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Battle of the Tech Titans: The Oracle Lawsuit Wars
Posted August 24, 2012 by Darlene Lin
When people think of business software, Oracle often comes to mind. A leader in both computer hardware and enterprise software systems, Oracle is the third largest software provider by revenue, behind Microsoft and IBM. Prominent… Read More
ERP Nightmare: Implementations Gone Awry
Posted July 26, 2012 by Darlene Lin
ERP software can benefit your business by connecting all the databases within your company, providing you with a single, integrated view of your entire organization. While seemingly not as sexy and exciting as some other… Read More
Is Salesorder the World's Favorite Web-Based ERP?
Posted July 2, 2012 by N. Rowan
Salesorder.com calls itself "the world's favorite web-based ERP." And yet, Salesorder.com may not be the first company people think of when they hear that term. CEO Nick Spooner joined us for a talk about their… Read More
David and Goliath: Taulia's VP of Products Markus Ament Takes on the Big Guys
Posted June 11, 2012 by N. Rowan
San Francisco-based Taulia enables buying organizations to pay their invoices earlier in return for additional discounts. Their Dynamic Discounting platform creates a win-win situation, because buyers receive discounts while suppliers get their money faster. VP… Read More
Oracle vs SAP? How the Hardware Giant Might Be Losing Ground in Analytics and Big Data
Posted May 2, 2012 by Amanda Andonian
In the battle between hardware and software, it seems like hardware solutions are slowly losing out to SaaS and cloud solutions. Big data leaders like Google, Amazon, etc. are providing low-cost machines that run on… Read More
Software as a Service: Are SAP and Oracle in It to Win It?
Posted March 27, 2012 by N. Rowan
SAP is currently in the process of increasing their annual maintenance rates from 17% to 22% to match Oracle's rates in a phased approach to be completed by 2015. This comes at a time when… Read More
SAP Business One to Offer Subscription Model
Posted July 5, 2011 by George Middleton
SAP announced on July 5th that their Business One suite will now be available in a subscription model through partners. Although some of SAP’s partners had already been selling the software suite through a hosted… Read More
IBM Snatches Netezza
Posted September 20, 2010 by Ronny Cheng
Recently, IBM announced its purchase of Netezza for $1.7 billion. Netezza, creates solutions that combine hardware and software for business intelligence, and its applications have revolutionized the way data is analyzed and processed. Its capabilities include… Read More
SAP to Deploy 17,000 iPads
Posted September 20, 2010 by Ronny Cheng
Recently, SAP, a provider of ERP solutions, announced that they will be deploying 17,000 iPads to its employees. SAP already has 17,000 BlackBerry's in the hands of employees throughout the organization, but within 12 months… Read More
Apple's iPad is Secure Enough for Major Corporations
Posted July 7, 2010 by Ronny Cheng
The Apple iPad is rapidly breaking into the corporate workplace as businesses find that the tablet-device is more secure than they expected. Many companies, including SAP, Wells Fargo, and Mercedes-Benz are allowing iPads to be… Read More