Paul Shread

Social media software and services like Facebook and Twitter have seen phenomenal growth. Just this week, Facebook announced it now has over 500 million users. But while consumers have led the social media charge, a number of companies have brought out enterprise-friendly solutions developed with the needs of business users in mind. eCRM Guide reports […]

Few sectors of the enterprise software market are enjoying more robust growth and M&A activity that business intelligence and analytics. As eCRM Guide reports, Qlik Technologies (NASDAQ: QLIK) shares took flight in its initial public offering, soaring up 28 percent in heavy trading and raised more than $112 million in capital for the fast-growing business […]

Microsoft made several announcements today at its Worldwide Partner Conference, among them that it would begin beta testing of the next version of its CRM software this quarter. The software will feature tighter integration with other Microsoft products that are also getting the integration, collaboration and on-demand treatment. eCRM Guide has the details. Microsoft (NASDAQ: […]

Salesforce.com put customer relationship management (CRM) software on the map, but the company faces plenty of worthy competitors including software giant Microsoft. As eCRMGuide reports, Microsoft revealed details of the next version of its Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 at its Worldwide Partner Conference. Among the new features is tighter integration with several widely-used Microsoft applications. […]

Stocks slowed their advance Monday but still rose just enough to log their fifth straight day of gains, as investors turned cautious a day before Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) kicks off technology sector earnings reports. Intel added 1.6 percent ahead of its quarterly results. Analysts are expecting big sales growth from Intel, up 27.7 percent from […]

Oracle has long been a dominant player in the database market, but its recent strategy has been centered more around using that data to make smart business decisions. Nowhere is that more obvious than in the release of Business Intelligence 11g, an update to its BI software that’s integrated with other Oracle apps, including Fusion […]

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) led a big stock market rally Wednesday, as investor optimism returned ahead of second-quarter earnings reports. The major indexes jumped 3 percent on the day as the Dow climbed back above 10,000. Cisco and Dell led a long list of stocks gaining around 5 percent or more. Others […]

eCRM Guide has a report on MicroStrategy’s new iPhone and iPad business intelligence application that will allow sales workers in the field to perform data retrieval and analysis, putting business intelligence and knowledge in the hands of people without requiring a computer or laptop. The app already exists on the BlackBerry, so this is another […]

Managing network storage can be a complex affair. As EnterpriseStorageForum reports, improper configuration is believed to be at the root of most service disruptions and a number of vendors have solutions designed to head off and help network managers better deal with such issues. The latest version of EMC’s Ionix Storage Configuration Advisor helps users […]

Comments from Micron Technology (NYSE: MU) that the DRAM market is slowing sent chip stocks skidding on Tuesday, as the rest of the market plunged on fears of a global economic slowdown. Micron shares lost 13.5 percent on the news, while AMD (NYSE: AMD) and SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) lost 7 percent each and Nvidia (NASDAQ: […]

Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE), Jabil (NYSE: JBL) and Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) all reported quarterly results late today, but only Jabil appeared to impress investors. Jabil shares traded nearly 8 percent higher after hours after the important contract manufacturer posted quarterly sales and earnings that were well ahead of Wall Street estimates, and the company’s sales […]

Storage and data deduplication in general are considered premium services for the enterprise, and the midrange of the market has always been something of an afterthought. Recently, the storage firms are being more mindful of this potential market by providing products tuned and priced more in line with their needs. NEC is the latest, coming […]