mark, or an estimated $1.2 billion USD, as financial services and retail organizations snapped up the company’s offerings and drove 60 percent of…
CRM emerged as a big priority this year for both CIOs and CEOs, according to recent surveys from Gartner. Organizations are seeking out platforms that enhance collaboration, improve sales and deliver superior customer experiences. And they’re spending accordingly. Before they…
That was fast. During its Q4 2012 earnings call, Microsoft said it had completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer, a provider of enterprise social networking software. While outlining Office 2013’s new social features, particularly the new social media-enabled People Card…
33Across, a New York City-based startup at the intersection of two of the biggest trends in tech — Big Data and social marketing — just closed a round of financing led by Pelion Venture Partners. The transaction is valued at…