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Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks Feb. 10th To Feb. 14th And Year-to-Date

Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks Feb. 10th To Feb. 14th And Year-to-Date

By Louis Columbus on February 17, 2014

The five highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date in the Cloud Computing Index are Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), Fusion-IO (NYSE:FIO), Qualys (NASDAQ:QYLS) and Workday (NYSE:WDAY).  A $10K investment in Akamai on January 2nd of this year is worth $12,901 and $10K invested in F5 Networks is worth $12,509 as of market close yesterday.   IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP share […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Akamai Technologies, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, Citrix Systems, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Stock Index, Earnings Per Share, EMC Corporation, enterprise software, F5 Networks, Fusion-IO, ibm, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, netsuite, oracle, Qualys, Rackspace Hosting, Red Hat, Riverbed Technology, SaaS, saas economics, salesforce.com, sap, software as a service, Symantec, VMware, workday | 1 Response

The Best Enterprise Software Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2013

The Best Enterprise Software Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2013

By Louis Columbus on July 15, 2013

Comparing the latest Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) List Of Top 100 Global Software Leaders published in  May of this year with current  Glassdoor ratings based on employee feedback provides valuable insights into the best software companies to work for in 2013. The Glassdoor ratings of the percentage of employees who would recommend their employer to […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Aart J. de Geus, ACI Worldwide, Acision, adobe, ADP, Amdocs, Ansys, apple, Ariba (Acquired by SAP), Aspect Software, autodesk, Avaya, Bentley Systems, BMC Software, byline=Louis Columbus, CA Technologies, Cadence Design Systems, Cegedim, Cerner, Cisco, Citrix Systems, Cloud Computing, CommVault, Compuware, Concur Technologies, Dassault Systèmes, Data Driven, EMC (excluding Vmware), enterprise software, Epicor, Ericsson, ESRI, FICO (formerly Fair Isaac), Fidelity National Information Services, Fidessa, Fiserv, fujitsu, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Glassdoor, google, Greg Bentley, GXS, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, hp, ibm, Infor, Informatica, intel, Intergraph, InterSystems, Intuit, invensys, JDA Software Group, Jim Hagemann Snabe, Kaspersky Lab, Kronos Inc., Louis Columbus' blog, McKesson, MEDITECH, Mentor Graphics, Micro Focus, Micros Systems, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, Misys, mobile, NEC Corporation of America, NetApp, Neusoft, NICE Systems, Northgate Information Solutions, Nuance Communications, OpenText, oracle, Pitney Bowes Software, PTC, Quest Software (Dell), Red Hat, Sage North America, salesforce.com, sap, SAS, Siemens Enterprise Communications, Software AG, Sophos, Sungard, SWIFT, Symantec, Synopsis, Synopsys, Tech, Teradata, Tibco, Trend Micro, unisys, Unit4, Verint Systems, VMware, Wincor Nixdorf, Wolters Kluwer

ICAEW event: Cloud is just sizzle?

ICAEW event: Cloud is just sizzle?

By David Terrar on May 21, 2013

Last month, on 17 April, I was invited to attend the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)’s annual Cloud accounting event – Winning business in the cloud: reap the benefits of SaaS.  A great title with with the promise of making the case for deploying Cloud. The hashtag for the event was […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Chartered Accountant, icaew, Intuit, software as a service, Twinfield

QuickBooks Online Outages Bring Small Business Back Offices to a Halt

QuickBooks Online Outages Bring Small Business Back Offices to a Halt

By Jason Busch on November 18, 2011

Like many small businesses, we use QuickBooks Online to manage our general ledger. For a rapidly growing, self-capitalized company completely dependent on cash flow to fund payroll, healthcare costs, OPEX and new hiring, the QB URL has…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Intuit, QuickBooks, SaaS, software as a service, workday

Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Social Business And Cloud Computing

Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Social Business And Cloud Computing

By R "Ray" Wang on May 29, 2011

Executive Profile Series Delivers The Inside View On Disruptive Technologies Starting this week, we’ll be kicking off an on-going series of interviews with the people behind the technologies in Cloud Computing and Social Business.  The interviews should provide insightful points of view from a customer, industry, and vendor perspective.  The transcript of the 30 minute […]

Posted in Business | Tagged aaron levie, Adam Rogers, adobe, Adobe Systems, Alan F. Nugent, Alcatel-Lucent, Alistair Rennie, Aneel Bhusri, Attensity Group, Bill Jacarsuo, Bob Kelly, Box.net, Brad Smith, BunchBall, Charlie Isaacs, Clarabridge, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Danile Debow, David Bankston, David Sacks, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Ed Van Siclen, Eugene Lee, Executive Profiles, Gaurav Dhillon, Get Satisfaction, Greg Gianforte, hootsuite, Ian Hersey, ibm, INgage Networks, Intuit, Jive Software, Lithium Technologies, loic le meur, Lyle Fong, Marcel LeBrun, Michael Ni, microsoft, Moxie Software, Mzinga, netsuite, Parker Harris, Pervasive Software, Peter Lorenz, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, Radian6, Rajat Paharia, Ram Menon, Randy Guard, RightNow, RightNow Technologies, Rob Howard, Rob Tarkoff, rwang0, Ryan Holmes, Rypple, salesforce.com, sap, SAP AG, SAS Institute, seesmic, Sid Banerjee, SnapLogic, social business, Social Business Software, socialtext, Telligent, TIBCO Software, Tien Tzuo, Tom Kelly, Tony Zingale, Ultimate Software, vendor strategy, Verafirma, Wendy Lea, workday, yammer, Zach Nelson, Zuora | 1 Response

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Pervasive and Data as a Service

By Denis Pombriant on May 4, 2011

Admit it, you never think about data storage any more.  We used to, quite a bit.  Long before the storage glut that exists today, there was already too much of it and it was hard to find places to store it.  When we built software it was with an eye toward maximizing our limited storage […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CRM, DaaS, Experience Economy, Intuit, jim Gilmore, Joe Pine, pervasive, QuickBooks, salesforce

Tuesday’s Tip: Dealing With Pesky Software Licensing Audits

Tuesday’s Tip: Dealing With Pesky Software Licensing Audits

By R "Ray" Wang on April 19, 2011

Organizations Report Increase In Software Licensing Audits Across the board, the largest complaints about software vendors and their business practices have come from increasingly aggressive software auditing practices.  Once thought to be a small possibility, the software vendors now wield this big stick to drive up sales and of course ensure compliance.  Given the 32 […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Apps Strategy, best practices, CA, CIO, contract negotiations, contract strategy, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, Epicor, hp, ibm, Infor, Intuit, Lawson, license fees, license management, license policy, license returns, microsoft, oracle, procurement, QAD, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Sage, sap, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software mainteance, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, Sunguard, vendor management, vendor strategy | 1 Response

Zuora and Salesforce in Pact

Zuora and Salesforce in Pact

By Denis Pombriant on April 6, 2011

Zuora and Salesforce.com announced today a new offering that highlights the strengths of each company and delivers new functionality to the telecommunications industry.  Zuora for the Communications Industry is a solution based on the Force.com platform that handles billing, payments and customer care for telco and related industries’ customers. This makes a lot of sense […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CRM, Intuit, Marc Benioff, Radian6, salesforce.com, Service Cloud, subscription economy, technology, Tien Tzuo, Zuora

Salesforce and Intuit in Partnership

Salesforce and Intuit in Partnership

By Denis Pombriant on April 1, 2011

Salesforce made its second major announcement of the week today when, along with Intuit, it announced a partnership between the two companies to deliver an integrated front and back office solution for small companies.  Salesforce will integrate its SaaS based CRM technology with Intuit’s very popular QuickBooks.  The price point for the integrated solution was […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged accounting, CRM, Intuit, QuickBooks, salesforce, small business

Sage in the Cloud, but is it too little too late?

Sage in the Cloud, but is it too little too late?

By David Terrar on January 28, 2011

Last week Sage, the UK’s biggest accountancy software supplier, finally released their first real online accounting solution.  It looks like a proper SaaS or Cloud offering, unlike the hosted Online 50 product sold through a few resellers from 6 years ago, or their previous failed attempt of SageLive in 2009.  I would argue that because […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged accounting, FreeAgent Central, Intuit, Kashflow, QuickBooks, Sage, software as a service, Xero

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