Roundup of CRM Forecasts and Market Estimates, 2012
Showing signs of growth through 2013 and beyond, the latest round of CRM forecasts illustrate how quickly behavioral and predictive analytics, greater usability, integration with social media and...
View ArticleSocial Business Beyond Kumbaya: How Enterasys Networks Strengthened Their Serve
I’m skeptical of the many promises social networks make of how their platforms will transform companies and the world easily. Colleagues and my own experiences in enterprises tell me the exact...
View ArticleERP Prediction for 2013: The Customer Takes Control
From the obvious to the outrageous, enterprise software predictions often span a wide spectrum at the beginning of every year. In enterprise software in general and ERP specifically, there are many...
View ArticlePlex Systems’ CEO Jason Blessing on the Future of ERP and...
Last week Plex Systems, a leading provider of SaaS-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems announced enterprise software veteran Jason Blessing has joined their company as CEO. He is...
View ArticleHow Cloud Computing Is Redefining the M&A Landscape
In 2013, expect to see the pace of mergers and acquisitions for cloud computing, mobile and analytics technologies accelerate as software vendors look to fill gaps in their product and service...
View Article21 Most Admired Companies Making IT A Competitive Advantage
All enterprises, regardless of what they produce or the services they deliver, are really information businesses. The accuracy, speed and precision of IT systems means the difference between winning or...
View ArticlePersonas Are The Future of Enterprise Apps: Lessons Learned From Scribe Software
In any technology-centric company, product managers, engineers and developers who have their finger on the pulse of customers have the highest credibility and respect. Over time they also have the...
View ArticleMaking Cloud Computing Pay
Relying on cloud computing strategies to free up dollars and time that can quickly be re-invested in product and service innovation emerged as the highest priority for respondents in a recent Rackspace...
View Article10 Ways Cloud Computing Is Revolutionizing Manufacturing
The best manufacturers I’ve visited this year all share a common attribute: they are obsessed with making themselves as easy as possible to work with from a supply chain, distribution and services...
View Article2013 ERP Market Share Update: SAP Solidifies Market Leadership
During 2012 the worldwide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) market experienced sluggish growth of just 2.2%, yet Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), financial management and Human Capital Management (HCM)...
View ArticleGartner Predicts CRM Will Be A $36B Market By 2017
The latest enterprise software forecast from Gartner shows Customer Relationship Management (CRM) increasing to a $36.5B worldwide market by 2017, a significant increase from the $20.6B forecasted in...
View ArticleCIOs On Cloud Adoption: Conquer Complexity And Help Us Grow
NTT Europe recently completed a study that found 56% of CIOs and Senior IT leaders see complexity of their own Information and Communications Technology (ICT) systems as the biggest barrier to their...
View ArticleRoundup Of Small & Medium Business Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market...
What sets apart the fastest-growing small businesses is their an innate strength at turning data and information into results. It’s becoming easy to spot a smaller business who is going to break out...
View ArticleWhy Enterprises Need To Address The Mobile Trust Gap
Only 30% of employees trust their employers to keep personal data private while 80% are using personal phones and tablets at work. This wide gap in trust needs to be bridged quickly if enterprises are...
View ArticlePRISM Projected To Cost U.S. Cloud Computing Industry $35B
U.S.-based cloud computing providers are projected to lose up to 20% of foreign market revenues or $35B over the next three years as a result of disclosures involving PRISM. The Information Technology...
View ArticleIDG Cloud Computing Survey: Security, Integration Challenge Growth
IDG Enterprise recently published Cloud Computing: Key Trends and Future Effects Report, showing how enterprises continue to struggle with security, integration and governance while finding immediate...
View Article451 Research: Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Fastest Growing Area Of Cloud...
The majority of cloud computing revenue in 2012 was generated from vendors with sales over $75M (66%) and who are privately held (77%), with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) projected to attain a 41%...
View ArticleIDC: 87% Of Connected Devices By 2017 Will Be Tablets And Smartphones
The latest round of tablet, smartphone and PC forecasts from IDC released yesterday in their smart connected device market forecast shows how rapidly tablets and large-screen (5+ inch) smartphones are...
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