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SalesForce.com Thinks About the Process 2008-06-12 08:11:14 In the world of customer data quality problems, simply solving the problem, which is exactly what most vendors are trying to do, is not the best option. The thing is, most problems arise as a result of a whole bunch of issues that too need to be adressed. When the data you get from [...] Read more:Process
Quickbooks going up 2008-06-11 08:07:09 I came across an article about QuickBook’s lattest step forward towards the SMB and enterprise market, I though I’d share it with you.
Intuit is making some strategic improvements in its QuickBooks application, which now integrates with Microsoft Outlook, works well under Linu…and much more.
Underneath the welcoming interface is quite a hearty financial system with a [...] Read more:Quickbooks
ETL of your own - wise or not? 2008-06-10 09:34:39 ETL tools. Make one of your own or buy one from a trusted vendor? What’s best for your company?
Before jumping into anything or rushing to a popular vendor, analyze the degree to which an ETL tool will benefit your company and wether it might be wiser to build one of your own.
Building a customized solution [...]
No to SaaS? 2008-06-09 06:52:54 According to the recent Forrester research survey, there are top 8 reasons why companies say “No Thanks” to SaaS. The 8 include:
66% Integration issues
well, duuh, select a trusted vendor, who won’t let you face these issues.
61% Total cost of ownership concerns
yes, quality actually costs money. what’s wrong with that?
55% Lack of customization
mm..ask and you shall [...]
When it comes to integration…what do you do? 2008-06-06 08:33:00 Integration… what do you do when it needs to be done, yet you realize you don’t have the money, the time or the assets to invest into it?
Below are a few ways out. Each is widely used, so the selection depends largely on your company’s priorities and the nature of business. before I start, let’s [...] Read more:comes
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SalesForce at Work 2008-06-05 06:34:39 SalesForce has news on their summer release.
The release will contain new editing capabilities enabling users to edit a single record, or multiple - up to 200 - records, directly from a list, never leaving the page. The new navigation features (displaying the record count (up to 2000), specifying number of records displayed per page, jump [...]
International Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Summit 2008 2008-06-04 04:01:47 Making plans to visit the upcoming International
Data Warehousing and Business
Intelligence Summit
2008? I’m sure it’s worth attending.
The event will be held in Residenza di Ripetta, Via di Ripetta 231, 00193 Roma (RM)
The main topics this summit will focus on include:
Beyond the Data Warehouse: New Approaches to Business Intelligence
Data Streams, Complex Events, and BI
BI [...]
Solving Data Quality Problems in Three Steps 2008-06-03 04:32:47 Vicki P. Raeburn wrote an article for DMReview.com titled “Talking with Your Business Partners about Data Quality
,” in which she discusses what needs to be done to solve bad data problems.
Solving the bad data problem requires:
* Clearly defining the nature of the problems your business partners/customers are experiencing,
* Establishing priorities to [...] Read more:Three
Implementing SaaS CRM - best practices 2008-06-02 03:51:58 I recently came across an article that named 5 best practices for implementing SaaS CRM applications.
Considering the recent growth of interest towards SaaS applications in general, no wonder “a late 2007 survey of 1,017 software IT decision-makers at North American and European enterprises found that SaaS adoption is growing at double-digit rates.” (May 2008 [...]
What it takes to have a QUALITY data quality solution 2008-05-30 07:18:36 There’s really no universal criteria for selecting a data quality provider/solution, it’s rather personal for each company. Before looking at different providers the smart thing to do is to decide on the list of priorities to look for in potential solutions. Some give priority to accuracy, others find execution time the most critical element.
Andrew J. [...]
QuickBooks on Fotrune’s top 100 2008-06-17 04:41:33 Did you know that Ituit makes Fortune’s list of top 100 companies to work for?
At the 43 position, Intuit (INTU) offers its employees four days off with pay each year to perform community service.
Their QuickBooks accounting software mostly targets small to medium sized businesses, catering for pratically all types of industries…and we all know SMBs [...]
On-premise and on-demand SaaS 2008-06-16 07:02:34 Quocirca has recently published a white paper on SaaS adoption across the business sector.
SaaS already is a huge part of most business processes, however, there are still companies that rely hevily on their on-premises applications.
…many vendors are realising that to provide a satisfactory end user experience, total reliance on a web browser is not always [...] Read more:demand
Salesforce CRM Driving Companies Ahead 2008-07-18 06:07:30 Salesforce.com announced that its “CRM applications and partner solutions from the AppExchange are being used by IDeaS Revenue Optimization to run an entire business.”
The power and benefits of SaaS are widely used by employees across sales, marketing, service and support, client services, product management, company officials say.
IDeaS is an enterprise revenue management and optimiza Read more:Salesforce
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Oracle Enhances its Database 2008-07-17 05:36:17 Oracle’s latest release says the company has extended support for its key database feature, Real Application Testing. The company says the enhancement should help companies switch to the latest version of its database, Oracle 11g, although, the feature is available in the earlier versions of Oracle database (10g and 9i Release 2) as well.
“The challenge [...] Read more:Oracle
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Simple Solutions to Huge Data Management Problems 2008-07-16 05:42:18 Ponemon Institute surveyed 870 IT professionals and found 23 per cent of respondents admit that their data is often left unsecured and inadequately protected.
The problem usually lies in the way unstructured data is spread across the organization’s knowledge management systems, corporate applications (CRM/ERP systems), databases, files etc. and the lack of a clear vision of [...] Read more:Simple
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to GoldMine 2008-07-15 07:56:57 If you ever get that feeling that you know the feature is there but you can’t find it, while working with your GoldMine, this book is definitely for you - The Complete Idiot’s Guide
to GoldMine. This will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about GoldMine and more.
The book’s format allows you [...]
Hosted Salesforce.com and QuickBooks Integration 2008-07-14 06:23:13 Apatar has recently launched Apatar On-Demand for Salesforce
.com CRM and QuickBooks accounting software. Apatar On-Demand Edition is a hosted service that synchronizes order data between Salesforce.com CRM and desktop QuickBooks accounting software. It was designed for business users, so the process of setting up the integration link does not require technical skills. Apatar On-Demand Edition [... Read more:Hosted
Data Management longs for Data Quality & Solid Grounds 2008-07-11 05:53:42 Jill Dyché is answering questions about the recent data management trends for SearchDataManagement
.com’s Ask the Expert section.
The three master data management trends she singles out are:
MDM trend No. 1: The use of data quality tools.
That is, establishing data quality standards and following through with them.
MDM trend No. 2: Using a common platform for multiple data [...] Read more:Quality
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Another MDM Event on July 16th 2008-07-09 03:35:06 ebizQ is organizing a roundtable discussion webinar that will focus on MDM’s Role as a Critical Enabler for SOA
The event will be held next week, July 16, 2008 at 12:00 pm US Eastern.
What you will learn:
- The types of practices and tools required to provide a unified and consistent view of business entities common to [...]
MDM Summit This Fall. Are You Coming? 2008-07-08 09:32:55 DM Review, BI Review and The MDM Institute, the leading analyst authority for research and consulting in the areas of MDM, CDI, announced the MDM Summit
– Fall 2008, which will take be held on October 19 - 21 at the Hilton New York.
MDM Summit – Fall 2008 is for IT professionals at any level. [...]
Traditional software vs. On-demand 2008-07-07 04:36:12 Couldn’t resist posting this, as it clearly shows the benefits of on-demand
services over the traditional software, without even mentioning SaaS. =) Perfecto.
(image from here) Read more:Traditional
Salesforce.com has THE Leader, THE Partner & THE People 2008-07-01 04:27:48 Last month Salesforce
.com was named one of Ethisphere Institute’s 2008 ‘World’s Most Ethical Companies’.
While the fuss around the company’s alliance with Google creating a formidable competition against Microsoft is on, SFDC keeps steadily securing its position as a company that is not only successful in business, but also quite popualar for its community approach. [...] Read more:Leader
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Getting the Most Out of CRM 2008-08-04 10:14:59 Integrating Customer Relations Management and bookkeeping is probably high on the ToDo list of many companies. No wonder, the two working together can create a powerful management tool.
Richard Barrington in his article for VendorGuru exploring the opportunities that CRM can offer if combined with Marketing/eCommerce, Operations and Accounting, writes:
If accounting information is integrated into
Apatar at LinuxWorld & Web 2.0 NY 2008-08-01 04:23:22 If you didn’t get a chance to meet Apatar’s CEO, Renat Khasanshyn at Dr.Dobb’s Conference, be sure to catch him at LinuxWorld 2008 in San Francisco on August 5. The “Case Study: Professional Open Source at Autodesk” session by Jason Pratt of Autodesk and Renat will focus on applying open source Apatar data integration software at [...]
Open Source DBMS move forward 2008-07-31 07:31:30 Forrester reports open source database market at the point $850 million and predicts it a 40% growth (to $1.2 billion) by 2010.
Doesn’t compare to a $16 billion commercial database market, of course, but considering the absence of licensing costs, it’s still quite an number.
“More enterprises are deploying open source databases than ever before,” the [...] Read more:Source
Apatar Plays Well with Force.com’s Sandbox 2008-07-30 11:09:22 Apatar just enhanced it’s SFDC connector to process Sandbox
’s data using the connector for Salesforce.com.
Sandbox is commonly used by Salesforce.com customers for testing new customizations or features before rolling them out to users, trying out applications from the AppExchange directory, creating a development environment for building applications, and providing a training environment Read more:Plays
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There is NO Next Salesforce.com 2008-07-29 06:50:18 One of the discussions at the Always On Summit at Stanford was called on ‘Will the Next Salesforce
.com Please Stand Up?’. The name already speaks for itself, the crporate world is desperate to see something new and groundbreaking, a business solution of the next generation. But what’s the point of moving on to something new, [...]
Maximizing Data Warehouse ROI 2008-07-28 06:29:00 The post in Beye Blogs gets to the core of Data Warehousing and explores what you need to enhance your ROI. Here are some extracts:
Having most granular (or detailed) transaction level data is core to broad-basing the Data Warehouse
applications.
There reasons for using Data Warehouse as a single reference information source are:
1. Maintain consistency
2. If [...]
Winners of the 2008 Sourceforge Community Choice Awards 2008-07-25 08:14:47 The Sourceforge Community ChoiceAwards
were announced yesterday, and here they are:
* Best Project: OpenOffice.org
* Best Project for the Enterprise: OpenOffice.org
* Best Project for Education: OpenOffice.org
* Most Likely to Be the Next $1B Acquisition: phpMyAdmin
* Best Project for Multimedia: VLC
* Best Project for Gamers: XBMC
* Most Likely to Change the World: Linux
* Best New Project: [... Read more:Winners
ETL Grows Outside of Data Warehousing 2008-07-24 04:10:38 Loraine Lawson posted a link to a webinar on Operational Data Integration: The Growing Practice of ETL Outside
of Data Warehousing that will be held on the 13th of August by TDWI Research Sr. Manager, Philip Russom.
Webinar Abstract
TDWI Research shows that data integration usage – especially in the form of ETL – is growing overall, [...]
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