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Compare and Contrast: Dreamforce '12 and Oracle Open World '12
Posted October 5, 2012 by Mark Aspillera
To attend both Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce event and Oracle's Open World is to get a study in contrasts. Held a week away from each other and hosted in the same city in the exact same… Read More
Salesforce’s SMB Story: Great Vision, But a Complicated Plot Line
Posted October 2, 2012 by Laurie McCabe
“Why can’t business software be as easy to use as buying a book on Amazon?” Hilary Koplow-McAdams, President of Salesforce.com’s Commercial Division, told the crowd at the Dreamforce 2012 SMB keynote. This is the question… Read More
Dreamforce '12 Wrapup
Posted October 1, 2012 by Mark Aspillera
Dreamforce 2012 has come and gone, and just in time for Oracle's own Open World event, hosted in the exact same location in downtown San Francisco. As part of the 80,000-odd attendees of Salesforce.com's annual… Read More
Faces at Dreamforce '12
Posted September 18, 2012 by N. Rowan
The Business-Software.com team is at Dreamforce '12 this week, documenting what is called "the cloud computing event of the year." We will be talking with innovative brand name companies, the hottest start-ups, and attendees to… Read More
What to Watch for at Dreamforce ’12
Posted September 18, 2012 by James Sullivan
Today through Friday, anyone with a stake in cloud computing will be paying close attention to Dreamforce ’12. The 10th incarnation of Salesforce.com’s annual cloud computing convention will be held for the 8th straight year… Read More
Xero Gives QuickBooks Accounting a Run for Its Money
Posted September 16, 2012 by N. Rowan
Online accounting provider Xero recently launched its US operation to chip away at QuickBooks' leading market share of small business accounting. The company has a strong claim to the throne: Xero has 100,000 users worldwide and recently… Read More
Oracle Social Relationship Management Suite to Leverage Social Acquisitions
Posted September 14, 2012 by James Sullivan
The big trend in technology this summer has been the consolidation of the social landscape by the big vendors. Salesforce.com, SAP, IBM, and even Google have made aggressive moves to round out their social offerings,… Read More
Tech Tidbits for SMBs: Xactly Express Integration with Intuit Quickbooks
Posted September 13, 2012 by Laurie McCabe
If you’re one of the four million small and medium businesses (SMBs) that uses Intuit QuickBooks and are wrestling with a clunky sales compensation process, I’m serving up this next tech tidbit for you. Last… Read More
Desk.com Puts Social Into The Help Desk Environment
Posted September 11, 2012 by Mark Aspillera
Think of the name Salesforce.com and the first thing that comes to mind is, naturally, cloud computing. In particular you might think of cloud-based Customer Relations Management, the segment that Salesforce has pioneered and maintained… Read More
Best Mac Accounting Software For Small Businesses
Posted September 7, 2012 by Amanda Andonian
Although Apple's line of products are visually appealing and extremely popular, PCs are still the business machine of choice for many companies. However, a lot of small businesses are starting to turn to Apple for… Read More