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SAP's SaaS pull-out will help rivals in Europe: The news that SAP has pushed back the roll-out of Business ByDesign by twelve to eighteen months should be music to the ears of its SaaS competitors, especially on SAP's home turf in Europe. By announcing its own SaaS product for the midmarket late last year, SAP put its stamp...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, On-demand, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-02
The Leo Apotheker Legacy Starts Now: The news that SAP is delaying the roll-out of Business ByDesign – and that its last quarter, while decent, failed to meet analyst estimates – is the perfect preamble to this post: With Leo Apotheker slated to assume to mantle of SAP by the end of the year, his...; Tags: On-demand, SAP AG, TCO, Sales, Leo Apotheker, Leo, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Silverlight to star in NBC's online Olympics coverage: NBC is relying heavily on Microsoft's Silverlight to present its online Olympic coverage which will include about 2,200 hours of free on-demand video. Perkins Miller is counting down the days to the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing this year. NBC's senior vice president of...; Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Microsoft Silverlight, Miller, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Silverlight, Olympics, Microsoft, video, on-demand, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia; News items 2008-04-25
Microsoft CRM Online Hunts Salesforce.com: The official GA release of Microsoft's CRM Online offering is next week, and with it comes a new chapter in the life of Salesforce.com. To date Salesforce.com has lacked a major competitor that could be seen as a worthy opponent in terms of overall size, price, functionality, and marketing chops....; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., On-demand, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft CRM, CRM, Microsoft CRM Online, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Business systems for a faster, flatter world: One of the biggest problems facing enterprises today is that the world is communicating faster than their IT systems can keep up with. This is particularly obvious in businesses that operate multinationally. Their managers collaborate and communicate daily across timezones and geographies by phone, email and Web conference, but their...; Tags: On-demand, NetSuite Inc., OneWorld Option, Sales Strategy, Sales, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-04-17

Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterprise: Salesforce has just released (see all coverage) the long-awaited integration of its CRM applications with Google Apps, embedding email, documents, online chat and integrated calendaring directly into its core sales force automation, marketing and customer service applications. I've had advance warning of this move, as [in a paid engagement —...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Google Apps, Team, Application, On-demand, Integration, Google Talk Integration, Sales Force Management, Sales, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-04-14
Why Symantec bought Appstream (not): Of course we all know the real reason why Symantec is acquiring AppStream — a move announced yesterday at its user conference in Las Vegas. Virtualization is hot and Symantec is big in systems management. AppStream helps round out its offerings for packaging and streaming virtualized software. It's as simple...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Symantec Corp., AppStream Inc., On-demand, Software As A Service (SaaS), Security, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-04-10
Controlling mobile costs with MobilityCentral: If there's one thing that irks most of my Irregular colleagues, it's getting hit up for long distance and roaming charges. The mobile operators offer a bewildering array of plans but it is all too easy for staffers to run up charges they didn't know about...; Tags: Mobile, On-demand, MobilityCentral, Purchasing & Procurement, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-04-01
Free On-demand Webcast: How to Perform Advanced Fiber Troubleshooting using an OTDR: An Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) is an important instrument used by organizations to certify the performance of new fiber links and detect problems with existing fiber links. New technology has enabled a wide range of automatic capability in today's OTDRs. However, understanding OTDR traces and how...; Tags: Performance, On-demand, Fluke Networks, Fiber, Optical Time Domain Reflectometer, Network Technology, Performance Management, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Webcasts 2008-04-01
Super Techies: Marc Benioff: In this Super Techies interview, tech star Marc Benioff talks with CNET's Dan Farber about his career as a business entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Benioff discusses his early work as a programmer for Apple; honing his sales and marketing skills with industry mogul Larry Ellison at Oracle; and his current...; Tags: Marc Benioff, On-demand, Marketing Research, Personal Technology; Videos 2008-03-27
Mobile activity on iPhones vs. regular smartphones: Activity iPhone Smartphone Market Any news or info via browser 84.8% 58.2% 13.1% Accessed web search 58.6% 37.0% 6.1% Watched mobile TV and/or video 30.9% 14.2% 4.6% Watched on-demand video or TV programming 20.9% 7.0% 1.4% Accessed...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Smart Phone, On-demand, TV, Programming, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB; Blog posts 2008-03-23
YouTube: the world's On-demand reality show: YouTube: the world's on-demand reality showRE: YouTube: the world's on-demand reality showhttp://www.analogstereo.com/wp/technology_consulting_assessment_examination_evaluation_recommendation.htmre:ondemandhttp://www.analogstereo.com/wp/technology_consulting_assessment_examination_evaluation_recommendation.htm; Tags: on-demand reality show, reality show, on-demand, YouTube Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-03-14
Making cash with SaaS and Web 2.0: Ever wondered why so many Web 2.0 or SaaS offerings are free or bundled? It's because the vendors can't work out how to bill for them. Don't believe me? Here are some real-life examples: A monitoring vendor that switched a $10,000-a-year data extraction option to free because...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Web, Software-as-a-service, Web 2.0, Billing, On-demand, Aria Systems Inc., Zuora, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-03-13
Oracle launches latest On-demand CRM release; Pushes social networking: Oracle on Tuesday released its latest on demand CRM effort--Oracle CRM On Demand Release 15--with the primary new feature being social networking capabilities. The move is just the latest in the effort of large software vendors to make social networking and other Web 2.0 features part of...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Network, On-demand, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Social Networking, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Online Communications, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-11
Microsoft disappoints on SaaS. Didn't you see it coming?: So Microsoft's much-rumored big splash in SaaS this week turns out to be an extension of its hosted SharePoint and Exchange offerings. As Dana Gardner writes, Microsoft Online Services is "about maintaining the base of the small businesses and department-level buyers of Microsoft products. In essence, this is defense." ...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, On-demand, Microsoft Corp., Blogosphere, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-03-03
SaaS and the global virtual stack: SaaS and the global virtual stackMore ComplexityPhil,Let's stop talking about how complex IT can be. In reality, people want customisable on-demand applications sitting on a dedicated server, with a web presentation tier connecting to the business logic and database tiers. Trying to abstract the layers creates an un-manageable and exponential...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, NetSuite IPO, software-as-a-service, SaaS Juggernaut, information technology, business logic, on-demand, user experience, virtual stack, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-02-28
Bungee Labs and platform as a service: a great RIA: Bungee Labs and platform as a service: a great RIAOn-Demand ApplicationsThanks for the article. On-demand application development is an exciting area right now. I work with Fortune 1000 CIO's regularly and this idea is enabling them to dramatically add value to the business by shortening delivery times for applications. ...; Tags: Software development, rich Internet application, platform as a service, Bungee Labs, Bungee Connect, on-demand; Discussion threads 2008-02-20
Dark Clouds and Silver Linings: Cloud computing is getting hot, as in hot promises, hot press releases, and some hot contentions about who's platform is going to win the latest battleground in on-demand/SaaS. The answer my friend, is largely blowing in the wind. But not for long…. To be sure, there's a...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Cape Clear Software, On-demand, Vision, Workday, Microsoft Corp., Cloud, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Sales, Management, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-02-15
Doctor's Office 2008 (exe): Advanced management software for private and public practices, which can manage appointments, visits, contacts, billing, tasks and callbacks, drugs and recipes. Connects the office through LAN and can operate remotely by Internet. We customize the software with visit templates and on-demand features. The software is available in English, Italian, and...; Tags: Software, Microsoft Office, On-demand, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-02-07
Aberdeen Group: On-demand Mid-Market CRM: Front-to-Back Office Integration a Clear Differentiator: This Aberdeen Executive Analyst Whitepaper discusses the importance of front-to-back integration when evaluating CRM vendors.; Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Microsoft Office, On-demand, NetSuite Inc., Clear, Integration, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2008-02-05