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Salesforce buys Web-collaboration startup Dimdim to bring Chatter up to speed

Salesforce buys Web-collaboration startup Dimdim to bring Chatter up to speed

January 6, 2011 3:32 PM Matthew Lynley

The race between enterprise-focused social networking services Chatter, run by Web-software giant Salesforce.com, and Yammer, a darling of the venture-capital set, goes on.

Salesforce announced today that it will buy Web conferencing provider Dimdim for $31 million to bring real-time …

Forrester: yearly refresh cycle means tablet sales will double in 2011

Forrester: yearly refresh cycle means tablet sales will double in 2011

January 4, 2011 11:43 AM Matthew Lynley

The tablet-computer revolution will continue on a path similar to the one taken by smartphones and music players, with sales more than doubling this year as a result of a refresh cycle that’s shorter than seen with personal computers, according …

Appconomy raises $1.5M to build enterprise mobile apps

Appconomy raises $1.5M to build enterprise mobile apps

December 30, 2010 7:19 AM Sid Yadav

Amidst a time when many startups are looking to capitalize on the mobile app craze, Austin-based Appconomy has announced that it has raised $1.5 million to build mobile apps for enterprises and businesses.

The startup offers its services in two …

Survey: 1 in 5 Americans will own tablets by 2014, and one-third will use them for business

Survey: 1 in 5 Americans will own tablets by 2014, and one-third will use them for business

December 21, 2010 6:00 AM Matthew Lynley

Enterprise applications continue their charge into the mobile market and are set to take over about a third of all tablets in the next few years, according to a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive.

More than 1 in 5 …

MeLLmo raises $10M for enterprise analytics on the go

MeLLmo raises $10M for enterprise analytics on the go

December 21, 2010 4:00 AM Matthew Lynley

MeLLmo, developer of the mobile enterprise analytics suite Roambi, announced it has raised $10 million in its third round of funding from around 15 angel investors — though the company wouldn’t disclose which.

The application pulls in data from Salesforce, …

Make a date with NASA: Agency CIO says enterprise calendars suck

Make a date with NASA: Agency CIO says enterprise calendars suck

December 20, 2010 1:17 PM Matthew Lynley

Every kind of operation needs enterprise software — even ones that send people to the moon.

But it looks like NASA has its own share of problems dealing with the organization’s software needs. So much so that its chief information …

Will RIM buy social data aggregator Gist to strengthen its hold on enterprise market?

Will RIM buy social data aggregator Gist to strengthen its hold on enterprise market?

December 17, 2010 10:33 AM Matthew Lynley

Research in Motion, the maker of the popular BlackBerry business smartphone, is in talks to pick up social data aggregator Gist to maintain its stranglehold on the enterprise smartphone market, according to a report by GigaOm.

Gist takes email contacts …

Google launches easy Chrome installer for enterprises — another challenge to Microsoft

Google launches easy Chrome installer for enterprises — another challenge to Microsoft

December 15, 2010 11:04 AM Matthew Lynley

Google has launched an installer for companies that automatically loads the Chrome web browser on all of a server’s managed users and includes a suite of security and privacy options for administrators — an area long dominated by Microsoft’s Internet …

Goldman Sachs: Tablets will hurt Microsoft's growth

Goldman Sachs: Tablets will hurt Microsoft's growth

December 13, 2010 3:55 PM Matthew Lynley

An analyst at Goldman Sachs, the investment bank, said in a report that Microsoft would see slowed revenue growth next year as long as it “maintains the status quo” with its current attitude toward tablet computers.

Microsoft faces a growing …

Help desk provider Zendesk raises $19M in what may be a final round of fundraising

Help desk provider Zendesk raises $19M in what may be a final round of fundraising

December 6, 2010 9:00 PM Matthew Lynley

Mikkel Svane, CEO of help desk ticketing provider Zendesk, said that his company’s most recent round of funding worth $19 million might be its last.

Zendesk is part of a batch of fresh collaboration and enterprise startups that have seen …

Report: Windows Mobile was for work, Windows Phone 7 is for fun

Report: Windows Mobile was for work, Windows Phone 7 is for fun

November 26, 2010 1:51 PM Matthew Lynley

Microsoft seems to have a new mantra: When all else fails, shoot for a bigger audience.

All of Microsoft’s top-downloaded paid applications for its newest Windows Phone 7 mobile devices are games — much like other mobile operating systems — …

Google Docs editing finally comes to mobile browsers — but how useful is it?

Google Docs editing finally comes to mobile browsers — but how useful is it?

November 17, 2010 10:53 AM Matthew Lynley

Dear Google: If you keep this up, I won’t have any more excuses to be unproductive on my phone in transit.

Google announced today that Google Docs users can now edit their files in mobile browsers on iPhones and devices …

Dell mulls going private after losing bid for storage company 3Par

Dell mulls going private after losing bid for storage company 3Par

November 5, 2010 12:16 PM Matthew Lynley

Dell executives are considering taking the personal computer manufacturer private after losing a bidding war with Hewlett-Packard over storage provider 3Par, its chief financial officer said in an interview with CNNMoney.com.

Dell has been trying to rebrand itself as an …

So long RIM: Dell to dump 25K BlackBerrys; Bank of America, Citigroup look to iPhone

So long RIM: Dell to dump 25K BlackBerrys; Bank of America, Citigroup look to iPhone

November 5, 2010 8:07 AM Devindra Hardawar

In an inauspicious start to the day for Research in Motion, three major BlackBerry clients have announced that they’re moving to new devices.

Dell is planning to move its 25,000 employees away from BlackBerry, and towards its own devices, according …

Cloud Sherpas raises $1.6M to sell Google apps to companies

Cloud Sherpas raises $1.6M to sell Google apps to companies

November 3, 2010 12:01 AM Matthew Lynley

Cloud Sherpas, a designated reseller of Google’s online application suite for enterprise customers, announced today it has raised $1.6 million in its first round of funding.

The funding is pegged to help the company sell its Google Application implementation to …

Apple looks to Unisys for help with enterprise, government sales

Apple looks to Unisys for help with enterprise, government sales

October 25, 2010 2:40 PM Devindra Hardawar

Apple is seeking to further increase its reach to businesses and U.S. government agencies with the help of enterprise technology and service company Unisys, Bloomberg reports.

Apple has signed a deal to have Unisys provide maintenance and other services for …

Microsoft brings its Office applications online with Office 365

Microsoft brings its Office applications online with Office 365

October 19, 2010 8:33 AM Matthew Lynley

Microsoft is bringing its Office applications online to compete with Web-based office software like Google Apps, the company announced today at a press event in San Francisco.

The new Office is geared toward small businesses, and businesses with remote employees …

Apple's iPad sales secret? It's all business

Apple's iPad sales secret? It's all business

October 18, 2010 3:28 PM Matthew Lynley

Apple has shipped 7.5 million iPads since it launched in April, turning it into the largest player in the tablet computer market. The company grabbed that position in just six months thanks to its focus on a single device and …

Salesforce investor: Set Chatter free to compete with Yammer

Salesforce investor: Set Chatter free to compete with Yammer

October 15, 2010 3:41 PM Matthew Lynley

Salesforce.com missed an opportunity when it marketed its collaboration application Chatter, opening the door for collaboration startups like Yammer, a social network for enterprise users, to come in and take over the collaboration sector, said Kevin Spain, a partner with …

Xobni gives Microsoft Outlook users more enterprise options

Xobni gives Microsoft Outlook users more enterprise options

October 12, 2010 12:09 PM Matthew Lynley

Xobni, which provides users with a customized version of Microsoft Outlook with advanced search options, announced today it is launching a new line of plugins for Microsoft Outlook users that will let them see previews of images, videos and other …

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