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SAP dips its toe in the e-commerce pool
SAP goes on another shopping trip. This time it's e-commerce automation with the acquisition of hybris. What do we think? Not a lot but we are prepared to be surprised.
Can government really make policy by Twitter?
Digital government needs to shake off the sham consultations exercises with citizens and use wikis and Twitter to create genuine engagement with the electorate.
Is Salesforce.com exactly on target?
Yesterday Salesforce.com announced plans to buy up email marketing firm ExactTarget for a cool $2.5 billion. Wall St got a bit twitchy, but industry analysts take a longer term view of what could be a bulls-eye move from Benioff.
How to kill maverick spending
Killing off maverick spending is one of the much vaunted claims for spend management. When put in those terms the allure sounds obvious. But what do you do when you have no systems to manage spending? Check out how Storebrand did it, achieving 20 percent savings along the way.
AribaLIVE Berlin - a company of contradictions?
AribaLIVE is underway in Berlin. We find a company enjoying success but with plenty of work to do. We also hear how SAP is 'eating its own dog food' as an Ariba customer. The insights are invaluable.
Going real-time to beat the building slump
Connecting real-time information from its core systems of record into cloud-based systems of engagement has helped building materials distributor CH Briggs buck a construction downturn.
Salesforce.com "number one in enterprise marketing?"
If you still don't get that idea that Salesforce.com is serious about the Marketing Cloud then think again after the decision to splash out $2.5 billion to crash into the email marketing sector with the purchase of ExactTarget.
G-Cloud goes over to GDS - as predicted (updated)
The G-Cloud programme has fallen under the remit of the Government Digital Service - just as we exclusively predicted it would last week. Where to now for the national cloud programme?
It's getting cloudy Down Under
The Australian Government is the latest national legislature to produce its own cloud computing strategy closely linked to digital economy ambitions. But how far will forthcoming elections in the country either validate or disrupt current thinking.
