When we talk about using technology or connecting different platforms, APIs – Application Programming Interfaces – often come up as the unsung heroes. They’re essentially the bridges between different software, allowing them to interact and integrate smoothly. However, with this…
By Sneha Paul, ManageEngine With a rapidly changing business landscape, applications usually drive the enterprise. As proof, a Gartner study reveals that in 2015, the annual IT application development investment was roughly 35 percent of total IT spending. In turn,…
Many CRM vendors are striving to offer more user-friendly interfaces to make their software more useful. While this is a positive trend, there are limits to how much an interface can improve CRM without improved integration between CRM and other…
Cloud and mobile are no longer “the next big thing” in the enterprise, finds (owner of this site). One area that seemingly intrigues business and IT leaders is “smart” technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearables…
By Jaykishan Panchal, MoveoApps The latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 8, includes some notable improvements that make it especially well suited to enterprise use. Here are eight of the most useful: Enhanced security options. In iOS 7,…
By Pedro Cardoso, BackOffice Associates I’m about to make a statement that, at the surface, will seem contrarian for someone who lives and breathes all types of enterprise data as part of what they do. Here it goes: The majority…
Though lots of organizations are interested in leveraging Big Data, relatively few of them already have Big Data deployments. This may be, in part, because of the difficulty getting such projects under way. Actian is addressing this issue with a…
By Pedro Cardoso, BackOffice Associates The importance of data as an enterprise asset is now well understood. On any given day it seems we hear about the latest innovations in Big Data and how world-class organizations are mining vast troves…
QlikView 11 Availability QlikTech has always focused on the concept that business intelligence should be user-driven, and QlikView 11 provides a good set of tools to help users drive the business discovery process without needing heavy IT involvement. QlikView 11…
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is extending the social enterprise to marketing with the release of its Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud. The new Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud offers enterprises new features in social monitoring, insights, engagement, workflow and websites can help social…