ERP – is it all over? Hint – hello New Kingmakers
By: Den Howlett The current ERP market is confusing. Newish entrants along with refactoring old code, cloud to say nothing of emerging technologies makes for a messy landscape. But is it all over? We’ve been here before on many occasions. The ‘ERP is dead, long live ERP‘ meme has been doing the rounds for at […]
Salesforce (CRM) Expands Marketing Cloud With Rebel Buyout
Salesforce.com CRM recently entered into an agreement to acquire interactive email service provider — Rebel — to expand the capabilities of its Marketing and Commerce Cloud, for an undisclosed amount. As part of the move, Rebel’s application programming interface-based services will be integrated into Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud platform. This move is expected to ramp up […]
On CRM: Can Einstein Help Salesforce Solve This Chronic CRM Problem?
By: Gene Marks It’s a chronic problem and it’s been going on since my company began selling sales force automation systems back in the ’90’s: Managers need complete and accurate data to better run their companies. But their salespeople feel that the time spent entering that data is taking them away from doing what they […]
Venture Technologies Joins NetSuite Solution Provider Program
Venture Technologies Joins NetSuite Solution Provider Program Venture Technologies expands its business applications portfolio with Oracle NetSuite to meet growing demand for Cloud ERP. “This collaboration extends Venture Technologies’ solutions with a top ERP platform that delivers our customers – of all sizes and various needs – advanced functionality and high value.” -Paul Demes, President, […]
Microsoft-Adobe’s amazing partnership: Creating a new category?
By: Paul Greenberg Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, is a great believer in the potential of the Adobe/Microsoft partnership. So am I. But can it create a new category and market around digital engagement and customer experience management? I’ve digitally ripped this post up multiple times. Every time I think I’ve got it down, I […]
Can ERP Vendors Deliver On Industry 4.0 Expectations?
In the IT business, innovation is king. If you fail to keep up, you run the risk of falling behind and becoming stale. There’s where ERP as a product category found itself thanks to the advent of cloud computing, and now we’re on the cusp of finding out if the ERP market can deliver on […]
Integrating to Netsuite? What You’ll Need to Know
By: David Honan Netsuite is a complete ERP system to support rapid growth and long-term financial health of any size business. According to Netsuite’s website, “20% of Fortune 100 Companies use Netsuite.” They claim that they are the #1 Cloud ERP system. I believe it; Netsuite seems to be everywhere and many of our prospects […]
IBM and Microsoft Are Upgrading Walmart’s Digital Supply Chain
By: Leo Sun Many investors pay close attention to Walmart‘s (NYSE: WMT) consumer-facing digital efforts, which include its expanding e-commerce marketplace and new delivery options. However, Walmart’s supply chain is also undergoing a dramatic transformation through its new partnerships with Microsoft(NASDAQ: MSFT) and IBM(NYSE: IBM). How is Microsoft helping Walmart? Earlier this year, Microsoft and […]
Salesforce singles out gaps in Microsoft and Oracle’s services as its road map for growth
By: Tom Krazit Business-to-business marketing, at least in tech, is all about making the tech buyer absorb the talking points they need to justify the purchase to their bosses. Salesforce does that arguably better than anyone, and wrapped up Dreamforce 2018 by taking a shot at two of its rivals in a bid to convince […]
Apple, Salesforce team up to bring Siri to more business apps
By: Stephen Nellis Apple Inc and Salesforce.com Inc are entering a partnership in which the iPhone maker will help Salesforce build the iPhone maker’s features such as its Siri voice assistant deeper into Salesforce’s own mobile apps, which are widely used in the sales and marketing industries. In exchange, Salesforce will make software tools so […]