Kristin Crosier

Security. We all want it -- with our jobs, our bank accounts, in our relationships and even for our identities. Yet much of the population spends far too little time thinking about or understanding security when it comes to our devices. As the debate between Apple and the US Government rages on, let’s look at exactly how this feud could affect our data security across all of the software applications we use.

Millennials are a different breed of employees. We have the power to positively impact your organization’s culture and bottom line, provided the environment is designed to help us thrive -- which means it’s about time that your business invest in new tools and procedures to attract and retain us.

Easy-to-install HR platforms offer relief for small businesses with any number of dilemmas: a very limited budget, an absence of IT-savvy team members or a minimal amount of time to acclimate to a new system. Business-Software.com checks out four HR platforms you can implement without IT support that are great for small businesses.

HR teams are often a core part of your organization, so we developed an entire week's worth of content devoted to making their lives a little bit easier. For today's post we take a look at the must-have features and capabilities of an HR platform, which we formatted for improved ease of reading as the ABCs of HR software.

Each time you hire an employee, your business gains another opportunity to develop the next superstar who will go above and beyond with their duties. That's why we’ve created a handy infographic that shows how best to focus on your employees in order to convert your new hire into your star performer.

Whether you’ve just begun shopping for a new solution or have questions on how to better improve the processes within your company, Business-Software.com has you covered. Below we answer your top 10 HR software questions -- in Twitter-friendly, easily digestible snippets!

What’s tricky about business intelligence software is identifying which solution will best suit your company model and practices. Luckily for interested buyers, the Business-Software.com team is happy to offer up our expertise on the matter. Read on to learn how the two vendors stack up in this head-to-head comparison of QlikView vs Tableau.

Many medical offices have yet to fully harness the software technologies available due to cost, the hassles of transferring data and difficult-to-implement systems. Luckily, many of today’s leading medical software platforms offer easy-to-install cloud and web-based solutions for all-in-one EMR and practice management.

Team collaboration and project management apps are surging in popularity as teams and businesses look toward software to solve their problem of too many software platforms. But which apps hold up to the hype, and which are quickly losing their luster? Read on to find out how we rate four of the most popular team collaboration apps around.

The Icertis Contract Management (ICM) platform provides a simple yet powerful system that eliminates clutter and guarantees a smooth, efficient implementation. Check out this review of Icertis to learn how your business can transform complex contract-related processes into easy-to-accomplish tasks by using readily accessible tools to create, edit, manage, approve and execute enterprise-level contracts.

Check out our handy infographic -- a Business-Software.com exclusive -- to learn all about the benefits of FM software and discover just why it is so important that your company implement facility management software. Below you'll find outlined five core advantages of investing in a facility management solution, and learn how your company can reap the benefits of a better organizational process for overseeing your facilities.

Any small business searching for software to manage their contacts, lead cycle and other key sales tasks will undoubtedly come across the names of leading vendors almost as soon as the hunt begins. And while each of these software providers offers a great CRM platform, not all are well suited for the average SMB. We’ve selected two of our top picks for small business CRM platforms to battle it out below: Zoho vs Nimble.

Though Salesforce first stole the spotlight with its cloud-based CRM platform, a slew of recent and upcoming changes to the Salesforce product lineup promise to shake up the software world. Let’s take a look at the company’s latest expeditions into previously uncharted territory.

Dozens of innovative marketing applications are springing up to help businesses better engage with and convert consumers using individualized messaging. Below we profile three such platforms with a focus on segmentation, though these vendors are by no means the only standouts in the space of behavior-driven marketing tools.

If ERP is still alive and well, why do so many articles make claims about the industry’s imminent demise? Let’s dive into why industry experts have declared ERP dead, what’s actually going on in the market and where the future of ERP is headed.

Application development tools are vital to ensure applications run smoothly, monitor deployment, fix glitches, perform updates and execute any number of other maintenance tasks.We’ve highlighted the top 3 ALM platforms that stand out at the front of the pack with their offerings.

Two CRM vendors that excel at enterprise-scale tools for large sales teams and departments are Salesforce and SAP. But in a head-to-head battle, who will come out on top? Let’s take a look at what each platform offers in five major categories of functionality in this showdown of enterprise CRM software: Salesforce vs SAP.

Microsoft’s new Cortana Analytics Suite joins together -- and attempts to streamline -- many formerly disparate data processes: data storage, machine learning, big data analytics, information management and business intelligence. Let's take a look which existing Microsoft services will play a part in the new analytics suite, what functionality each brings to the table, and what this means for the future of BI software.

With the right sales tool, you can acquire in-depth information about how prospects engage with your emails and content. Check out this review of the LiveHive Sales Acceleration Platform, which offers deep analytics to help your sales team track and better understand prospect behavior.

What specific functions should larger businesses and corporate departments consider when evaluating the CRM marketplace? Let’s take a look at the 7 features of enterprise CRM that will prove most valuable to companies juggling a large number of customers and prospects.