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Salesforce’s SMB Story: Great Vision, But a Complicated Plot Line

Salesforce’s SMB Story: Great Vision, But a Complicated Plot Line

By Laurie McCabe | Oct 02 2012

“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. Read More 

Faces at Dreamforce '12

Faces at Dreamforce '12

By N. Rowan | Sep 18 2012

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

What to Watch for at Dreamforce ’12

By James Sullivan | Sep 18 2012

The 10th incarnation of Dreamforce will be held for the 8th straight year at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco. Marc Benioff and the Salesforce team are predicting attendance in excess of 100,000 people,… Read More 

Ad-Supported Software Is Here to Stay

Ad-Supported Software Is Here to Stay

By James Sullivan | Sep 10 2012

During my research for our series on free software, I encountered a number of successful companies offering free solutions through an ad-supported business model. The ad-supported software model is a departure from traditional propriety software… Read More 

What Is Health Data Management Software?

What Is Health Data Management Software?

By Mark Aspillera | Sep 06 2012

Information management and the paper trail is a vital function for any organization, but especially so at a medical office. Health data management software is narrowly tailored towards functions directly affecting or monitoring information related… Read More 

Vendor Acquisition Roundup: Why Tech Giants Are Scooping Up Cloud and Social Upstarts

Vendor Acquisition Roundup: Why Tech Giants Are Scooping Up Cloud and Social Upstarts

By Darlene Lin | Aug 30 2012

Large vendors like Oracle and SAP have started to realize that their traditional systems may no longer cut it. But, their solution offerings weren’t built with the innovative technologies currently seen in the marketplace today.… Read More 

The Case for Social Customer Support

The Case for Social Customer Support

By James Sullivan | Aug 24 2012

In the past few years numerous businesses have experimented with using social media as an avenue for delivering customer support. Today, leading companies like Comcast and Home Depot operate successful social support campaigns. Their efforts… Read More 

Gist Contact Management Shutting its Doors on September 15th

Gist Contact Management Shutting its Doors on September 15th

By Amanda Andonian | Aug 23 2012

The Gist contact management solution is officially shutting down on September 15th as the development team focuses more on RIM products. Read More 

Hearsay Social Helps Companies with their Biggest Challenge: Content

Hearsay Social Helps Companies with their Biggest Challenge: Content

By Amanda Andonian | Aug 21 2012

Hearsay Social, which helps enterprises that have large sales organizations and local store networks to maintain a consistent social media strategy across the country, recently debuted their new Content Exchange module. Read More 

SCM and Enterprise: Andreessen Horowitz's $100 Million Investment in GitHub

SCM and Enterprise: Andreessen Horowitz's $100 Million Investment in GitHub

By Mark Aspillera | Aug 21 2012

When Andreessen Horowitz announced earlier in June that his venture capital firm would invest $100 million in the online program management application GitHub, people paid attention. GitHub is application development software that performs the task… Read More