Enterprise Applications

How to Evaluate Moving Legacy Mission-Critical Apps to the Cloud

The flexibility and scalability of the cloud can make migrating mission-critical applications a tempting proposition, but availability can become a serious issue.

16 Ways to Improve Your Content Marketing Strategy

Web content strategy experts share their top tips for how to increase traffic to your Web or ecommerce site.

How Big Data Can Help Retailers Optimize Mobile

Delivering a dynamic and engaging mobile experience is becoming essential to retailers, and big data marketing applications company BloomReach believes that its new big data application is the key.

Microsoft Makes Data Mining Self-Service With BI for Office 365

Microsoft is attempting to break down the barriers to business intelligence with Power BI for Office 365, which is designed to let companies gain new insights by tapping both structured and unstructured and internal and external data.

16 Great iPhone App Battles

16 Great iPhone App Battles

The iPhone has become a battleground for a number of popular mobile app categories. In addition to Apple's own native apps, there is an ecosystem of third-party apps--all fighting for a place on your iPhone.

The Best iOS, Android Apps for Finding Hotel Deals

Hotwire updated its iOS app to support iPad displays, and it works well, according to CIO.com blogger James A. Martin. But Hotwire is just one of many iOS and Android apps that can help reduce hotel costs.

14 proven ways to connect with customers

There are many ways to connect with customers, but which ways are the most effective? Business owners and managers as well as customer relationship experts share their tips on how and where to best engage with existing and prospective customers.rn

8 Ways Business Intelligence Software Improves the Bottom Line

Business intelligence experts and IT executives share their tips on how BI software can improve your bottom line and make your organization more efficient.

When Customer Service Goes From Bad to Worse

The root causes of the worst customer service and support problems usually stem from bad decisions and sloppy actions in upstream departments. These poor choices make it all too easy for otherwise-innocent service reps to make a bad situation worse.

Top CIOs Become Business Process Czars

CIOs use their unique position--which allows them to see the broad array of interactions among employees, customers and business partners--u2029to streamline business processes and make their companies more competitive