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NetSuite Wins Best Financial Management Software CODiE Award! >>

If you’re not familiar with the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA ), they’re a 26-year old industry body devoted to nurturing software innovation and technology. The CODiE Awards hold the distinction of being the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program. The CODiE Awards recognise outstanding achievement and vision in the software and information industry, evaluating software providers across a broad range of categories, including business software, education, and digital content.

Innovative Advertiser Boosts Efficiency with Salesnet CRM >>

Recently, John Clark of localADZOOM sat down and took part in Salesnet’s Customer Success Story Podcast Series. In the podcast, he discusses how Salesnet has helped his team and describes his experience with Salesnet.

NetSuite CEO warns resellers of ‘fake’ clouds >>

“It’s pretty clear that everything is going to the cloud. I think the real issue is that there are real clouds and fake clouds. The fake clouds are people who are taking existing technology and saying, ‘We can host it for you and that’s the cloud’.” Zach Nelson

Microsoft needs Apps to win in the Cloud >>

“We think there is a very simple truth in software that says applications drive infrastructure. It is very hard to be a winning platform vendor if there aren’t apps standing on top of the infrastructure. It doesn’t matter if this is a consumer, a small business, government, or the Fortune 500 market.” Jason Maynard, information Week

SMEs and Cloud Computing: always close, getting closer >>

Last month, IBM released a study that looked at “midmarket” companies of 100 to 999 employees. Big Blue found that 66 percent of these businesses have started or intend to start cloud computing projects.

Reduce your carbon footprint by basing your business on the Cloud >>

Nucleus Research Inc. a leading provider of investigative information technology research has recently published a report stating that Cloud Computing can significantly decrease a company’s power usage. By evaluating the customer base of a leading Cloud based CRM provider, Salesforce.com, Nucleus conclude that cloud computing uses 91% less energy than traditional on site applications.