Fast-Growth Companies Streamline Spend By Extending NetSuite With Coupa

Coupa Software (NASDAQ:COUP), a leader in cloud-based spend management, announced today that fast-growth companies like Bankrate have extended their NetSuite ERP systems with Coupa’s Procure to Pay (P2P) solution to automate their purchasing tools, eliminate paper processing, and reduce costs. In fact, “More organizations are foregoing monolithic ERP systems for easy-to-deploy cloud applications that do […]

Salesforce, SAP, Microsoft or Oracle CRM: Battling for your CRM budget

By:  Aniket Pandya There are several factors that go into deciding where to spend your CRM budget. Here’s a breakdown of the big four CRM platforms to help you better understand your choices.   Is there a platform war going on between Salesforce, Microsoft, SAP and Oracle? Are the big four CRM vendors in a […]

Inspirage Wins Oracle Cloud Excellence Award FY 2017

Oracle awarded Inspirage with its 2017 Oracle Excellence Award for Cloud Partner of the Year – APAC region for Supply Chain Management Applications at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco, California. The award recognizes Inspirage for the company’s commitment to deliver innovative, specialized solutions and services to the APAC region. The award recognizes actions that […]

FinancialForce Appoints Chief Product Officer to Accelerate Product Strategy Development and Innovation

FinancialForce, the leading cloud ERP provider for the new services economy, has announced the appointment of Daniel Brown as Chief Product Officer (CPO). The creation of the CPO role reflects how product innovation is driving FinancialForce’s accelerating business momentum. Brown will be responsible for guiding the company’s product strategy to deliver on its ambitious growth plans and […]

CRM focused on deal flow information excites investors

There was further recognition of the growing importance of CRM last week as developer Costello secured $1 million in investment in a funding round led by Dundee Venture Capital, with participation from a number of other investors. Costello’s platform has been breaking new ground by focusing on how sales reps keep track of their conversations […]

Oracle’s Numbers

By:  Denis Pombriant Oracle will announce its Q1 revenue and profit numbers after the markets close on Wednesday. There’s more than a little excitement about what might be revealed, specifically if the company can continue its rise, thanks to its cloud products. The anticipated answer is yes, for a number of reasons, but there’s also […]

Where CRM is Heading in 2018

By:  Peter Kowalke While buzzwords such as artificial intelligence and IoT will be invading your CRM soon, most businesses won’t be substantively mixing their customer data with such tech in the next few months. These technologies are certainly on the way, but today’s CRM evolution is the rollout of a slightly older trend: the delivery […]

What is business process management (BPM)? The key to enterprise agility

By: Paul Rubens Business process management is the practice of aligning goals and processes as businesses evolve. BPM software helps organizations define the steps required to carry out a business task, mapping these definitions to existing processes and then streamlining or improving these processes so that the steps are taken more efficiently. Business processes are […]

How To Better Manage The Challenges of Software Applications

Managing complexity, aligning IT with the business, and enabling agility are top priorities for CIOs who must deliver on software development projects. So, how can software applications be managed more efficiently? Introducing Integrated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) within your organization helps you plan, manage, and execute the long-term maintenance of a software solution – from […]