Coming to an adjacent building over the next few years: 500 employees of GalaxE.Solutions, a New Jersey -
based business software maker that's expanding to Detroit.
That aspect of him bubbled into public view with Compuware, the Detroit -
based business software maker that eventually sold to private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $ 2.4 billion in 2014 as a result of Elliott's campaign.
The deal could also help Oracle, which is aggressively trying to build and sell more cloud -
based business software, play catch up with competitors such as Workday and Salesforce.com that specialize in cloud - based offerings.
That makes it easy to manage Web -
based business software such as word processing, scheduling and even simple inventory systems.
The cloud -
based business software company said a certain type of malicious software that typically targets large financial companies could be taking aim at its customers.
Cloud -
based business software company Salesforce said Tuesday that a particular type of malware that usually goes after information at large financial companies could be taking aim at its users.
Not exact matches
• Anju
Software Inc, a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners, acquired the assets of Sylogent, a Newtown, Penn. -
based provider of
software and
business services for the pharmaceutical industry.
They're now running Apex Trading, a Denver -
based software company that helps growers, brokers, and dispensaries manage their wholesale marijuana
business.
There's also Ouya, the Kickstarter - funded, Android -
software -
based console that launched in June with an aim to further shake up the
business by offering inexpensive, independently developed games for the TV.
SAP — SAP reported better than expected quarterly earnings, and the
business software company said it was gaining cloud -
based market share compared to competitors Salesforce.com and Oracle.
Woods is the co-founder of a Toronto -
based startup called Nudge, which is developing a
software platform to help
business professionals keep track of their weak ties, meaning people they don't keep in touch with regularly.
• Houzz Inc acquired IvyMark, a New York -
based provider of
business management
software for interior design firms.
If you are hosting your own web -
based ecommerce
business you will potentially need to install your own shopping cart
software on your hosted site or your servers.
In 2010, upon finishing his doctoral thesis, Darash founded Regpack, a registration and data - gathering
business whose core
software was
based on a theoretical framework he had built during his research at Berkeley.
Mark Organ, chief executive of Toronto -
based marketing startup Influitive, remembers being shocked when Price, president of a fast - growing
software company at the time, offered to help him tweak his
business model.
Store No. 8 acquired Spatialand, a small Los Angeles -
based virtual reality
software business founded by Kim Cooper.
The
businesses used Quicken precisely because it was not like typical general ledger -
based accounting
software.
Cloud -
based software maker Salesforce.com Inc. said it would buy Demandware Inc., whose
software is used by
businesses to run ecommerce websites, for about $ 2.8 billion.
37Signals is a great little
software company
based in Chicago, and it's founder Jason Fried, a must - read
business blogger, is always up for a good screed.
Bring it on, say CEOs like Larry Fiorino of G1440, a three - year - old Internet
software company
based in Columbia, Md. «Internet and technology
businesses move at a faster rate,» he says.
Just prior to franchising the
business in 1997, Kushinsky developed service management
software in order to increase efficiencies and began licensing this
software to various players in the residential cleaning space and service -
based industries.
A number of Canadian startups are focused on servicing the needs of
business exclusively: Vancouver -
based software developer Bit Stew Systems Inc. partnered with B.C. Hydro to build a program that constantly monitors data emitted by the two million home smart meters in the province; and New Brunswick -
based RtTech Systems» platform monitors and gives «asset utilization and utilities consumption.»
Empatico currently has four employees and a few paid clients, including U.K. -
based New Level Results, a
business consultancy that is reselling the
software.
He is credited with focusing the company on cloud computing and web -
based applications, beating back competition from emerging
business -
software players like Google.
Like online dating for
business, this small Stratford, Ont.,
software company helps match employees and teams
based on personality traits
The shift has squeezed margins in recent years because the cloud
business model is
based on subscriptions which take longer to pay off — in contrast to one - off, up - front
software license payments that was the thrust of its
business for decades.
Lucy is the Outreach Coordinator at Xero, a provider of web -
based accounting
software designed for small
businesses.
Arena had closed $ 37 million to invest in
software - focused
businesses based in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City.
In other words, decisions about
business solutions are indeed
based on trust, emotions, and aspirations, and
business software users need to be entertained, connected with, and spoken to in their interactions with technology vendors in exactly the same way as when engaging with consumer brands like Apple, Nike, and Starbucks.
Recurring billing -
based businesses like
software service providers can especially benefit from finding ways to increase customer retention, particularly if they can find ways to upsell those customers on features or additional items.
Its latest purchase took place on Aug. 16, when it bought Cordys, a Netherlands -
based company that makes
business process management
software, for $ 33 million.
Today,
businesses and consumers take for granted the fact that
software will be Web -
based.
The figures are
based on small
businesses that have fewer than 20 employees and use Intuit's online payroll
software.
He saw the
business opportunity in offering analytics
software that would help clients design products
based on user behavior rather than on hunches.
«As a company that provides
software - as - a-service to global customers who expect 24/7 service, regardless of the weather, we have a well - documented
business continuity plan that protects our customers as well as our employees,» Tina Lux - Boim, president and CEO of Boca Raton, Fla. -
based Managed Maintenance, Inc., said via email.
This is why New York -
based business intelligence
software company Sisense created its «Coming Up for Air» program.
Rometty has been steering Big Blue toward areas such as cloud -
based services, security
software and data analytics, while trimming its traditional hardware
business by exiting low - margin
businesses.
But then the CEO of Needls, a Toronto -
based creator of marketing automation
software for small
businesses, approached him to beta - test the company's product.
That's according to the results of a small -
business trends study released today by OnDeck Capital, a New York -
based small -
business lending company that uses
software to streamline the loan application process.
Salesforce.com, run by CEO Marc Benioff, is focused on cloud -
based sales and marketing
software; unlike Twitter, its main product is aimed at
businesses users, not consumers.
It's a particularly acute problem for the founders of
businesses that deal in physical products, like Leota and Washington D.C. -
based coffee shop chain Peregrine Espresso, though service -
based companies, like Mattermark, a San Francisco -
based software startup, certainly aren't immune to cash - flow issues.
Almost all the resources that
businesses leverage on a daily
basis — from their antivirus
software to their productivity suites to even the storage they use — are shifting to cloud -
based subscription models.
Another cloud -
based accounting tool, Wave Accounting has been named the best free accounting
software for small
businesses by
Business News Daily.
With demand for IBM's legacy hardware and
software businesses stagnating, Chief Executive Ginni Rometty has been shifting the company towards areas such as cloud -
based services, security
software and data analytics.
Late Monday, the cloud giant announced Chime, cloud -
based software designed to let
business customers make voice or video calls, converse in chat rooms, and hold web conferences from their mobile or desktop devices..
Former
software exec James Sheppard relies on cloud -
based technology to power a vibrant, eco-friendly countertop
business that's thriving in an industrial - age automotive plant.
We won't ignore the latest netbook or the hottest smartphone, but we'll also examine the services,
software, and Web -
based tools that can help make your
business succeed.
Starting next year, smart Web -
based business - automation tools will find their way into
business software and begin offering opinions on everything from how you should manage tasks to how you arrange meetings and budget projects.
The idea of the EEA is for big banks and tech companies to come together and build
business - ready versions of the
software behind Ethereum, a decentralized computing network
based on digital currency.
Based in Redwood City, Calif., Oracle sells mostly high - margin
software to big -
business clients.