In the battle between Dynamics and Salesforce.com, who wins?
Anybody who works or runs a business knows how important CRM (customer relationship management) is to their success, and this in turn has led to the growth in CRM tools from software vendors. In one corner there is San Francisco-based Salesforce.com, which has made its living from its CRM software,…
may day sf: san francisco commune resurrected
San Francisco, May 1-At mid afternoon today the intersection of Market and Van Ness in San Francisco had been taken over by Occupy SF. The adjacent Bank of America was shut down. Earlier Occupy SF had reported that it would bring back the SF Commune, a social center and home…
Google Introducing Automatic Translation in Gmail to All Users
Google plans to introduce in Gmail over the next few days a message translation facility that will enable users to get mail in other languages automatically translated into their own language. The company is also retiring some eight other Gmail features it was working on at its labs. The Internet…
Mobile To Become Top Email Platform
Return Path projects that mobile will overtake Webmail andthe desktop PC to become the leading platform for e-mail by year’s end. Email readership on mobile devices accounts for 30% of all opens, up from 10% a few years ago, according to a new study by the email certification and reputation Return Path…
Meet Dharmesh Mehta, Microsoft’s man with his head firmly in the cloud
Dharmesh Mehta, Senior Director Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft is currently on a European tour. Through jet lag and a hard travel itinerary he may not know what time it is, but he certainly sees how the future will work with cloud based computing and Microsoft’s SkyDrive. If…
Extend SharePoint Prioritization Tool
Navigating a path to success for their SharePoint deployment is challenging for most enterprises. The most difficult step is choosing where to start. Prioritize the changes that can affect user behavior. Build a list of potential functional areas to either customize, or purchase, a third-party solution. Understand where to start…
Crocodoc’s new cloud-based document service abolishes the need for desktop apps
Downloading a PDF or Microsoft Office file from the web is easily one of the more antiquated practices still being used today. It’s also something cloud document startup Crocodoc wants to abolish with its new HTML5 document embedding service, which launches today. If you’ve ever viewed a document in Dropbox,…
Microsoft patches account-hijack flaw in Hotmail
Microsoft has fixed a critical flaw in its popular webmail service that was allowing hackers to take over any Hotmail account within a minute. According to a report on Whitec0de last week, the exploit was first discovered by a hacker from Saudi Arabia, then leaked onto forums frequented by hackers….
Microsoft’s Office Live Small Business Closing Today
Microsoft is sticking to its plan to shut down its Office Live Small Business (OLSB) suite of cloud-based services on Monday, even though it seems many customers are either unaware of the deadline or are having difficulties migrating. Many OLSB customers are still posting questions and reporting problems related to…
Intermedia Receives Strategic Investment From Nokia Growth Partners
Web Hosting News New York, NY Intermedia, a global leader in cloud services and the world’s largest Microsoft Exchange hosting provider, announced today that it received a strategic investment from Nokia Growth Partners the leading global growth stage venture firm focused on mobile technology, services and media. Since its founding…