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What’s really behind the Microsoft-Salesforce deal
At first glance, it doesn’t seem like there are many ways SalesForce.com and Microsoft should partner; they both offer competing SaaS services. But upon closer inspection, the deal that the leaders of these two companies spoke so highly of during a joint conference call on Thursday afternoon makes a lot of sense not just for these companies, but customers as well.
IT department could disappear by the end of the decade, says Forrester
The IT department of 2020 could disappear as a separate entity and become embedded in departments throughout the entire organisation, according to analyst Forrester.
Gartner: Start security monitoring in the public cloud
Security monitoring – the type involving traditional security information and event management (SIEM) – can be done in some public …
Salesforce.com to buy Clipboard, shutting down service
Salesforce.com is to acquire Clipboard, a Web clipping and sharing service, and is closing down the service. Clipboard decided to …
Salesforce.com to ship Communities app in June
Salesforce.com will next month begin shipping its Communities application, designed to let companies build external-facing social sites for interacting with …
Salesforce targets mobile enterprises with app development tools
Salesforce.com is giving customers and partners access to a new set of tools and services for building mobile applications on …
Proper planning
As any CeBit visitor knows, it’s impossible to navigate the vast trade show without coming up with a decent plan. …
Citrix unveils MDM tool for Android, iOS devices
Citrix on Wednesdy announced XenMobile, a rebranded and integrated mobile device management (MDM) software, which the company acquired through its acquisition …
Make PaaS your own
Derek Singleton, ERP Analyst at Software Advice points out ‘Three Ways Channel Partners Can Adapt to Platform as a Service (PaaS)’