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Consona Acquires ERP Provider Comspiere
Posted June 17, 2010 by George Middleton
Yesterday, Consona Corporation announced its acquisition of Compiere Inc., an open-source, cloud-based ERP (enterprise resource planning) and CRM (customer relationship management) software provider. Term details are undisclosed. Compiere is a unique gain – a leader… Read More
Is SaaS All It Is Cracked Up to Be?
Posted June 15, 2010 by Ronny Cheng
SaaS, or software-as-a-service, prides itself on its low cost and simplicity. SaaS is a revolutionary service that charges organizations a monthly fee for their web service. They do not require installation or maintenance of any… Read More
What Defines Cloud Computing?
Posted May 20, 2010 by George Middleton
IT pros and vendors have differing views on what exactly cloud computing is. Many of the former see the cloud as competition and quickly race to its flaws, declaring it unsafe while scheming how to… Read More
FTC to Examine Cloud Privacy - What Will This Mean for Business Software?
Posted January 7, 2010 by Morgan Ericcson
With the proliferation of SaaS business productivity platforms last year, there came many debates about the security issues cloud computing may raise. Or rather, there were many tech pundits stating that the growing popularity of… Read More
UK Trade Groups to Name SaaS/Cloud Standards
Posted December 21, 2009 by Morgan Ericcson
Last week, Dennis Howlett announced some exciting news on both his personal and ZDNet blogs: the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and several UK trade groups will be working together to… Read More
Dreamforce 09: Force.com Is The New Black
Posted November 19, 2009 by Morgan Ericcson
Yesterday at Dreamforce, it was all about Salesforce Chatter. Today, CEO Marc Benioff took some time to tell us about Force.com’s progress, and it’s pretty impressive. Benioff lamented the fact that companies like Oracle charge… Read More
Dreamforce 09 Live Blog
Posted November 18, 2009 by Morgan Ericcson
Salesforce.com's annual cloud computing event is underway, and we will be live-blogging the news as the day progresses (or you can "watch" it unfold here). Salesforce has enjoyed a good couple of months--they reported strong… Read More
Big Blue Gets Smart about Analytics
Posted November 16, 2009 by Morgan Ericcson
For a while now, IBM has been shifting their focus from hardware to software, and recently, CFO Mark Loughridge told us that they were investing lost in business analytics. Today, the company announced a very… Read More
Microsoft Cuts Prices on Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Aggressively Courts Salesforce.com's And Oracle's CRM Customers
Posted November 3, 2009 by Morgan Ericcson
Microsoft has been aggressively courting CRM users this week. First, they announced price cuts to their online productivity suite, and yesterday they lowered prices on their Dynamics CRM Online product. In addition to slashing prices,… Read More
SaaS Exploding in Hybrid Form
Posted October 26, 2009 by Morgan Ericcson
Recently, global IT consultancy Avanade commissioned Kelton Research for a global study about cloud computing and the adoption of SaaS, and the findings were pretty remarkable. The prominent thread in the study was that SaaS… Read More