In an effort to join the cloud computing race, HP which has lagged behind Dell and IBM in its cloud computing efforts, launched this week Enterprise Cloud Services—Compute and HP CloudSystem. HP Enterprise Cloud Services—Compute, offers enterprises the ability to run key applications and securely access them over a network—without investing in unnecessary assets or processes. Client…
Netsuite, a leading provider of cloud based ERP announced this morning the release of a new version of Netsuite Software Company Edition. The new version will help software companies tackle the challenges of managing revenue models and in particular the complex processes of recurring revenue management streams. The new software limits customer churn and allows…
IBM, the Armonk, New York-based company said in a statement released today that they will be partnering with Range Technology Development a data-center service and telecommunications-network- services provider to build a cloud computing center in northern China, Hebei Province, in order to facilitate the development of the province and in particular the city of Langfang…
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…
The Salesforce.com “Best of” customer choice awards recognize AppExchange partners who have had excellent user reviews in a specific calendar year. These partners are awarded based on user-contributed reviews and do not reflect the opinions of salesforce.com, its employees or partners. The award has 11 separate categories where the winners receive recognition for their ability…
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…
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…
Below is a list of the most useful free Salesforce apps for marketing users. Whether you’re in charge of generating leads, proving ROI, managing trade shows and events, Public Relations or just plain marketing analytics; these apps will improve your efficiency and give you access to new marketing sources. Salesforce Marketing Calendar: The benefit of…
Salesforce.com recently redesigned the application’s report and dashboard builder with new functionality including drag and drop fields, report preview and much more. For many years Salesforce’s reporting and dashboard builder received a lot of criticism and complaints from users for being below standard, especially compared to other CRM solutions like Netsuite and Siebel on-demand. Over…