Enterprise Applications

Twitter Tips: How To Search Twitter Smarter

Once you're actively using Twitter, you may feel unable to keep up with all the messages of value. But you can learn to search them. From hashtags to smiley faces, here are our tips on how to search Twitter to get more value from it.

10 Things I Hate About Tech

RIM BlackBerry App World to Launch at CTIA with Custom TV Service?

Tech Talk: Your Take on Life Post-Layoff, Social Networks and Nostalgia, Privacy in the Cloud and More

CIO.com readers weigh in on a better life after a layoff, Facebook's blasts from the past, SAP's future media strategy, cloud's security and privacy issues, and whether a job can be beneath you.

Free BlackBerry Downloads: Five Can’t-Miss RIM Smartphone Apps

Looking for the best free BlackBerry apps on the Web? Our latest set of no-cost downloads includes a mobile search option that gives new meaning to the term "hands-free" and an awesome Internet radio app that saves your stations and setting

Where Oracle’s Applications Stack Sees Red Ink, Its Customers See Opportunity

A closer inspection of Oracle's latest earnings announcement reveals trouble in its famed Red Stack of enterprise applications (ERP, CRM and BI products). Now is the time, say analysts, when customers should demand "sweet" deals and bi

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.

How NBC Universal Puts Business Process Management To Work

NBC created a team that helps IT and the business improve customer-facing processes

Why U.S. Taxpayers Will Bail Out Foreign Automotive Suppliers

The automotive supply chain that keeps the Big Three carmakers stocked with parts is vast, efficient and in trouble. And due to the interdependencies of 21st century commerce, suppliers from Asia, Europe and parts unknown will likely see a piece of t

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