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A virtual directory server is a technology that offers a way to provide a consolidated view of user identity without creating an entire directory infrastructure.  A virtual directory is a lightweight service that operates between applications and identity data. In other word, it is used as a middleware service. This ability to retrieve data frome disparate repositories makes virtual directory technology ideal for data consolidation in a distributed environment.

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The year 2009 is going to witness some significant changes for IT vendors due to the economic downturn. Most analysts forecast that Business Intelligence will grow significantly during this year. The projected growth rate is between 2% to 10%. All industries running IT will adopt BI to increase Business strategy and business value. Most Global 2000 organizations are  aware of the need to better manage information; many companies consider it a corporate asset. After my prolong discussion with the data management expert for different IT sector in BFSI sector, I compiled a list of top 10 BI trend as follows that I would like to share with you. Full article »

As per Forrester Research report, the global recession made a negative impact not only to the IT budget, it also compelled software vendors to make their price more customer friendly. The survey was conducted on 12 Enterprise Software during final quarter of 2008 and first quarter of 2009.

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Relenta, a Saas based CRM software, automatically gathers the pieces of data that are sitting around separate applications (such as email clients, group calendars, CRM solutions and to-do lists), and displays them on one single page into one elegant Web 2.0 application. This includes customer profile, correspondence (emails), buying history, buying preferences, automated prompts for next action, contact history (usually over the phone, by fax and by email) etc. The price comes with two options. One is $25 per user per month on monthly bais with 1 GB and 2,500 contacts per user and another is $20 per user per month on Quarterly basis.

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SAP launched Business suite 7 on Wednesday. AS per SAP, this is very cost effective software package during the economic recession.  The new suite addresses 150 functional areas through enhancement that spans from SCM, CRM to more industry specific applications.

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Salesforce.com launched SaaS model based Service Cloud which is the next generation platform for Customer Service Application. The Cloud gathers information from the knowledge resource from internet and uses it for commercial Customer service. The software comprises call-center features with aspects of search engine technology and social-networking sites like Facebook. You can get Service Cloud with the help of native cloud-computing power of salesforce.com. The price of Service Cloud starts at US $995 per month. Full article »

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Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software deployment model where application is hosted as a service over the Internet to serve the customer as per their demand. SaaS can reduce upfront pricing of Software Purchases for on demand pricing. With the help of SaaS, IT departments can change their focus from deploying and supporting applications to managing the services that those applications provide.

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Compiere is a model driven architectural development and deployment framework for integrated CRM and ERP applications which is targeted mainly for distribution, retail, manufacturing and service businesses. It contains tools for  Purchasing , Materials Management, Manufacturing, Order Management, Sales, Service, E-Commerce, Financial Management and Performance Reporting functions. The solution provides multiple views of business information based on the detail of the actual transactions.

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Oracle, a global leader in Enterprise Software recently announced the inclusion of Social Networking function in their Enterprise Customer Relationship Management. The new solution will help companies figure out business solution in relation with Web 2.0 and social applications. The new software is going to compete with social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter etc. The cost of the social CRM applications is  US $70 per user per month, and are available via cloud computing or as a software as a service (SaaS) model. Full article »