Enterprise Applications

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FinancialForce.com repositions itself as the latest cloud ERP player

The joint venture between Salesforce.com and Unit 4 heads to battle with NetSuite, SAP and others

Oracle merging its marketing software into a tighter-knit suite

The vendor has built up its Marketing Cloud through a series of acquisitions

California fights drought with big data, cloud computing

Sensors, the Internet of Things, and hackathons will also have a role in historic drought

App uses ‘augmented reality’ to point way to Japan’s elusive free Wi-Fi

Navigating by augmented reality can be useful in dense cities like Tokyo

White House defers to FCC on further action on net neutrality

In response to a petition, the White House said the Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency

In win for US, New Zealand court upholds search warrants on Megaupload founder Dotcom

The appeal court, however, ruled that the sending of copies of data seized to the U.S. was unauthorized

A kindly reminder from Google: Don’t be a Glasshole

Glass wearers should turn their devices off in places that ask people to turn off cellphones, the company said

Twitter Suffering From Growing Pains (and Facebook Comparisons)

BMC makes the help desk more social

Forums and status updates could greatly reduce service tickets, BMC promises