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Archive for April, 2009

RationalPlan Project Management 3.13 released - Adds SSL Email Support

[prMac.com]  - Stand By Soft has released RationalPlan 3.13, a strong project management software application developed to assist project managers in creating plans, tracking progress, allocating resources, managing budgets and analyzing workload. Suited for applications in the area of construction, engineering, services & consulting, software development or for a simple student project, RationalPlan can help [...]

Open Source Eucalyptus Cloud Goes Commercial

(INTERNET NEWS) - There is money in the cloud. Just ask open source startup Eucalyptus which today announced it received $5.5 million in Series A round of venture financing.
Eucalyptus is an open source cloud infrastructure project originally developed as a research effort at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). It is also the key [...]

CRM Pricing Changes: Brother Can You Spare 30 Bucks a Month

(ZDNET) - If there’s one thing that characterizes a recession when it comes to CRM or enterprise applications desirability, its the pricing.  Pricing schemes are a big deal for potential customers.  Especially in an economic downturn where:

Keeping the customer matters and CRM seems to be the way to go when retention is the strategy
Controlling cost [...]

AlterEgos Software Adopted in 98 countries in Just Two Weeks Following Launch

Within two weeks of the AlterEgos.com launch of their innovative virtual representative software thousands of visitors flocked to the site, far exceeding initial expectations.
Birmingham, UK (PRWEB) April 29, 2009 — Within two weeks of the AlterEgos launch of their innovative virtual representative software thousands of visitors flocked to the site, far exceeding initial [...]

Investors see SaaS as right prescription for healthcare IT

(Reuters) - Nextgen and Insta Health are two SaaS based software companies for healthcare industry who got funding.
Healthcare IT based on SaaS (Software as a Service) may be the way to go if you look at the recent investment trend. Nextgen eSolutions and Insta Health Solutions are two SaaS based software companies for healthcare industry [...]

Is Deflation in Enterprise Software Market Bad for BPM?

(ebiz) - I don’t usually comment on IT investment research issues on the BPM in Action blog but unusual economic times demand a different approach. The financial status of your business process management (BPM)-enabling technology supplier could have a direct effect on your enterprise’s ability to compete. (That assumes your enterprise’s financial status is stable.)
Maureen [...]

Microchip Technology Launches mTouch(TM) Capacitive Touch Evaluation Kit

(Stockhouse) - Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the mTouch(TM) Capacitive Touch Evaluation Kit (part # DM183026), which enables designers to quickly and easily develop capacitive touch user-interface applications using Microchip’s 8- and 16-bit PIC(R) microcontrollers (MCUs). The flexible, comprehensive kit includes two main boards–one populated with [...]

Info Security Products Guide Names Solera Networks Winner of the 2009 Global Excellence in Network Security Solution Award

Solera Networks DS 5150 Gains the Highest Trust of Customers Worldwide
London, England (PRWEB) April 28, 2009 — Solera Networks, a provider of innovative network forensics software solutions, announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies, has named the Solera DS Series of network forensics appliances a winner [...]

Coloplast A/S Selects SunGard for Treasury, Risk and Cash Management

Coloplast A/S a Danish medical device manufacturer, has selected SunGard’s AvantGard to support its treasury, risk and cash management activities.
Denmark (Vocus) April 28, 2009 — Coloplast A/S, a Danish medical device manufacturer, has selected SunGard’s AvantGard to support its treasury, risk and cash management activities. AvantGard will provide Coloplast with a single, centralized treasury database, [...]

Hosted Microsoft CRM Extends Concentrix Portfolio

Leading UK customer relationship management (CRM) specialist and IT solutions provider Concentrix is now providing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 as a hosted solution.
(PRWEB) April 29, 2009 — Concentrix has been implementing Microsoft Dynamics CRM as an on-premise solution within businesses throughout the UK since the product was first released. The company has long been a [...]