Dell KACE Secure Browser–A Free Tool to Help Firefox Users Stop Malware Invasions (7-17-10)

Anyone that’s ever unwittingly downloaded malware from the Internet knows that it can bring your PC to a virtual stand still. This horrible stuff can infect your computer by exploiting vulnerabilities in your browser, or by opening and taking advantage of security holes in a PC application. Even if you think you are confining your [...]

IBM’s Cast Iron Acquisition (6-17-10)

Highlights:
In May of this year, IBM acquired Cast Iron Systems (for an undisclosed sum) to help customers more effectively tackle the challenges of integrating cloud and on-premise solutions. Cast Iron, which was founded in 2001 and has 75 employees, provides hundreds of pre-built templates and a “configuration, not coding” approach to help streamline and shorten [...]

Acumatica’s Best of Both Worlds ERP Story (4-23-10)

Highlights:
Acumatica is a relatively new player on the SMB ERP scene. It delivers its web-based ERP solution both on premise, and via a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. Targeting companies with 5–1,000 employees (or roughly $5M – $500M in annual revenues), Acumatica provides accounting, CRM and distribution capabilities, and worldwide currency and language customization.
Acumatica offers customers a [...]

Iron Mountain Digital 2.0 (3-25-10)

Highlights: The overall annual growth in data volumes is beings driven by an increase in unstructured data created by social media and collaboration solutions, mobile solutions and rich media which is leading to much higher costs for information storage and management. This problem is further exasperated as the information creation moves from customer on-premises sources, [...]

IBM Lotus Foundations and ShoreTel (3-22-10)

3-22-10 IBM Lotus Foundations and ShoreTel “UCC-in-a-Box” Integrated Communications and Collaboration Solution
Highlights: ShoreTel is teaming up with IBM Lotus Foundations to debut a new unified communications and collaboration (UCC) solution for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) with 500 or fewer phone lines at VoiceCon. This “UCC-in-a-box” solution will be available in Q2 2010, and [...]

NetSuite’s SP 100 Program (2-28-10)

In a bold move to get traditional value-added resellers(VARs) off the SaaS fence, NetSuite announced its new Solution Provider (SP) 100 Program, which gives business application VARs 100% margin on the first year of license subscriptions they sell. The program requires a 2-year minimum license commitment from the customer, and after the first year, NetSuite [...]

SAP Aims for SME (2-26-10)

I dialed into SAP’s SME (small and medium enterprises) Global Business Update Call last week, where Jeff Stiles, SVP, SME, Volume & Ecosystem Marketing, provided us with a recap of recent SAP SME highlights, and shared strategic directions for 2010. I’ve been following SAP in the SME market since it acquired TopManage (which later become [...]

BatchBlue (2-18-10)

2-18-10 BatchBlue
Highlights: BatchBlue (founded in 2006) targets web-savvy micro-businesses (most of its customers have about 3 employees) with BatchBook, it’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) social CRM offering. Batchbook provides a flexible, integrated contact, sales and social media management solution, with mobile versions for iPhone and Blackberry. The social media integration is cool–using something called the Social Media [...]

ZooLoo Briefing (2-9-10)

2-9-10 ZooLoo
Highlights: ZooLoo offers individuals, small businesses and non-profits a one-stop shop to get an online presence and manage social media interactions. ZooLoo offers domain name registration, web site creation, blogging platform, and SEO tools, privacy controls, storage, tools to connect across social networking sites–and a personal dashboard to manage all of it. Aaron Baer [...]

Sage ERP X3 V6 (1-29-10)

1-29-10 Sage ERP X3 V6 Launch
Highlights: Sage has launched Sage ERP X3 V6 (background: The Sage Group acquired Adonix X3, a French company, in 2005, and introduced the X3 brand to North America in 2008). Sage positions X3 at the upper end of it’s ERP portfolio. The solution is geared to mid-market companies with [...]