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SAP's Strong Revenues Suggest Enterprise Software Momentum into 2012 By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 25, 2012 The company's quarterly revenue rose 11 percent year-over-year. Tags: earnings, enterprise software, SAP Sales Force Automation: No Longer "Most Loathed" Enterprise Software By Larry Marion | Article Published January 17, 2012 Now that the cloud has made SFA palatable to more sales people, organizations are aggressively adding analytics. Tags: SFA, analytics, sales force automation, enterprise software Is Open Source Easier Than Commercial Software? By Matt Hartley | Article Published January 11, 2012 Both approaches have their strengths, yet the issue of support appears to tip the balance. Tags: open source, enterprise software Mozilla Pitches Plan for Extended Firefox Support By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 23, 2011 In a nod to enterprise users, Mozilla touts a new plan to provide longer support cycles for the rapidly evolving Firefox browser. Tags: enterprise software, extended support, Mozilla Firefox Integrating Social Media with CRM Apps By Larry Marion | Article Published September 19, 2011 New book predicts linking social networking sentiment analysis with enterprise apps will be standard operating procedure. Tags: social media, enterprise software, CRM Customer Support Apps: Six Top Choices By Jennifer Schiff | Article Published September 15, 2011 A heaping handful of help desk and customer support apps to improve handling of customer queries and support tickets. Tags: enterprise software, help desk, customer relations management Choosing an Enterprise CRM Tool: The Top CRM Solutions By Drew Robb | Article Published July 28, 2011 Enterprise decision makers selecting a CRM solution face a bewildering array of choices. The following overview of CRM platforms provides some context for various types of scenarios -- there is no "one size fits all" CRM solution. Tags: CRM, customer relations management, enterprise software Red Hat Revenues Grow, Raises Full Year Outlook By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 23, 2011 Linux vendor is firing on all cylinders as its platform, cloud and middleware businesses gain adoption. Tags: Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, enterprise software, Red Hat Microsoft Gives Lifecycle Management Roadmap By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published May 16, 2011 At Microsoft's premier event for IT pros and developers, the company showcased new application lifecycle management tools coming in the next version of Visual Studio Team Foundation server -- plus tools for Windows Phone. Tags: enterprise software, lifecycle management, Visual Studio, Microsoft, Windows Phone 7 Enterprise Software Sales Surged to $245 billion in 2010 By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published May 06, 2011 IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP were the big winnners, with a rising tide lifting most boats. Tags: IBM, enterprise software, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Most Business Intelligence Projects Fail. Why? By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 03, 2011 Research firm Gartner claims that more than 70 percent of business intelligence projects fail. Tags: business intelligence software, enterprise software, Business Intelligence Platform, CIO 63 Top Commercial Open Source Projects By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 05, 2011 Open source software for content management, cloud computing, data storage, developers tools and more. Tags: enterprise software, Linux, Linux downloads, open source software, open source Cloud Computing's Enterprise Challenges By David Needle | Article Published March 09, 2011 Keynoters at Cloud Connect conference debate public versus private clouds, but agree that cloud computing in the enterprise is more of a "when" than "if" proposition. Tags: hybrid cloud, enterprise software, Amazon cloud, cloud services, cloud computing IT Managers Grapple with 'Availability' Metric By Elizabeth Harrin | Article Published March 07, 2011 It's not enough to offer a service -- it must be functioning at optimal availability. Are your systems working properly? Tags: uptime, enterprise software, IT management, Enterprise IT The Joy of Remastering your Own Linux Distro By Matt Hartley | Article Published February 14, 2011 Remastering your own Linux distribution offers advantages like control, security and efficiency. Tags: open source, enterprise software, Ubuntu, Linux, Linux desktop OpenOffice.org vs. LibreOffice By Bruce Byfield | Article Published February 03, 2011 LibreOffice.org’s new release includes many more features than OpenOffice.org's, including better Microsoft Office compatibility. Tags: Linux, open source, Office, OpenOffice.org, enterprise software 'Natural User Interface' Arrives at Davos Forum By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published January 27, 2011 Microsoft plans to show off advances in user interface technologies to attendees of the World Economic Forum this week. Tags: Microsoft, user interface, 3D, enterprise software, Kinect 2015 and the Next Enterprise Software-Hardware Client By Rob Enderle | Article Published January 27, 2011 What combination of device and operating system will emerge victorious from the current crowded field? Tags: iPad apps, thin client, enterprise software, Enterprise IT, Android tablets Gartner: Clouds, Virtualization Help Pay for IT Projects By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published January 24, 2011 A new worldwide Gartner survey of 2,000 CIOs also finds that virtualization and increasing enterprise growth are near the top of the list. Tags: Enterprise IT, IT budgets, cloud computing, Virtual Cloud Management, enterprise software Top Ten ERP Trends: CRM, BI Lead the Way By Drew Robb | Article Published January 11, 2011 While ERP enjoys less hype than in earlier years, its status as a critical tool remains solid. Tags: CRM, BI software, enterprise resource planning, ERP, enterprise software Ballmer Says 23-year Veteran Muglia to Go By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published January 10, 2011 The Microsoft senior executive in charge of servers and cloud computing at the software giant is on his way out, according to an e-mail from the company's CEO. Tags: cloud computing, Servers & Services, Ballmer, enterprise software, Microsoft Virtualization and Cloud Computing in 2011: Looking Bright By Amy Newman | Article Published January 06, 2011 After big moves upward in 2010, virtualization and cloud computing should see still greater success in the coming year. Tags: VMware, virtual machine management, virtualization, enterprise software, cloud computing Two Top Acquisitions Execs Leaving Microsoft By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published January 06, 2011 Two key merger and acquisition executives are leaving Microsoft, but is it problems with the company's strategy or greener grasses that are at fault? Tags: Microsoft, enterprise software, Yahoo, IT managers, mergers and acquisitions Switching to Linux (For the Right Reasons) By Matt Hartley | Article Published January 05, 2011 Linux isn’t malware-proof, nor does it mean you’ll never need to upgrade your hardware. Tags: Linux, enterprise software, malware, hardware, Linux desktop Oracle Gunning for Former Close Ally HP By David Needle | Article Published December 17, 2010 CEO Larry Ellison makes his most pointed remarks about going after HP's business during Oracle's earnings call. Tags: enterprise software, HP, Oracle, data warehousing, Larry Ellison Google Makes Chrome Browser More Enterprise Friendly By David Needle | Article Published December 15, 2010 MS Installer will let IT departments easily deploy Chrome alongside other browsers. Tags: IE9, Google, Chrome browser, enterprise software, Google Apps 9 Tech Companies That Achieved Excellence in 2010 By Rob Enderle | Article Published December 01, 2010 A technology analyst discusses trends and products that lead the way this past year. Tags: iphone apps, mobile, Enterprise IT, technology, enterprise software Cloud Computing or 'Cloud Washing'? By Jeffrey Kaplan | Article Published November 16, 2010 Attempting to ride the cloud computing wave, some established software vendors are merely rebranding existing apps without offering true cloud functionality. Tags: cloud services, enterprise software, Remote Server Management, SaaS, cloud computing LibreOffice Rethinks the Office Suite By Bruce Byfield | Article Published November 16, 2010 OpenOffice and LibreOffice could diverge more quickly than most observers imagined. Tags: open source, Linux desktop, office suites, OpenOffice.org, enterprise software IT System Patching: Don't Delay By Scott Alan Miller | Article Published November 11, 2010 Patches from OS and software vendors need to be applied promptly and regularly to prevent downtime and security risks. Tags: enterprise software, patches, IT systems, security, Enterprise IT Windows 7 Business Upgrades Ready for Take Off By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published November 03, 2010 Another survey, this one from Forrester Research, points to a surge in Windows 7 upgrades by businesses in the next 12 months. Tags: Enterprise IT, Forrester Research, Microsoft, Windows 7, enterprise software Windows 8: Due in Two Years? By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published October 25, 2010 A leak from Microsoft's Dutch Blog pegs Windows 8 to arrive in about two years, keeping to Microsoft's plans to release alternating major and minor releases of the enigmatic operating system. Tags: Microsoft, Enterprise IT, enterprise software, Windows, Windows 8 What Will Microsoft Do Without Stephen Elop? By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published September 10, 2010 Microsoft loses the head of its second-largest money maker, Office, but does that bode ill for the software giant? Tags: Office, Microsoft, enterprise software, SharePoint Server, cloud computing Business Intelligence Software: Key Applications By Jonathan Hassell | Article Published August 12, 2010 A look at the offerings from key vendors in the business intelligence software market. Tags: business analytics, business intelligence, business intelligence software, enterprise software, business analytics software IBM's Reorganization: Bad News for Oracle By Rob Enderle | Article Published July 29, 2010 IBM’s new structural emphasis on software makes the company closer to reaching its true potential than it has been in decades. Tags: IBM, Oracle, enterprise software, Apple, iPhone How Red Hat Made Money in 2010 By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 25, 2010 CEO Jim Whitehurst speaks about how his Enterprise Linux company bucked the recession and grew revenues by double digits. Tags: Red Hat, open source, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, enterprise software Estimating the Value of Novell's Linux OS By Paul Rubens | Article Published March 25, 2010 Amid speculation about Novell being acquired, what's the major open source vendor's Linux OS actually worth? Tags: open source, Linux, Novell, enterprise software, open source tools SAP Shakes Up Board Following CEO's Ouster By Larry Barrett | Article Published February 11, 2010 Less than a week after replacing CEO Leo Apotheker with a pair of co-CEOs, the German software company announces a number of changes to its supervisory board and names a new COO. Tags: Oracle, Hasso Plattner, SAP, SaaS, enterprise software Enterprise Software: Big Insecurity By Alex Goldman | Article Published August 18, 2009 Data protection is surprisingly weak in enterprise software, according to a study of IT professionals. Tags: compliance, security, privacy, enterprise software Can Enterprise Software Aid IT Management? By Alex Goldman | Article Published July 15, 2009 Change is constant but budgets are flat, leading to a tight crunch in the datacenter. Is enterprise software coming to the rescue? Tags: Windows, Microsoft, enterprise software |
