2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo
January 11, 2009 by CRM Helpdesk Software · Leave a Comment
2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, New York City, March 30 – April 1, 2009 Everything you wanted to know about: Saas, PaaS, IaaS Automation Grid Software Elastic Computing Cloud Database Scalability Fabric Computing Green IT High-Performance Computing Service Management Web-scale Computing Standards With the advent of Cloud Computing, the cost of computation, application [...]
Salesforce. com – Great News in this Recession or Simply Arrogance?
January 7, 2009 by Jimson Lee · Leave a Comment
Yesterday’s Salesforce.com outage resulted in several readers emailing me the story from the San Jose Mercury News titled ‘The Recession, the Cloud and Salesforce.com’ *. The feelings were mixed. Read on… With all the bad news about layoffs, declining sales and falling housing markets, one company shines out: Salesforce.com There is no doubt they are [...]
CRM Help Desk Software Predictions for 2009
January 1, 2009 by Jimson Lee · 2 Comments
These 5 industries will continue to be hot topics for 2009, which is going to be a very lean year for small, medium and large businesses. Tech spending will be tightened and budgets will be cut. If you are looking to increase productivity without spending more money, these 5 topics will certainly be on your [...]
Genentech chooses Google Apps over Microsoft
December 28, 2008 by Jimson Lee · 1 Comment
“It’s ludicrous that cloud computing is taking over the world,” Ellison quoted during Oracle’s annual shareholders meeting last October. South San Francisco’s Genentech 16,300 employees have switched to Google Apps for their email, and limited use of Google’s Documents and Spreadsheets. Google Apps Premier edition is $50 per user per year, which means and additional [...]
Top 10 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2009
December 19, 2008 by CRM Helpdesk Software · 1 Comment
SAN MATEO, Calif., — As the year draws to a close, many companies are left wondering what next year will bring for this year’s hottest technology trend — cloud computing. To answer these questions, Appirio (www.appirio.com) today released its top 10 predictions for how cloud computing will evolve in 2009 and the impact those trends [...]
Watch out Google Docs – Microsoft SkyDrive is Coming
December 6, 2008 by CRM Helpdesk Software · Leave a Comment
Watch out Google Docs – Microsoft SkyDrive is coming to town. When it comes to online storage, people think immediately of Xdrive or Idrive. On January 12, 2009, AOL will permanently close the Xdrive Online Storage Service. Idrive is free for the first 2Gb. For more storage, you can get 150Gb for $4.99 per month. [...]
GoldenGate Software and Oracle to Host Web Seminar on Siebel CRM Zero Downtime Migrations
December 4, 2008 by CRM Helpdesk Software · Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO — GoldenGate Software Inc., a leading provider of high availability and real-time data integration solutions, will host a live Web seminar featuring Oracle Group Vice President of CRM Applications George Jacob and GoldenGate Vice President of Technology, Alok Pareek, entitled “Upgrade to Oracle’s Latest Release of Siebel CRM with Zero Downtime.” This complimentary [...]
SplendidCRM Software Releases Enterprise 3.0 with a New Workflow Engine
December 3, 2008 by CRM Helpdesk Software · Leave a Comment
RALEIGH, N.C. — SplendidCRM Software, Inc., a pioneering provider of Microsoft-centric Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions for open-source use, today announced the launch of Version 3.0 of its flagship platform SplendidCRM. The release of Version 3.0 marks a milestone as it introduces the SplendidCRM Workflow Engine as a flagship feature in the new SplendidCRM Enterprise [...]
Zoho Makes Cloud Data Accessible with Zoho CloudSQL
December 3, 2008 by CRM Helpdesk Software · Leave a Comment
Business Data Stored in Zoho Available to Any Application through SQL; Zoho Reports Adds API and Support for Zoho CloudSQL PLEASANTON, Calif.–Zoho today announced Zoho CloudSQL, a middleware service that uses the familiar SQL (Structured Query Language) to connect business data stored in Zoho with traditional, on-premises applications as well as other SaaS offerings. Zoho [...]
Intuit Offers to Buy Entellium Assets
December 1, 2008 by Jimson Lee · Leave a Comment
Is Intuit, the makers of QuickBooks and QuickTax, about to enter the hosted CRM market? It appears so, as Intuit is in the works to purchase Entellium, the company where the CEO and CFO were charged with wire fraud. Their competitors used this opportunity to steal Entellium’s customers! That’s how fierce and competitive the CRM [...]
