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ARC Creates Cloud-Based Supplier-Selection Service

ARC Advisory Group has released a new tool to help companies select and manage their suppliers.

ALK Partners With Airclic, Issues Maps App and PC-MILER/Rail Update

The CoPilot GPS truck-navigation system of ALK Technologies, Inc. has been integrated into the cloud-based mobile software product line of Airclic.

Social CRM Requires Knowledge of Processes as Well as of Customers

One of the tricky parts of developing a social CRM (SCRM) strategy is that it requires left brain and right brain thinking. The left brain, where more logical and procedural thinking takes place, is comparable to how "traditional" CRM operates, organizing and distributing data based on predetermined processes. The right brain, the center of creative thinking, is comparable to SCRM, discovering new relationships and communication models and engaging and conversing with customers.

Is WMS Ready for the Cloud?

Why has it taken so long for warehouse-management and warehouse-control systems to move to the cloud? And which of the two is more likely to survive in the years ahead? Kevin Reader, chief marketing officer of Invata Intralogistics, has some answers.

BI, Analytics Help Leverage Vast Amounts of ERP Data

Those who make the investment in business intelligence and the cloud will realize improved cost and operational efficiencies, expanded real-time collaboration with customers, vendors and partners as well as faster and more personalized customer relationships. But how do you get there?

E-Tailers Miss Many Opportunities to Fully Exploit the Possibilities of E-Commerce, Study Finds

While online marketplaces offer additional revenue opportunities for retailers and merchants, there are many areas to improve upon before retailers can fully realize the benefits of them, according to a study from Merchantry, an e-commerce technology provider.

Acumatica Teams Up With Accellos to Integrate ERP and WMS in the Cloud

Acumatica, a provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software in the cloud, has integrated its product with the AccellosOne Cloud WMS (warehouse management system).

Pricing Dips as Cloud Computing Services Become Commodities

Cloud computing is slowly becoming a mainstream technology. However, even before the hype cycle has died down, cloud providers are already starting to see downward price pressures. Every hosting provider under the sun is now repackaging itself as a cloud provider, and basic capacity and services are quickly becoming commodities.

Liaison Technologies Acquires Hubspan, Cloud-Based Business Integration Vendor

Liaison Technologies, a provider of cloud-based integration and data-management services, has acquired Hubspan, the business-integration software vendor.

Cheetah Software, Efreightsolutions Team Up on Integrated Logistics Intelligence

Cheetah Software Systems Inc. has teamed up with Efreightsolutions to offer customers an integrated logistics intelligence application.

Business Leaders See Social, Business Networks as Key to Productivity, Competitive Advantage

In today's global business environment, smart companies are learning to collaborate more efficiently, connecting and interacting with ever-expanding communities of customers, suppliers and peers. And they are, in the process, unleashing a new model for operating that is helping to improve their productivity, profits and ultimately, their advantage in an ultra-competitive marketplace. According to Collaborate to Win, a report produced by CFO Research in collaboration with Ariba, Inc., they are capitalizing on the convergence of recent technology trends, including cloud computing, mobility, social and business networks.

Inttra Allies with CargoSphere for Ocean Freight Rate Management

Inttra, a global electronic-commerce network for the ocean shipping industry, has formed an alliance with CargoSphere, a cloud-based confidential rate network.

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