“Unlike conventional CRM systems, Sugar is designed for the individual user first, and what they need to engage successfully one-to-one with their customers,» said Larry Augustin, CEO of SugarCRM, as he today announced that the company has achieved 15 consecutive quarters of growth and increased annual recurring revenue by more than 30 % year-over-year in the second quarter of 2013.
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SugarCRM Reports Continued Rapid Growth; New Social, Mobile, Cloud Offerings
“Unlike conventional CRM systems, Sugar is designed for the individual user first, and what they need to engage successfully one-to-one with their customers,» said Larry Augustin, CEO of SugarCRM, as he today announced that the company has achieved 15 consecutive quarters of growth and increased annual recurring revenue by more than 30 % year-over-year in the second quarter of 2013.
Hard Dollar ROI of Gamification
Join us and guests Kim Celestre, Forrester Research Senior Analyst, and Bill Hussey, Manager of Developing Platforms at Bell Media, for this compelling educational webinar on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific. Kim will share Forrester’s Total Economic Impact report to show you the specific, hard-dollar results businesses have driven by engaging customer communities with gamification.
Forrester will provide real life data on how companies leveraging gamification have:
Dramatically increased customer retention revenue
Significantly lowered product support costs
Sourced innovative ideas through the community
From Bell Media, you will learn how they drove up registrations and fan engagement, ultimately driving greater value for advertisers and their brand.
Another New Logo on the OpenStack Corporate Sponsors Page: HDS
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is now a Corporate Sponsor of OpenStack – as can be seen today at the ever-impressive (and constantly expanding) list of sponsoring companies at the OpenStack Foundation web site. The OpenStack Foundation was the Diamond (top) Sponsor of 11th Cloud Expo / Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, held just under a year ago at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California.
Tech Tips: Getting Started with VMware vCloud Hybrid Service
Straight from our experts at VMware, follow these technical tips to learn what you need to know to get started with VMware vCloud Hybrid Service. From choosing the right service offering to migrating your workloads and administering resources, reference these tips as you extend your data center to the cloud.
Cloud Monitoring Essentials | Part 2: Security
Part 2 of Cloud Monitoring Essentials presents 3 key actions to ensure that cloud users maintain a strong security posture.
The cloud offers users agility and flexibility at, potentially, a far lower cost than a traditional data center model. However, with these benefits come risks from cost sprawl, security holes, and availability management. Part 1 of Cloud Monitoring Essentials focused on cost concerns. This second part looks at security.
The dynamic nature of the cloud, with ever-changing security groups and rules, makes security difficult. New instances, auto scaling groups, and buckets are created and terminated daily. Resources that were ‘secure’ yesterday may be altered today and your security posture may be compromised.
The distributed and centralized nature of the cloud creates security headaches. Not only is the deployment regularly changing, but the people changing it are across groups and departments.
VMware vCloud Hybrid Service Powers Journey to Zero-Cost Applications
When Melrose transitioned from nearly 100 percent server virtualization to a novel cloud capability built on VMware vCloud Hybrid Service, they discovered that they could not only host their own applications, but also those of nearby communities for an ongoing fee.
Cleversafe Raises $55M for Its Limitless Data Storage at Petabyte Scale
“Our proven technology is displacing legacy boxes that were designed for yesterday’s storage needs across a wide range of industries. What they have in common is breakneck growth of storage needs that were poorly addressed by old-fashioned products from EMC and others,» said John Morris, president and CEO of Cleversafe, as announced that the company has secured $55 million in funding to support its growth momentum, achieved by its breakthrough technology’s cost-saving solution for massive-scale, high-growth storage needs
Cleversafe Raises $55M for Its Limitless Data Storage at Petabyte Scale
“Our proven technology is displacing legacy boxes that were designed for yesterday’s storage needs across a wide range of industries. What they have in common is breakneck growth of storage needs that were poorly addressed by old-fashioned products from EMC and others,» said John Morris, president and CEO of Cleversafe, as announced that the company has secured $55 million in funding to support its growth momentum, achieved by its breakthrough technology’s cost-saving solution for massive-scale, high-growth storage needs
Moving to Hybrid Cloud: Top Five Considerations
Businesses are embracing public cloud because it promises increased agility and scalability. But it can also introduce complexity, interoperability, and security concerns. Hybrid cloud is emerging as a way to mitigate those concerns by providing the right combination of internal controls with the ability to securely scale to meet business demand for IT resources. As you contemplate moving various pre-production and production workloads – and your mission-critical and sensitive data – to the cloud, be sure to develop a strategic approach based on your business and IT objectives.