Microsoft announces Project 2010 beta
Enhancements to the project-management application include improvements to the user interface based on the Office ribbon technology.
Cloud has huge potential in India's SMBs
India's large number of small and midsize businesses and platform's low cost, high operational efficiency and scalability will drive cloud use there, say Nasscom members.
Oracle launches tool for virtual appliances
Database specialist has released a template builder that taps into JeOS to help developers build virtual appliances for Oracle VMs.
Microsoft backtracks on free Office Live domains
Software maker started charging new customers for domain renewals last year, but had told early customers domains would be registered for free "in perpetuity".
Social networks to augment analytics
Relational links between people are being applied to refine business analytic findings and reduce rate of false positives, says SAS executive.
BI paves the way for ERP
Business intelligence adoption provides SAP an inroad to sell its main enterprise resource planning product to companies in Asia-Pacific region, says executive.
Microsoft to integrate Twitter into its CRM
Businesses will be able to use Twitter to engage customers through Microsoft's Dynamics CRM software within the next few weeks.
Cloud, mobile take intelligence to shop floor
Mobile devices and cloud computing pave ways to reach more employees, but cloud holds some limitations for enterprises, says QlikTech executive.
BI comes to Kindle--will companies care?
Business intelligence provider MicroStrategy says it will make its business reports and dashboards accessible through Amazon's Kindle DX reader.
SaaS to hit $298M in Asia-Pacific
Software-as-a-service will climb 18 percent to churn US$298 million in 2009, growing six-fold higher than overall software market, IDC predicts.
SAP in SaaS strategy shift
The business software maker, which has struggled to adapt to software-as-a-service, says it will allow customers to mix traditional applications with its online services.
Business intelligence has downturn upturn
Worldwide revenue for technology related to business intelligence, analytics applications and performance management grew 22 percent in 2008 to over US$8.8 billion, says Gartner.
SugarCRM adds mobile, collaboration tools
A new beta-test version of the popular open-source CRM software promises to work better with other Web services, and it adds mobile and collaboration features.
Hard times boost demand for intelligence
Tough economic environment sees slower growth but more pervasive use of business intelligence in companies as workers seek timely, accurate information, says IDC.
Asean midsize firms' CRM spending 'nascent'
Spending on customer relationship management by region's midsize businesses is small but will grow 18 percent despite downturn, finds new study by AMI-Partners.
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