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Microsoft Mobile CRM Clients May Mean More Productivity

The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms and put the software vendor ahead of some of its competitors, an expert says. Full Story »
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Salesforce.Com Shakes Up Standard Support Plan Features

But an improved self-service experience is on the way, Salesforce.com pledges

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Upcoming Microsoft CRM Clients May Mean More Productivity

The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms and put the software vendor ahead of some of its competitors, an expert says.

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How to Avoid Cloud Customer Support Worst Practices

Customer support is running by old rules, and customer satisfaction is at risk. Here are two worst-practices issues to avoid in your cloud customer service organization.

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Microsoft to Roll Out Wave of Native Mobile Apps for Its CRM Software

Windows Phone 7, iOS, Android and BlackBerry will all be represented

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8 CRM Trends You Need to Watch

Customer relationship management vendors and industry analysts discuss which CRM trends will continue to gain strength and what new trends IT professionals need to watch.

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Salesforce.Com Yields to Pressure Over Analytics Pricing

Salesforce.com's upcoming Analytics Edition features will now be included in some editions at no additional cost

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Salesforce.Com Launches Desk.Com Help-Desk Service

The service for small businesses is the result of Salesforce.com's Assistly acquisition

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Salesforce.Com Customers Say New Analytics Should Be Included in Core Fees

Users are angry at the extra cost tied to the upcoming Analytics Edition, saying the core product's reporting function has long been lacking

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The Mobile Enterprise: Killing IT's Sacred Cows

CIOs need to break with tradition or risk having IT get outsourced, say modern IT managers. But how do they gain an edge? Don't be a slave to ROI, work with startups, and bring iPads and mobile apps into the enterprise.

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New Year's CRM Resolution: Going on a Leads Diet

I've never met a sales rep who said they had enough leads, let alone too many. But I'm here to tell you that leads are the junk food of business. Time to go on a diet, consuming fewer leads...and only the right kind of leads.

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Why Enterprise Software Will Never Be the Same

SaaS, social networking and key acquisitions changed the landscape in 2011

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RightNow Shareholders Approve US$1.5 Billion Sale to Oracle

Oracle moves closer to gaining a range of "customer experience management" software to battle Salesforce.com

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Enterprise iPad App: A Deal Closer?

Can a new-fangled iPad app really change the way a 100-year-old energy company sells hydraulics equipment? Eaton Corp. says its new app has already led to more sales.

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Oracle Q2 Net Income Jumps 17 Percent, but Hardware Sales Slump

Still, sales of Oracle's specialized hardware-software appliances grew rapidly in the quarter, according to CEO Larry Ellison

 
Read this white paper, created in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan, to see how a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can help you respond on the customers' terms.
This white paper explains how deploying SPARC T-Series servers, which can execute cryptography at full CPU speed, as the cornerstone of your secure CRM deployment mitigates risk while maintaining an advantageous TCO.
For your IT organization to keep pace with the business, you need a new, faster approach to infrastructure deployment-an approach that increases agility and accelerates time to application value. That's HP Converged Systems. Built on Converged Infrastructure, these systems deliver the industry's first portfolio of pre-integrated, tested, and optimized infrastructure solutions for applications running in virtual, cloud, dedicated, or hybrid environments.
Even though virtualization has brought positive change to enterprise IT over the last decade, some skepticism remains about how valuable virtualization can be in the way companies deliver and run business applications. Uncover the truth about how you can run your business critical applications with confi dence without sacrifi cing
availability or service quality-and at lower costs.
This IDG whitepaper highlights key findings based on the Quickpoll Survey conducted with more than 300 Enterprise and Commercial IT decision makers worldwide about the state of their virtualization of business critical applications. This paper answers such questions as: What drivers are pushing companies to extend virtualization beyond servers? and What value are they realizing? Central to the paper are key results that expose risks of the past (fears of limited ISV support, performance impact) no longer are a factor for companies moving to 80+% virtualized.
This guide focuses on key considerations for IT Architects who are in the process of migrating Java applications from UNIX to Linux as part of their VMware server consolidation project.
Watch the video to learn how IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics enables marketers while reducing the burden on IT.
Download this webcast to learn about the design considerations for virtualizing SQL workloads, performance and scalability information and high-availability options, as well as support considerations
Download this webcast to learn the virtual hardware design considerations for Exchange 2010, deployment using the building block approach, options for high-availability and disaster recovery and support considerations.
Virtualizing business-critical applications has become a key focus for organizations as they move along their virtualization journey. With the launch of VMware vSphere® 5, VMware is helping customers accelerate the deployment of business-critical applications, including Exchange, SQL, SAP and Oracle.
Want to say goodbye to missed SLAs? VMware can help you virtualize mission-critical applications such as Oracle, MS Exchange and SharePoint to achieve dramatic improvements in uptime, performance and responsiveness. In this webcast, we'll discuss the key benefits of virtualizing your agency's most critical applications and Oracle databases as a necessary first step in fulfilling OMB's mandate to move IT services to the cloud. With VMware, you'll be on the way to quick, effective and full compliance.
The complexity, cost and technological bloat of traditional Java EE application servers are often barriers to running a lean and efficient IT organization. Increased need for scalability and rapid application delivery are driving businesses to reconsider the platform they use for application deployment. By combining the portability and agility of the Spring framework with a lightweight application server, your organization can meet business demands while staying within budget constraints. VMware vFabric™ tc Server is a modern, lightweight Java application server based on Apache Tomcat. It improves developer productivity, control and manageability-and is the most flexible platform for virtualizing Java applications and workloads for the cloud. View this webcast to learn about real-world examples of companies that have adopted VMware vFabric tc Server and how to plan for future cloud deployments.
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