New intelligence tool aims to make enterprises smarter
Businesses are constantly on the look out for information to support their decision making processes. But they need to understand industry and market trends as well as what’s happening internally.
Today enterprise services platform and marketplace provider blur Group is launching an online business intelligence tool that provides a comprehensive industry overview on specific trends in business services -- including insights into geographical focus, technology and more.
DataSift brings machine learning to analyzing social data
Information from social media is becoming more and more important to many companies. But extracting data and getting something useful from it can prove difficult.
Business intelligence specialist DataSift is launching a new technology called VEDO Intent, which aims to take social analysis further, gaining more nuanced insights into markets and customers using machine learning.
Huddle launches desktop app for easier collaboration
Business collaboration specialist Huddle is launching a new desktop app for Windows and Mac aimed at improved productivity and greater integration with other products.
Huddle Desktop comes with plug-ins for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook to deliver deeper integration into the user's existing desktop applications. Documents stored within Huddle can be opened, edited, and saved natively from within Office programs. Users can also view team members' comments and sync their own comments back to Huddle.
How CRM software benefits business
Customer relationship management is on target to be a $36 billion market by 2017, overtaking enterprise resource planning as the most significant enterprise tool.
Business software selection specialist Capterra has surveyed over 500 users of CRM in the US to determine the ways they find, buy and use their software.
Fleksy keyboard goes free for Android, iOS
There are many third-party keyboards available for Android and iOS, but few of them stand out. Fleksy is certainly among the best that you can get today, alongside the likes of SwiftKey and Swype, and, to make it even more appealing, the company behind it has decided to make it available for free.
Fleksy is actually following in SwiftKey's footsteps, which took the freemium route more than a year ago on Android and stuck to this strategy for its iOS launch. Fleksy used to sell for $0.99; it is not much for a quality app by any means, but it is a barrier of entry nonetheless. Users could have picked something else, that is just as good for their needs, without spending a dime. And this is a problem for a startup, which prioritizes growth.
PagerDuty backs its product with Downtime Insurance
The IT services industry revolves around service level agreements (SLAs) but they don't often provide adequate compensation for damage caused to business by an outage of providers' systems.
Operations and performance management specialist PagerDuty is so confident of its product that it's putting its money where its reliability is and introducing Downtime Insurance, the IT operations industry's first reliability service-level agreement to be backed by a multi-million dollar insurance policy.
Huddle launches updated iOS collaboration app
Businesses need their employees to be able to collaborate on projects but the increasingly mobile nature of the workforce and the pressures of BYOD use can make that hard to achieve.
Collaboration software specialist Huddle is updating its iOS apps to provide iPhone and iPad users with a simple and secure way to collaborate on content and manage projects while on the move, as well as delivering a more social experience by focusing on team activity around content.
Box now integrates with Office Online, following Dropbox's lead
Dropbox is no longer the only non-Microsoft cloud storage service that integrates with Office Online, as enterprise-focused rival Box now also makes this feature available to its customers, taking advantage of Office 365 -- Cloud Storage Partner Program. Box already integrates with Office mobile, allowing smartphone and tablet users to easily create and edit Excel, PowerPoint and Word documents that are stored on its servers.
It is a win-win for both companies. Box gets to give its customers easy access to one of the best online office suites around and become more attractive to potential customers, while Microsoft gains more Office Online, and potentially more Office 365, users in the process. Let's see what this integration brings to the table.
PandaDoc integrates with Zendesk to simplify customer service paperwork
Microsoft: SSH support coming to Windows
Windows users who want to access another device via SSH (Secure Shell) have to rely on third-party tools to get the job done, as there is no built-in support for it in the popular operating system. Azure CTO Mark Russinovich has revealed that he uses PuTTY for such tasks, which is also the SSH tool of choice for plenty of other folks, myself included.
As such, the fact that SSH support is one of the most popular feature requests that the PowerShell team has received should not surprise any Windows power users. And since Microsoft is actively trying to cater to its users' needs, it just announced that it is currently working on making the much-requested feature a reality.
Adding business intelligence to the hiring process
Business intelligence tools are usually thought of in terms of marketing and strategic decision making. Using them for other tasks like recruitment has usually meant links to other products and significant manual input.
Now though recruitment software specialist Gild is launching a BI solution specifically for hiring, applying predictive analytics and insight to every stage of the process, delivering 360-degree information and customized reports to help every make better decisions.
Microsoft plans to purchase leading to-do service Wunderlist
Microsoft is planning to acquire German application developer 6wunderkinder, the team behind Wunderlist, for around $250 million (£161 million).
It is another move by Microsoft for a small development studio, following the acquisition of New York-based calendar developers Sunrise and email startup Acompli.
SURE turns your Android device into a universal remote
You can turn your tablet or smartphone into a remote and control every smart device in your home, thanks to a new app available worldwide now.
Tekoia, the provider of smart universal remote solutions for digital media, smart appliances and the Internet of Things, has announced it launched SURE globally.
Event management platform adds website builder
Earlier this year we reported on the launch of the Bizzabo platform designed to make life easier for people who manage events.
Now Bizzabo is extending its offering to include a website builder aimed specifically at event planners, giving them the ability to build a custom event website within minutes, with no prior coding or design experience required.
Security is the major challenge to enterprise mobility goals
More and more companies are turning to apps to improve business mobility, but 67 percent cite security as the top challenge to achieving their goals.
This is among the findings of the 2015 Enterprise Mobility Report from app management specialist Apperian. Although security is the major challenge others include determining return on investment, lack of budget and reaching BYOD or unmanaged devices.
Recent Headlines
Most Commented Stories
BetaNews, your source for breaking tech news, reviews, and in-depth reporting since 1998.
Regional iGaming Content
© 1998-2025 BetaNews, Inc. All Rights Reserved. About Us - Privacy Policy - Cookie Policy - Sitemap.