Posts for "Software News"

In 2012, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) conducted a survey on 313 global CEOs, CFOs, and HR Directors from companies with over $10 million in revenue and 45 percent of them from companies with over $1 billion in annual revenue. The survey, Talent pipeline draining growth: Connecting human capital to the growth agenda, found that “43 percent of respondents partially attributed the failure of their firms to achieve key financial targets to ineffective people management, while 40 percent said it had reduced their company’s ability to innovate.” Additionally, 40 percent of respondents believed that “while their firm had ... READ MORE

Remember when websites had hardly any hyperlinks? Over the years, we have seen some technological innovations that have made the Web transform from a simple one-way communication tool to a network of social applications that promote two-way communication. The “new Internet,” properly termed the “social web” has started a trend that is revolutionizing the way businesses function. The emergence of various social channels available on the web allow businesses easily take on a new form communication to interact, listen and engage with colleagues and customers. Make way for a new business trend Above all, the social web has given way to a growing phenomenon ... READ MORE

The tech world is buzzing with news of the new Pebble watch, which is using e-paper technology to make not just a watch, but a whole new device. You can easily customize and program the Pebble watch with the use of an iPhone or Android app to send you alerts, use for activities like running and bicycling, and even link to your phone for caller ID and SMS alerts. It goes beyond just making a better watch—Pebble could actually usher in a new era of  devices that keep us connected even better than our smartphones and tablets can. By now, we're all ... READ MORE

We're always looking for new and exciting business software tools that will not only make our jobs easier, but also help us be more successful. With 2013 right around the corner, lots of bloggers are putting together lists for what was the best this or that in the last year; but we're more interested in what we should be using next year and what will become ubiquitous in the business world. To help you navigate those waters, here's our shortlist of some of the best new sales software tools that sales teams can implement in the New Year to make their ... READ MORE

  Tradition can be a good thing. It can bring people together, maintain the bonds of friendship and culture, and ensure the continuation of positive or charitable actions. Tradition can also be bad; often used as a poor excuse for the continuation of outdated, ineffective or inefficient practices. Now, this doesn’t mean that traditional practices, struggling to keep pace with modern demands, must be discarded. Sometimes, they just need to be supplemented with new ideas and best practices that reflect contemporary expectations. Mark Smith – CEO and Chief Research Officer of advisory and analyst firm Ventana Research – made a call for strong ... READ MORE

Everyone may be talking about social media right now, but that doesn't necessarily mean that every company knows how to integrate the benefits of social into their brand and website. To help businesses make the shift to social on the web, Gigya has made it their mission to deliver a social infrastructure to businesses so that they can create a more immersive and social experience for their users, as well as gain better insights into their customer base. We spoke with Patrick Salyer, CEO of Gigya, about the company's beginnings, how Gigya envisions the future of social, and what businesses can ... READ MORE

With the ever increasing use of cloud applications in business, as well as the growing need for companies to manage BYOD, we're not just talking about anti-virus software anymore when we talk about enterprise security solutions; there's far more to protecting confidential business information now than siloing systems and putting everything behind firewalls. Our phones are computers now, and cloud applications and services allow us to use our identities anywhere and everywhere with as much effort as it takes to click a button. So how is the software world rising to meet this challenge? Enterprise Security Solutions - Identity Access Management How ... READ MORE

Everyone loves to talk about consumer-facing products, but the real money is in enterprise software. As mentioned by Sequoia's Jim Goetz, enterprise software is a $500 billion market, and yet there are so few startups trying to tackle it. Instead, many early stage companies focus on consumer-facing products, but those profits are tenuous and slim compared to the huge opportunities that exist in the enterprise world. That's why we've compiled this list of the top enterprise startups of 2012. The year may be far from over, but it's still pretty clear already who's been stepping into the spotlight recently. You've probably heard of ... READ MORE

Gathering and analyzing customer insights is one of the biggest challenges in marketing and advertising; and it's becoming an even bigger task with the sheer amount of data delivered by social media usage. In order to help you build more successful campaigns, Turn Marketing provides the applications that organizations need in order to take complex data and parse it down into actual measures you can take to improve your marketing efforts. Based in Redwood City, CA, Turn's suite of marketing products and its cloud computing platform provides real-time customer and marketplace insights in order to help advertising agencies and marketers make ... READ MORE

It's a lot of work, but maintaining a company blog can do much more for your search rankings than Facebook and Twitter. That's not to say that other social media platforms aren't important in raising brand awareness, increasing traffic, or even just managing your company reputation; but consistently updated CEO blogs can only add to that. It not only puts a human face on your company, but it also bolsters your site's search rankings because you're regularly adding new content. A lot of companies don't like to do it because it seems like a waste of time and can't be directly linked ... READ MORE