Inside the BriefcaseTweet It can be tough to get business stakeholders on board with technology initiatives, especially if they are faced with a confusing array of tech acronyms and feel the effort is being pushed by an IT department that simply isn’t making a compelling-enough business case. Thus I’ve been following with interest the posts of IT […]
Tweet Let’s start with Customer Relationship Management itself. The strategies and technologies for managing your relationship with your customers and clients have been around for a while. The evolution of the book full of names and addresses, through the Rolodex and into the computing world has brought us major platforms from big software vendors, many […]
Tweet The creativity of the technology industry in reinventing end-of-line products by tossing them into fast-rolling bandwagons apparently knows no bounds. Today we learn that the latest addition to the catalog of cloudwashing infamy is the cloud PC, the clunker formerly known as the ‘thin client’. Terminal manufacturer Wyse’s fake sorry cloud PC strikes me […]
Tweet Blog Post By Dana Gardner WSO2 recently announced the debut of WSO2 Carbon Studio, an Eclipse-based integrated developer environment (IDE) for WSO2 Carbon. The new offering allows users to build service-oriented architecture (SOA) and composite applications based on WSO2 Carbon. [Disclaimer: WSO2 is a sponsor of BriefingsDirect podcasts.] Highlights of WSO2 Carbon Studio include […]
The tension between configuration and programming is an enduring problem that is familiar to anyone who has had to attempt to run their business using a software application. Drupal Gardens is combining principles of open source to the Software as a Service model to find a way to get the best of both worlds.
Tweet Quite a number of suppliers of system software, application frameworks, database software and applications are rushing to grab the high ground and direct the industry in its move towards using cloud-like approaches and architectures to create an in-house self-provisioning, self-managing, pay-as-you go environment. Like the others I’ve seen, Microsoft appears to be working with […]
Tweet Virtualization is an important concept for the IT professional. On TechRepublic, we have devoted blogs to the subject, published many comprehensive posts, and even reviewed servers that specialize in virtual machines. Virtualization saves money, increases flexibility, and will increasingly become the way systems are built in the enterprise. Click here to take this POLL
Tweet The US West Coast Enterprise 2.0 Conference commences November 8, and has quickly reached the same number of attendees as the summer east coast Boston event within only two years. I’ve previously discussed on this blog Richard Boly of the US state department, who will be presenting their iDiplomacy environment, and there is a […]
Tweet SOURCE: Phil Wainewright It’s always good to see cloud computing vendors putting their money where their mouth is. Cloud ERP vendor NetSuite therefore has good reason to make a meal of its announcement, expected later today, that SaaS CRM stalwart RightNow Technologies is running its global financials on NetSuite OneWorld, having rejected on-premise alternatives. […]
Tweet eBay’s PayPal online payment division is rushing a software patch to users of its iPhone mobile payments application to plug a hole that leaves users vulnerable to man-in-the-middle and phishing attacks, but the firm that found that hole said transaction security is just one problem facing the mobile payments application. An audit by Chicago […]
Tweet Technology companies, venture capitalists and retailers have expressed no small amount of enthusiasm for location-based Web services, which allow users to “check into” locations, in order to connect with friends or cash in on special offers from businesses. It is not clear whether the people who would actually be checking in share that excitement. […]
Tweet Dell said today that it will acquire Boomi, a Software-as-a-Service integration company, marking another push by the company to enhance its cloud computing offerings. The official announcement comes just after company CEO Michael Dell suggested that the acquisition news was coming during a speaking event in Hong Kong. During that event, Dell also spoke […]
Tweet Really Simple Systems touted its system, which is free for two users, as a “complete Sales Force Automation system: Account Management, Contact Management and Opportunity Management with Sales Forecasting and reporting. Read More of Daniel P Dern’s Blog Post
