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CEO of SAP Recruits a Chief Storyteller--Why?
By Michael Harris | Sep 17 2013
When the world’s largest business software company recruits a Chief Storyteller, it's news because it is a first for the industry. And when the decision was made by SAP’s CEO, Bill McDermott, it becomes a… Read More
Mobile PaaS Will Be the Next Big Thing in the Cloud
By Maarten Ectors | Aug 23 2013
Mobile PaaS is the cloud computing platform that allows companies to mobilize everything easily. Mobilize their sales, their internal operations, their partner networking and their whole IT strategy. Today, most managers are traveling extensively, and… Read More
Clustrix Closes $10 Million from HighBar Partners
By Miranda Limonczenko | Aug 20 2013
Clustrix, the scale-out SQL cloud database, announced yesterday morning that it has closed a $10 million Series D financing round led by HighBar Partners. The company’s plans are to grow its cloud database solution. But… Read More
How Savvy is your Use of Social Verbiage?
By Steve Parker, Jr. | Aug 20 2013
Do you know if your company is making the most of social marketing, social media and social networking? Many marketing professionals misuse these three terms, creating a fair amount of confusion for business professionals who… Read More
HR's Next Frontier: Predictive Talent Selection Software
By Greg Moran | Aug 16 2013
Greg Moran explores the ways in which predictive talent selection software can impose a certain degree of order onto chaotic hiring cycles. Read More
Sage Summit 2013: That Was Then, This Is Now
By Laurie McCabe | Aug 14 2013
I’m a bit behind in getting my wrap up and thoughts on Sage Summit 2013–Sage’s annual event for business partners and customers–together. But better late than never! As you can see in the related links… Read More
Mobile Business Apps are Great, But What About Security?
By Mark Aspillera | Aug 06 2013
Mobile business apps have made progress in leaps and bounds the past few years. Unfortunately, another thing that's been opened up is the vectors of attack for security risks both unintentional and malicious. Here are… Read More
The Future of Unified Communications for Contact Centers
By Mitch Perkal | Aug 05 2013
As businesses feel increasing pressure to improve the efficiency of their contact centers, it is imperative that they employ unified communications. For those who are not familiar, unified communications is the process of integrating today’s… Read More
3 Business Software Trends that Defined the 2nd Quarter
By Chris Chang | Jul 29 2013
Technology is in a constantly changing state, which means businesses must be constantly vigilant of the various shifts that take place and adapt or incorporate them into their ecosystem. Because of the dynamic nature of… Read More
Alternatives to Paying Millions in Software Licenses
By Maarten Ectors | Jul 26 2013
Telecom operators pay millions in software licenses each year. By doing so they are sustaining an industry of “feature loading”. "Feature loading" refers to complex software solutions that in order to win RFPs add more… Read More