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Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive Entering Cloud Storage Space
By Amanda Andonian | Apr 25 2012
This week, both Google and Microsoft announced their new cloud storage services, bringing up questions of whether rival Dropbox will continue to dominate in the cloud storage and file sharing sphere. Read More
Social CRM Goes Mainstream
By Darlene Lin | Apr 19 2012
Nearly everyone wants to take part in the social revolution that's transforming business, therefore many vendors are now producing social CRM solutions. As a result, social CRM has moved to the mainstream of the enterprise… Read More
The OpenStack Approach to the Cloud and What it Might Mean for the Future
By Amanda Andonian | Apr 18 2012
The OpenStack Design Summit started in San Francisco yesterday, prompting endless discussion on the web regarding what the future of the cloud might be. Founded by Rackspace Hosting and NASA, OpenStack represents the efforts of… Read More
Zoho Projects Mobile App Now on iPhone, CRM Apps Available on Android
By Amanda Andonian | Apr 04 2012
We take a look at the new Zoho Projects mobile app, as well as the new native Android apps that Zoho unveiled last week at Zoholics in San Francisco. Read More
Microsoft Dynamics ERP Moves to the Cloud... Too Late?
By N. Rowan | Mar 20 2012
Microsoft is moving its popular Dynamics ERP solution suite to the cloud. But in an ever-growing market, are they late to the game? Read More
The Rise of Two-Tier ERP Systems
By George Middleton | Mar 07 2012
Not too long ago, single instance ERP implementation was the primary way to install an ERP system. Now, with new technology and deployment models, two-tier ERP systems have gained prominence. Several big names in the… Read More
Salesforce.com Increases Social Media Tools
By Daniel Patel | Dec 07 2011
Salesforce.com released software helping customers create and monitor their online business marketing campaigns, furthering the transaction between social media tools and software. Salesforce, the largest global online customer-management software company, released the Social Marketing Cloud,… Read More
Financial Firms and Banks Transition to the Cloud
By Daniel Patel | Dec 02 2011
GlobalOne released the first, of three, CRM (customer relationship management) cloud packages to help financial service firms and banks transition to cloud computing with Salesforce.com. G1 Asset Management takes software systems commonly used in asset… Read More
Salesforce.com Hits a Snag With Billing Concerns
By Daniel Patel | Nov 23 2011
Is Salesforce.com losing a bit of their technology prowess? Despite being a world leader in cloud-based CRM (customer relationship management), Salesforce.com took a bit of a dive last Friday, tumbling down 10 percent despite high… Read More
Oracle Releases Solaris 11: First Cloud OS
By Daniel Patel | Nov 14 2011
On November 9, 2011, Oracle officially announced the availability of Solaris 11, the first Cloud OS. Cloud computing is delivering computing as a service, instead of a product, like hardware. Users can easily share software,… Read More