CeBIT 2010: Is enterprise software dead?

(IT PRO) - It was bad news for enterprise software today, as experts from Adobe and Salesforce.com made the argument for the cloud at CeBIT.
The next 10 years will be remembered as the “decade when enterprise software died”, according to Salesforce.com’s European president Dr Steve Garnett, saying something “radical” was happening to [...]

Should All Enterprise Software Run Like Facebook?

(E BIZ) - That’s an interesting premise put forward by Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.
Saying he quit Oracle back in 1999 because he couldn’t stop thinking why all enterprise software didn’t run like Amazon. Today the question for him is: Why isn’t all enterprise software like Facebook?
Benioff, like myself, logs on [...]

Is poor software design damaging your business?

(CBR) - Enterprise software that is not user-friendly is costing businesses time and money, as workers struggle to communicate with applications that are supposed to make their job easier.
Harold Hambrose, CEO of Electronic Ink, told CBR that software design is often not precise enough and lacks engagement with end-users. “It’s like building a skyscraper on [...]

Five Enterprise Software Predictions for 2010

(SEEKING ALPHA)  - Some time in the next 10 days I’m going to look back at my now year-old 2009 enterprise-software-market predictions and ‘fess up as to how well or poorly I did. But, first, I’ve decided to make that end-of-year review task a breeze at this time next year. Here’s a list of predictions [...]

The Global Enterprise Applications Software Market Forecast Update, 2009-2010

(AMR RESEARCH) - Each December AMR Research revisits the market sizing reports published throughout the year. As expected, the decline in the global economy had a negative effect on the enterprise application software market to the tune of -6%. Manufacturing declines, rising unemployment, tight credit, a volatile Wall Street, and slumping main street were all [...]

m62 Publishes Article Containing Visualisation Examples in PowerPoint Presentations

m62 visualcommunications Produces A Collection of Examples Demonstrating How to Use Visualisation Effectively in Presentations.
(PRWEB) December 18, 2009 — m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, has produced an article containing examples demonstrating how to correctly implement visualisation in a presentation, including before and after slides.

Presenters using PowerPoint in a business or sales presentation [...]

Food ERP Software Company TGI Awarded Food Logistics FL100 Award for its Enterprise 21 Manufacturing and Distribution Software

(ONLINE PR NEWS) - Technology Group International (TGI), a manufacturing and distribution software provider to small and mid-market food processors and distributors, announced today that has been awarded Food Logistics magazine’s 2009 FL100 award for its fully-integrated Enterprise 21 ERP software suite and strong presence in the food and beverage industry. 2009 marks the second [...]

Recession Not All Bad for Enterprise Software Users

(PC WORLD) - The global recession took a major toll on enterprise software vendors and their customers in 2009, leading to flagging license sales and tight IT budgets. But the economy also prompted a series of policy changes and concessions from vendors that could make users’ lives easier in the long run, especially if they [...]

Azinta APADO Business Agility Platform Integrates 6 Agile Technologies into a Single Software Platform

The Azinta Business Agility Platform integrates BPM, Business Rules, Complex Event Processing, Predictive Analytics, Constraint Optimisation and SOA into a single design, composition and execution software platform. Typically businesses have tended to concentrate on using just one or two agile technologies (such as BPM or Predictive Analytics). However in today’s challenging business environment this is [...]

In bed with SAP – the future for enterprise software?

(COMPUTER WEEKLY) - Enterprise software companies are not traditionally open to negotiation with user groups, but SAP is beginning to forge new links with its end-users.
SAP caused an outcry last year when it announced plans to increase its charges for enterprise support. The move horrified SAP’s user community, prompting user groups to [...]