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What is Salesforce CRM?

Posted by: altabel on: April 10, 2012

There was a question that I came across several times on the Internet. “What is Salesforce CRM? How will I benefit using it? What’s so amazing is that not so many people have heard of Salesforce or do not know exactly what they do. However this multibillion dollar company “gave birth to” Salesforce CRM which [...]

Top 3 Software Market Trends in IT industry

Posted by: altabel on: October 31, 2011

According to Gartner’s predictions, by 2012, 50% of traveling workers will leave their notebooks at home in favor of other devices such as iPad, Tablets, and Smartphones. By 2012, 80% of all commercial software will include elements of open-source technology. Many open-source technologies are mature, stable and well supported. Open Source is here to stay. [...]

German IT landscape: even more opportunities than expected?

Posted by: altabel on: October 25, 2011

The German IT market is the largest in Europe and number 4 in the world (behind US, China and Japan). According to market research it is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4% over 2011-2015. The addressable domestic market for IT products and services is projected by BMI to reach US$60.8bn in 2011 and [...]

Fewer than 30 percent of IT expenditures go toward developing new functionality; most of the expense is for managing legacy systems. Isn’t that a problem? It definitely is and Cloud Computing may provide a solution to it. “This is the fundamental reason that cloud computing is important. Unlike SOA, cloud computing is not a buzzword [...]

Time passes by but one of the oldest dilemma in IT keeps getting more complicated as new options emerge. Should you license a commercial enterprise application that looks like to meet 75 % of your needs? Or would it be better to build your own application that suits you as much as possible? Through years [...]