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Why Chiquita Said ‘No’ to Tier 1 ERP Providers and ‘Yes’ to SaaS Apps from Upstart Workday

The inside story of why Chiquita Brands CIO Manjit Singh ignored the SaaS FUD from the world's leading ERP vendors and, instead, chose an on-demand HR platform from upstart Workday to roll out to its global operations. The lesson: A bigger softw

Apr 7, 2009 11 mins

ERP Systems Outsourcing SaaS

Macs in the Enterprise: ERP

Cloud computing has made platforms meaningless, which opens doors for Macs to tap into business software.

Apr 6, 2009 4 mins

Cloud Computing ERP Systems SaaS

Why Zoho Has a Manic Strategy for Selling Software

While many software start-ups focus on perfecting one product in an effort to get bought by bigger competitors, Zoho keeps adding to its massive list of applications that span the whole software market, competing with Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce.com a

Apr 2, 2009 4 mins

CRM Systems Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

Adobe AIR, Flash Big Hit at Web 2.0 Expo Conference

From Facebook developers who want to better utilize Flash, to Web-based enterprise software vendors building Twitter-like apps with AIR, many products being launched at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco have been based upon Adobe technology.

Apr 1, 2009 3 mins

Collaboration Software Developer Small and Medium Business

Why Salesforce.com’s Social Media Smarts Could Get You Closer to Customers

When it comes to social media, Salesforce.com leads rivals like Oracle and SAP u2014 and its success could help your company reach customers. Case in point: Salesforce.com apps now work with social networking services like Twitter and Facebook.

Mar 26, 2009 7 mins

CRM Systems Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

Four New Gmail Add-Ons Liven E-mails with Online Video, Pictures

The newest batch of Gmail's free add-ons allow you to see online photo albums, YouTube videos and restaurant information from Yelp all within the body of your e-mail messages. Other add-ons try to solve well-established messaging problems, like

Mar 23, 2009 5 mins

Collaboration Software Internet Small and Medium Business

Tech Talk: Your Take on the Unfairness of H1B Visas, Firing Over Facebook Quips, and More

nCIO.com readers battle about the inequity of the H1B award system, Microsoft's many mistakes, RIM's denial that it records calls, and the firing over Facebook comments.

Mar 12, 2009 4 mins

Data Center IT Leadership SaaS

The Case Against Cloud Computing: Conclusion

CIO.com's Bernard Golden has picked apart the arguments against cloud computing. Cloud's not perfect yet, but make no mistake, he says: When security and productivity come into conflict, productivity always prevails.

Mar 2, 2009 7 mins

Cloud Computing Enterprise Applications

The Case Against Cloud Computing, Part Five

Cloud's too hard and too costly to manage? No, says Bernard Golden, as he tackles the last of five key concerns about cloud computing in the enterprise.

Feb 20, 2009 8 mins

Cloud Computing Enterprise Applications

The Case Against Cloud Computing, Part Four

We tackle the fourth big argument against cloud computing: TCO vs. in-house servers. The real math may surprise you.

Feb 12, 2009 11 mins

Cloud Computing Data Center Enterprise Applications

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