Business Software
CRM retains golden child status as growth tops 15 per cent
CRM 'remains largest and fastest-growing' enterprise app category in 2018, according to Gartner
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Dropbox channel lead says its most successful partners are now selling five to eight cloud-based applications in a single wrap
Middleware coming out on top from digitisation trend
Momentum shifting away from market incumbents such as IBM and Oracle, according to Gartner, which claims spending on application infrastructure and middleware grew 12 per cent last year
CRM now the largest software market
Revenues tipped by Gartner to grow a further 16 per cent this year on back of rising demand for lead management, voice of the customer and field service management capabilities
Most councils still running Windows 7, FoI request finds
Freedom of Information request finds that 83 per cent of Windows machines in local authorities are still running ageing operating system, despite support ending in January 2020
'Vast majority' of organisations running unsupported Office versions
Over two thirds of organisations still running unsupported Office 2007, research finds
Google launches second-tier cloud networking offering
Move sees Google offer a cheaper, lower-performance version of its GCP cloud network
Salesforce CEO slams competitors for 'abandoning' CRM market
Marc Benioff says Salesforce competitors have done a 'horrible job'
VAR plans to recruit up to 75 staff to new software development arm
US-based Cisco and Dell EMC partner World Wide Technology launches Asynchrony Labs arm in the UK
Crayon adds colour to Microsoft around GDPR
Microsoft partner is billing its new GDPR Governance Service as a 'comprehensive GDPR management and risk mitigation solution'
Micro Focus' shares bomb on HPE woes
Micro Focus sees shares drop over nine per cent as revenues at soon-to-be acquired HPE software arm disappoint
Microsoft Surface Laptop and Windows 10 S launch: How the tech press reacted
Microsoft's new laptop described as 'beautiful' but some feel the vendor's attempt to take the fight to Chrome in the schools market will leave people confused
Salesforce says new scheme will help partners tap into '$389bn Salesforce economy'
AppExchange partner programme will support partners as they move beyond apps and into other areas such as intelligent bots, CRM heavyweight claims
BSA stung unlicensed UK firms for almost £1m last year
Legalisation costs and damages clawed in by body representing Microsoft, Adobe and Autodesk rose 19 per cent in 2016, but rival body CCL dismisses the amount as a 'rounding error'
BI and analytics poised for lightning growth
Market to grow to $18.3bn this year as 'modern BI and analytics' solutions come to fore, according to Gartner
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Windows 10 Pro now biggest business OS in western Europe - Context
Q4 boost in Windows 10 Pro helps OS reach new milestone
Sage scores X3 channel hat-trick
Accounting vendor unveils CLOUT, Atlas Cloud and BrightBridge as trio of new partners in enterprise push
Bluewolf to 'give a flavour' of Salesforce to smaller firms in expansion drive
Salesforce's fourth-largest global partner diversifying from mid-market stronghold under new owner IBM's guidance
You can't beat the shadow channel, so join it, says futurist
Traditional resellers urged to buy or partner with Salesforce, Workday, Marketo or Netsuite partners who make their living selling to Lines of Business (LoB) executives
Rimini Street president: We're doing Oracle and SAP a favour
Sebastian Grady claims Rimini Street has prevented customers leaving Oracle and SAP by offering cheaper services
Extracting the maximum value from Office 365
Microsoft's price rises are set to bite next year. Annodata's Andrew Smith explains how the channel needs to help its customers make the most of Office 365 and stop them migrating
Microsoft backs MSP RedPixie's new IP venture
MSP forms consortium with Microsoft and KPMG to launch 'revolutionary' cloud platform
