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Salesforce Community Cloud (Community Cloud)

Community Cloud is a social platform from Salesforce.com that is designed to connect and facilitate communication among an organization's employees, partners and customers.

By Ivy Wigmore • Jan. 18, 2016

Examining the pros and cons of Microsoft Power BI tools

Power BI is a suite of business intelligence tools that targets user-friendly analysis and reporting. But what are users getting for their money, and how is it potentially useful?

By Reda Chouffani • Jan. 5, 2016

Emerging CRM technologies took center stage in 2015

New CRM technologies such as the Internet of Things and native analytics apps piqued interest in 2015. But adoption of these technologies has yet to reach critical mass.

By Tim Ehrens • Dec. 22, 2015

What are the advantages of cycle counting?

If you're looking for that holy grail of 98% inventory accuracy, cycle counting can help. Here's how to move away from taking only periodic inventory counts.

By Dave Turbide • Dec. 21, 2015

How do I fix a frozen or locked application?

Apps can freeze or lock up for a variety of reasons, including bad memory, operating system issues, update problems and more.

By Brien Posey • Dec. 21, 2015

How can lean manufacturing concepts be used with MRP and ERP?

Sometimes, in technology, as in life, opposites come together in a surprising way. Such is the case for lean's pull technique and ERP's emphasis on push.

By Dave Turbide • Dec. 18, 2015

Avaya UC product overview: Aura Communication Manager

The Avaya Aura Platform, perhaps best suited for larger enterprises, supports messaging, voice, video, presence and mobility features, as well as virtualization.

By Chris Partsenidis • Dec. 17, 2015

Marketing automation adoption takes off: 2016 technology trends

As we look ahead to the 2016 IT trends to watch, one key CRM theme is marketing automation adoption, which is poised to grow, says an expert.

By Lauren Horwitz • Dec. 17, 2015

Why aren’t more companies using RFID for inventory tracking?

Radio frequency identification tags have a number of benefits over the bar code, but the latter continues to be the go-to for manufacturers. Here's a look at the reasons for that.

By Dave Turbide • Dec. 16, 2015

Handling unwieldy data with Salesforce Wave Analytics

With sales teams struggling to access and consume data, Salesforce Wave Analytics promises ease of use and accessibility.

By Adam Bataran • Dec. 16, 2015

Why is demand-driven MRP becoming more popular?

In today's markets, material requirements planning can fall short. Demand-driven MRP is the innovative approach that marries the best of "push" and "pull" in manufacturing.

By Dave Turbide • Dec. 14, 2015

Is SAP NetWeaver 7.5 a new foundation for an old brand?

SAP's venerable NetWeaver seems to be fading out of sight, but it forms the basis of the HANA Cloud Platform and a new version, SAP NetWeaver 7.5, indicates that it's here to stay.

By Chris Maxcer • Dec. 14, 2015

How does eKanban differ from traditional Kanban?

With its basis in physical cues, the traditional Kanban system has been limited by lag time in passing along information. Electronic Kanban is a different story.

By Dave Turbide • Dec. 14, 2015

IoT apps still sparse, but promising

There's strong evidence that the IoT is gaining acceptance -- but only on a limited basis because of cost and equipment compatibility concerns.

By Ron Karjian • Dec. 7, 2015

Customer communities aren’t credible without legwork

Customer communities can't be credible sources of customer support if companies don't do the up-front work to make the information authoritative.

By Tim Ehrens • Dec. 4, 2015

What are Microsoft Windows 10 update rings?

Microsoft's Insider Program lets members choose from two different update rings -- a fast and a slow speed -- to get OS updates on their Windows 10 machines.

By Brien Posey • Dec. 3, 2015

Despite cloud-based CRM success, data silo issues remain

While cloud-based CRM tools are making inroads in bridging data silos, smaller, niche tools are becoming more necessary to solve data management challenges.

By Jeff Kaplan • Dec. 2, 2015

How can I use Git and GitHub for SAP software development?

Assembla, Bitbucket, GitHub, Mercurial and Subversion are some of the open-source version-control and collaboration platforms available for managing SAP development projects.

By Ethan Jewett • Nov. 30, 2015

Citrix DesktopPlayer

Citrix DesktopPlayer is a desktop virtualization platform with a Type 2 hypervisor that administrators install locally on top of a Windows or Mac OS X operating system. DesktopPlayer allows users to access a separate virtual desktop when they are using wireless internet or are not connected to the company network.

By Eddie Lockhart • Nov. 30, 2015

What can PLM technology do for enterprises?

Product lifecycle management can be an opaque topic. Here's help understanding exactly what PLM technology is and how it can help your company innovate.

By Jim Brown • Nov. 23, 2015

Oracle Marketing Cloud updates mobile capabilities

Updates to the Oracle Marketing Cloud aim to give marketers and salespeople more mobile customer engagement options, as well as testing capabilities for marketing content.

By Tim Ehrens • Nov. 20, 2015

How do I create a standard Windows 10 Start menu for all users?

Users can customize the Windows 10 Start menu, but you might not want them to for business reasons. Luckily, there's a way you can make it so all workers use the same Start menu configuration.

By Brien Posey • Nov. 17, 2015

How do physical and virtual desktop patch deployment differ?

Patching virtual desktops and PCs isn't exactly the same. VDI puts more strain on your storage system, and read-only virtual desktop images often erase patches at the end of a user's session.

By Brien Posey • Nov. 16, 2015

How do I choose an effective supply chain analytics system?

Supply chain analytics promises rich insight into operations and better decision making. Here are a host of considerations when thinking about what you need.

By Ann Grackin • Nov. 16, 2015

Top Windows command-line commands

Examine some of the best command-line commands for Windows, including tools to shut down a user's computer or force updates.

By Eddie Lockhart • Nov. 13, 2015