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As SAP gobbles up Business Objects, Salesforce took a dramatic step to position the company as a viable alternative to the traditional pillars of the enterprise software space. On Friday, Salesforce Read more...

> Flying to the U.K.? Don't plan to bring your PC onboard. Article > Salesforce.com launches $25 million Read more...

Although there has been quite a bit of frustration with customer management software over the last year, an AMR Research study suggests the market is growing at a solid 8 percent annual rate. This Read more...

> The U.S. and Japan offer the best environments for IT. Article > CIOs Read more...

Is SaaS just hype, or is something really going on here? This is the question on the mind of CIO Update's editors. Advocates insist that SaaS's time has come, and after attending the Read more...

> HP Lands $5.6 Billion contract from NASA. Article > Solar powered mobile devices: closer than you Read more...

The vast majority of organizations run separate applications for each function. Because none of these systems typically talk to each other, duplicate information must be manually entered or imported Read more...

Software as a Service (SaaS) has myriad benefits, including easy deployment and greater flexibility in procuring applications, but it's not necessarily the cheapest way to go. Per-user prices Read more...

Many companies have reaped the benefits of customer relationship management (CRM) systems over the years, but more and more are turning to hosted CRM to save money, eliminate in-house maintenance, Read more...

will be much more flexible and scalable than today's technology, focused more on serving the business side of the enterprise. It's the only way to remain competitive going forward, especially with Read more...