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CIOs to cut spending on communications equipment, increase software investment, says Forrester
Chief information officers (CIOs) are expected to cut spending on computer and communications equipment while increasing investment in software, especially for software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps, analytics and mobile apps, Forrester Research is predicting.
SIP trunking is 'connectivity choice' for enterprises upgrading systems, says Infonetics analyst
SIP trunking has become the "connectivity choice" for enterprises upgrading their communications systems to IP PBX and unified communications (UC), observed Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC and IMS at Infonetics Research.
Microsoft dominates sluggish enterprise software market, says IDC
Microsoft continues to dominate a sluggish enterprise software market, according to the latest stats from IDC. Microsoft had a 17.1 percent share of the enterprise software market based on revenues in 2012, down from a 17.4 percent share in 2011.
GE pumps $105M into cloud platform spinoff Pivotal
General Electric is investing $105 million for a 10 percent stake in Pivotal, a cloud-based software applications firm recently spun off from EMC and VMware.
Rally Software's stock rallies after IPO
On Friday, enterprise software firm Rally Software raised $84 million in an initial public offering (IPO) and saw its shares jump more than 28 percent in its first hour of trading. Rally, which provides cloud-based Agile project management software to enterprises, had expected to raise only $70 million through the IPO, according to an S-1 form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in March.
Avaya teams with VMware, EMC to launch collaboration pods on Aura virtualized environment
Avaya is teaming with VMware and EMC to launch Avaya collaboration pods for the Aura virtualized environment, marking the first offering in its collaboration pods portfolio, the company announced this week.
Dropbox renames Dropbox for Teams to emphasize business focus
Dropbox, the controversial file sharing service, is renaming its Dropbox for Teams as Dropbox for Business to reflect its business focus. To address security concerns, Dropbox recently announced that it will support single sign-on, which enables employees to sign in once to a central identity provider.
TechNavio: China will be hot market for CRM software through 2016
China is expected to be a hot market for customer relationship management (CRM) software in China over the next few years, predicted research firm TechNavio.
Spotlight: Wrike adds document tracking to online collaboration software
Wrike, an online project management software provider, has added new tracking capabilities that enable employees to track editing changes to online documents for their tasks and projects.
Enterprises should find middle way on social media use, says Forrester analyst
Enterprises should find a middle way on social media use, between prohibition and unrestricted access, advised Forrester Research analyst Nick Hayes in a recent blog post. Hayes noted that security and risk management personnel usually opt for prohibition because of the risks.
