Cloud computing CRM is yet to be efficiently used by Enterprise customers. The main issues have been the level of integration, availability, security and costs of implementation. Addressing these issues by cloud CRM vendors will prove key to the adoption by Enterprise customers. So far for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), the current cloud…
Google Inc. announced that co-founder Larry Page will replace Eric Schmidt as chief executive in a surprising management reshuffle announced with the Internet company’s fourth-quarter earnings, which jumped 29%. Schmidt said in Google’s press release that the change will “create clearer responsibility and accountability at the top of the company.” Schmidt holds 9.2 million Google shares…
We have been covering data center management and also managed services in the cloud e.g. Rackspace’s new offering. ScaleXtreme focuses on a cloud based IT systems management. The Palo Alto company is backed by Accel Partners, a leading venture capital firm. ScaleXtreme took a $2.5 million investment in a series A round in August 2010….
Groupon, a shopping website that offers a daily deal on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in more than 300 markets and 35 countries, has selected the Vertica Analytics Platform from Vertica Systems, a leading provider of real-time analytics platforms, as their platform of choice for analyzing subscriber behavior and scaling their…
Germany is increasingly getting attention from Salesforce.com and other enterprise cloud computing companies. The country’s business climate is very positive, and the German IT landscape is adopting cloud computing technologies rapidly. Today, Salesforce announced that chairman and CEO Marc Benioff will deliver the keynote address at two industry events in Munich, Germany: the DLD Conference…
While social media and social networking have changed the way people connect and communicate with each other, the implications for businesses of all sizes are also significant. The “social consumer” is in the spotlight and shares his customer experience and opinions on a massive scale with other consumers – worldwide. This has a ground-breaking effect…
Salesforce is known as the leader in CRM, but wouldn’t it be great if you could also used it for Marketing Automation? A marketer’s life would be so much easier if he or she can have one solution to capture, store, score and nurture contacts. Lauren Carlson from Software Advice wrote a great article today…
Intacct, a leader in cloud financial management and accounting applications, today announced an exclusive partnership with SCORE, America’s premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs, which will benefit more than a million entrepreneurs that are using SCORE to help start and grow their businesses. In today’s press release, Intacct and SCORE said…
With the recent completed acquisition of Dimdim, announced Thursday Jan 6, salesforce aims to bring real-time messaging and collaboration tools to its Facebook-style enterprise collaboration service Chatter. Founded in 2007, Dimdim provides its users with a cheap alternative for setting up online and remote meetings. That includes real-time messaging, screen sharing and other additional services….
Gartner, Inc., has positioned Savvis in the leaders quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Web Hosting. The report authored by Gartner analysts Ted Chamberlin and Lydia Leong, was published on Dec. 23 and features several cloud hosting providers such as Amazon, GoGrid, Rackspace, and Terremark. The Gartner report can be accessed at…