Applications

Thu, December 15, 2011 - Great user interface design for cloud apps is harder than it looks. Here are mistakes we've recently experienced along with some possible solution strategies.

Wed, November 16, 2011 - IFS North America CTO Rick Veague explores why companies aim to achieve global ERP and the challenges and benefits of attaining that goal.

Wed, October 19, 2011 - Cloud applications provide a variety of mechanisms for development and configuration. Some of them lead to more fragility than others.

Fri, September 30, 2011 - Support organizations and Internal help desks have been supporting user applications for decades. But cloud apps make for some new twists, here are some best practices that are the cornerstones of cloud system support.

Fri, September 02, 2011 - Highlights of Saleforce.com's user/developer conference, Dreamforce, from three different perspectives: Atmospheric, management and technical.

Wed, July 06, 2011 - By understanding how Oracle works, you can increase your chances of reducing costs and improving terms and conditions. Forrester Research shares some recommendations to help sourcing managers achieve better results from Oracle negotiations.

Fri, June 24, 2011 - Baseball managers know that unless you monitor their health and performance of your players, you aren't optimizing the performance of the team. The same can be said for your applications and how your employees use them. Or as Yogi Berra put it: "You can observe a lot by watching."

Thu, June 23, 2011 - Defining and managing sales territories is one of the key responsibilities of sales management. But territories in CRM systems can be one of the hardest parts of the implementation.

Wed, March 23, 2011 - Done wrong, cloud software projects can subject you to all the pitfalls of traditional software projects. Consider these three no-no's carefully.

Fri, January 14, 2011 - Cloud-based or SaaS applications need to live in an ecosystem, integrated with the rest of your infrastructure and enterprise applications. Sure -- but what integration strategy actually works best?