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…
Cloud computing is spreading like wildfire. The number of enterprises moving their IT operations to the cloud is tremendously growing. Established vendors like Salesforce, Amazon and Google, including other startup firms that provide tools and services for cloud computing continues to increase and clamors for attention. In this emerging industry, here are the lists of…
In an effort to support the cloud computing community with the latest thought leadership on cloud computing, security and virtualization, CloudTimes is proud to announce our own Research Library. The library consists of whitepapers, articles, documents and webinars which can be downloaded for free on http://research.cloudtimes.org/ Popular Topics include Cloud Computing Design and Facilities Distributed…
Microsoft is increasingly investing its R&D efforts in Cloud Computing. Microsoft International President Jean-Philippe Courtois said the company will spend 90 percent of its $9.6 billion research and development budget on cloud strategy this year. Microsoft’s global growth is “balanced and healthy” with faster growth in emerging markets, Courtois said in an interview with Bloomberg…
Deloitte issued today it’s annual Technology Trends report which identifies the 10 disruptive and emerging technologies that are expected to play a crucial role in how businesses will operate globally over the next 18 months. For 2011 Deloitte identified 10 important trends, grouped in two categories: 1. (Re)Emerging Enablers: represents 5 trends that CIOs are…
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…