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Salesforce: A Safe Bet for Long-Term Growth
Salesforce grew 30.3% from 2012, when the organization achieved revenues of $2.52 billion, surpassing SAP's (SAP) 12.7% development, Microsoft's (MSFT) 22.8%, and IBM's (IBM) 22% yearly development. Salesforce gained 24.7% speedier than its closest rival from 2012 to 2013, accomplishing 30.3% development in overall revenues.
Research report: The State of Mobile Enterprise Collaboration 2014
The report from harmon.ie found that mobile enterprise collaboration is disproportionately focused on personal productivity and task efficiency, with plenty of room to improve how businesses turn mobile enterprise collaboration into a competitive advantage... Read more
Birst and CRM manager Partner to Deliver Integrated BI Solutions for salesforce.com Deployments
By integrating Birst's Cloud BI platform into their solution offerings, CRM manager will enable customers to tap into the wealth of information within their salesforce.com data to help them make more informed decisions to drive profitability and achieve business goals.
Alcatel-Lucent Doubles Capacity of Today's Data Transport Networks
Alcatel-Lucent announced that it is the first vendor to deliver a single-carrier 100 gigabit-per-second (100G)/200G DWDM optical line card giving service providers the ability to more than double the bandwidth capacity of their networks...
Blackphone Will Pay You Cash to Hack It...
Blackphone, the Geneva-based manufacturer of new encrypted phone devices, encourages hackers to test the security of the safest phone available to the general public...
Vidyo Helps Cern Achieve Global, Large-Scale Conferencing Needs
Videoconferencing provider Vidyo was selected by Cern in 2013 to support global, large-scale, conferencing services: Cern used an average of 4.2 million minutes per month between April 2013 and April 2014.
Carpathia and Digital Realty Partner to Offer Secure Cloud Operations and Custom Data Center Services
Carpathia, cloud operator and provider of compliant cloud services and managed hosting, and Digital Realty Trust, global provider of data center announced today a partnership to deliver secure world-class data center solutions, compliant cloud services, and managed hosting for enterprise and government clients... Read more
IBM Opens New Cloud Resiliency Center
IBM helps companies ensure that they are always connected and in-service: the new cloud resiliency center provides enhanced capabilities to protect customers from costly disruptions...
SAP Moves Beyond CRM With Customer Engagement and Commerce
SAP aligns strategy to customers expectations and extends offering beyond CRM to Customer Engagement and e-Commerce.
G2 Web Services Makes the Best of its Industry Data and Insights
G2 Web Services, a leading global provider of payment risk management services, today announced that Allison Guidette has been appointed as CEO. She brings deep knowledge of Big Data and will help G2 bring new products to the shelf...
Microsoft Cloud Storage OneDrive Offers More Free Storage
Microsoft get more aggressive in the cloud storage space, offering extended free storage options to mobile users, including iPhone owners. With the profusion of big players like Amazon and Google, who own and operate large data centers, prices will likely go down...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Generally Available 2014Q4
Microsoft is extending availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Dynamics Marketing to the general audience by the end of the year 2014.
Telecommuting Might Quite Productive, Afterall
Research has shown that remote workers are actually more engaged in helping their colleagues and can be more productive. This helps reassure companies about the benefits of telecommuting.....
Cloud-Based Data System for Dummies aka Technically Disinclined
Indicative, a data analytics startup, is launching anew data analytics product that offers easy configuration, requires little training and yet provide deep insights....
HubSpot Offers Integrated CRM Solution... for Free
HubSpot fulfills iexpectations by offering an integrated CRM system, expanding the reach of its Marketing and Sales Platform. Unexpected though, is the price: Hubspot is offering the product for free to its current customers, and soon to the rest of the world.
Barracuda Enters the Ruckus Wireless Technology Ecosystem Program
Barracuda Networks, leading provider of cloud-connected security and storage solutions, announced that it has joined Ruckus Wireless' Technology Ecosystem program, offering enhanced security and protection to Ruckus Smart WiFi networks users.
Better than Marketing Automation; Marketing Intelligence
Marketing Automation has brought many amazing tools to the modern marketer and is widely used to nurture and qualify leads. Take it up a notch with integrated business intelligence, that will allow you to prioritize prospects and create a higher value pipeline. This is Marketing Intelligence.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV (ERP for SMB) Goes Mobile
Microsoft goes mobile with the launch of native iOS, Windows and Android apps for Microsoft Dynamics NAV, its ERP platform for SMB, answering the mobility and productivity needs of the SMB workforce...
Survey Results Reveals That ERP Rarely Meets Expectations
Epicor, in collaboration with Redshift, has realized a survey of 1,509 ERP business users across 10 countries and reveals the area where ERP rarely meet their expectations. read more...
IBM And Yonyou Partner to Promote Big Data And Analytics
IBM and Yonyou Software, the largest enterprise ISV in the Asia Pacific region, announced a strategic collaboration to offer IBM/ DB2 with BLU big data and analytics tools in YonYou's suite of software (ERP, CRM, supply chain and human resources management)...