An innovative cloud-based offering “Coremetrics Lifecycle” has been launched recently by IBM. IBM has identified this new market which could be described as deep online marketing, and which the company estimates will be worth US$ 20 billion in software sales alone by 2015. The software is cloud based and offers an in-depth study of customers’…
CloudSlam’s third edition was presented by CloudCor and it was held from April 18th to 22nd of this year. This third edition is a virtual annual conference about cloud computing. Many latest trends and innovations on cloud computing were showcased during this edition. The first edition of CloudSlam was initiated in the year 2009 and…
4PSA, a leading-edge Cloud Computing software development company, has recently announced the revamping of its Certified Trunk Provider Program, a partnership program through which SIP Providers can attest the compatibility between their SIP trunking solutions and 4PSA’s award-winning VoipNow Unified Communications Platform. 4PSA Certified Trunk Providers will have their services showcased directly in the VoipNow…
An ERP system is an all encompassing software system that touches (read – integrates) all the business functions of an organization. Integration is the keyword, and removing silos is the objective. The very first ERP systems were mainframe based, and were quickly discarded around the turn of century for various reasons. Around the same time,…
Finding practical applications for cloud computing, for both public and public, has been the concern of IT vendors; while sellers are still absorb in re-discussing the meaning and business importance for cloud computing. Several IT giants held a panel at Interop to discuss private cloud. Representatives from Novell, IBM, NEC and Intel send off confusing…
Brunswick wanted to enable one anti-spam solution across all global offices and email systems; break the cycle of maintenance, upgrades, costs and hands-on management required by their on-premise solution; and make more productive use of IT resources. By installing Google Message Security the company instantly provided all users with higher-quality spam control, regardless of what…
The telephone is arguably one of the oldest office productivity tools and one of the most valuable. As the communications needs of businesses evolve, one would argue that the telephone must do the same. With the increased focus on telephony integration for businesses of all sizes, M5 Networks, a market leader in managed, hosted business…
At Convergence 2011 in Atlanta on April 11th, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced the upcoming launch of the Dynamic ERP solutions in the cloud. Windows Azure Cloud platform is going to host Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP, NAV and SL ERP Solutions. According to Kirill Tatarinov, Vice President for Microsoft Business solutions said in this context that applications…
A recent study of Ponemon Institute reveals that cloud computing vendors and customers are not paying much importance to security issues. According to “Security of Cloud Computing Providers” study, security is a low priority for cloud service providers and their customers. From the survey respondents, 73 percent of U.S. service providers and 75 percent of…
Microsoft Corp (MSFT) will announce the acquisition of Skype, the online telephony and video communications giant, on Tuesday morning. This will be Microsoft’s most aggressive acquisition in the digital space, an $8.5 billion deal, counting in the Luxembourg-based company’s debt. Buying Skype — a service that connects millions of users around the world via Internet-based…