Oracle Cloud Posts Robust Growth In PaaS and SaaS, While Investing Heavily In IaaS
As Oracle makes its way to transform itself into a Cloud-first vendor, the database kingpin provides proof points that it can win across the...
PaaS, IaaS, SaaS Markets Hit $109B in 2016, Elevating 13 Top Cloud Computing Vendors...
Thirteen Cloud Computing vendors chalked up more than $1 billion in annual recurring revenues each in 2016, widening their lead over rivals in Enterprise...
Cloud Apps Market Reached $57B in 2016, Exceeding Previous Forecast
The Cloud applications market in 2016 grew more rapidly than previously expected, suggesting that the gap between revenue bookings and revenues being recognized might...
Cutting Complexity and Championing Smart Expense Management
As digital transformation pressures are redrawing the map of the business world, finance executives are embracing the latest Cloud technologies to help make these...
Oracle HCM Cloud Stages A Strong Comeback
Oracle, never one to cede ground to any of its software rivals, is making a strong comeback for its evolving HCM Cloud strategy. At a...
Oracle Soars On Cloud HCM Sales, While Extending Cautious Outlook
Buoyed by its recent acquisition of NetSuite, Oracle posted robust sales of Cloud products in its latest quarter on the strengths of signing new...
ERP Gets a New Set of Wheels Via SYSPRO
ERP applications vendors are kick-starting a new generation of operational advantages for manufacturers and distributors who are increasingly drawn to the latest technologies to...
Political Uncertainty Dims Workday’s Near-Term Prospects
Workday continued its winning streak in the Cloud HCM applications market, posting a 38% jump in Cloud subscription revenues in its latest quarter. However...
What Oracle Has In Mind For NetSuite
Following the acquisition of NetSuite, Oracle unveiled a number of strategies to spur its Cloud ERP growth across different verticals, market segments and geographies. At...
Oracle Powers Up An Ever-Growing Cloud Platform
A combination of organic growth and recent acquisitions has propelled Oracle into the top echelon of the Cloud applications market. This week CTO Larry Ellison...
Oracle To Buy NetSuite, Extending Its Legacy From Software To The Cloud
Oracle’s decision to acquire NetSuite underscores the growing importance of Cloud applications to its future, or the legacy of its 71-year-old co-founder for that...
Cloud Top 500 Market Report 2016 And Top 25 Cloud Apps Vendors
In 2015, the worldwide Cloud applications market reached $47.3 billion in Cloud subscription revenues, a 20% jump from 2014, while the top 25 vendors...
Eying Cloud Apps Leadership, Microsoft To Buy LinkedIn For $26.2B
Launching its largest acquisition in history, Microsoft is set to reshape the Cloud applications market with the proposed purchase of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. The...
Concur Catches A Ride With SAP Business Networks
In April 2013 Concur CEO Steve Singh took his mountain bike out for a spin that ended with a wreck leaving him badly injured...
Constellation Software Writes Money Book On Apps
The book of the Toronto-based ERP apps vendor Constellation Software Inc.(CSI) tells a simple story – it makes good money as shown in its...
Salesforce Relishes Second Act
Accelerating its push to become the first $10-billion Cloud applications vendor, Salesforce launched new products that buttress its core offerings, while hiking prices and...
Apps Vendors Aim Healthcare Fixes
The healthcare applications market is attracting a new class of players vying for a slice of the multi-trillion-dollar opportunity. In recent months, enterprise applications vendors...
Unit4 Takes Self-Driving ERP For A Spin
With a dose of innovation and ready-made templates, the latest crop of Enterprise Resource Planning applications – which have been around for more than...
SAP Spins Up Financial Transformation, EPM Innovation
SAP is spinning up its financial and ERP applications strategy in order to become more entrenched with its biggest customers, a move that could...
UnBoxing The New World Of Content Management
In an era where every bit of information is stored, retrieved and analyzed, Box is aiming to redefine how content should be managed. With the...
Top 25 Cloud Applications Vendors Score Big In 2014
In 2014, the worldwide Cloud applications market surged 27% to a record $38.5 billion in Cloud subscription revenues and the top 25 vendors did...
Worldwide Cloud Applications Market Forecast 2015-2019
The Cloud applications market posted another big gain in 2014 as new vendors started ramping up their sales amid surging customer demand for all...
SAP as No. 1 in Cloud HCM Market
Following is excerpted from Cloud Top 500 survey findings, which profile the world's 500 largest Cloud Applications Vendors based on their 2014 Cloud subscription...
Apps Market Is Clouded By Cheap Money
Flushed with capital, the Cloud applications market has catapulted into one of the key battlegrounds for software companies to redefine corporate functions and business...
Voilà ! SAP Accelerating Move To Digitization
In another evolutionary move to push its technology platform, SAP introduced a query engine called SAP HANA Vora that leverages open-source technologies including Spark to...
Euro Software Sings The Blues
Amid a possible economic meltdown in Greece, the European software market is bracing for a host of challenges that could derail a fragile recovery. Interviews...
Unit4 Buys Education ERP Applications Vendor, Picks Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform
Unit4 intensified its vertical strategy with an acquisition of a higher-education ERP application vendor, while cozying up with Microsoft to better leverage its Azure...
Anaplan Ups Ante With Planning Apps For The Enterprise
In the new world of Cloud-based enterprise planning software, Anaplan has assembled considerable fire power to challenge a host of competitors from EPM incumbents...
