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Donor Management Software Comparison: What’s Right for Your Nonprofit?

Neon CRM

When you’re comparing donor management platforms, the sheer variety of software choices can be a bit overwhelming. This donor management software comparison will go over the features of some of the most popular options so you can make the right choice for your organization. Some platforms offer versatile, feature-rich solutions.

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Why you should care that Oracle is buying Sun

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

However, today’s news that Oracle is going to buy Sun Microsystems has some very important implications. Sun bought MySQL AB (the company behind MySQL) last year for $1 Billion dollars, and therefore, MySQL AB now becomes a part of Oracle, it’s primary competition. For us, it’s generally much more removed.

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Alternatives to MySQL

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

For those of us that depend on MySQL everyday, the buyout of Sun (which had bought MySQL) by Oracle did not bode well. A decidedly biased survey by the folks behind PostgreSQL suggests that many people worry about the health of MySQL in Oracle’s hands. Switch to PostgreSQL.

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Bloomerang Appoints Tammy Hammond and Steve Byrnes to the Executive Leadership Team

Bloomerang

Together, Tammy and Steve will ensure that Bloomerang’s nonprofit customers are able to use the software to its fullest potential to achieve their missions. He spent the past three years as Chief Sales Officer for Ascentis, a Software as a Service (SaaS) company in the mid-market Human Capital Management space.

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LibreOffice vs. OpenOffice.org

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But then … Oracle bought Sun. And just like the fears that many in the MySQL community have had about the future of MySQL under Oracle’s watch (Oracle shut down the OpenSolaris project, for example), people were worried about the future of OpenOffice.org. You’ll read about that one here.).

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Bloomerang Appoints Ann Fellman as Chief Marketing Officer

Bloomerang

She will focus on strengthening Bloomerang’s relationships with customers and further expand the company’s position as the market leader in donor management software for nonprofits. . Bloomerang has also been named a “Best Place to Work in Indiana” for five consecutive years.

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The Surge of "Software as a Service" and OnDemand technologies

NetWits

With the turn of the 21st century, software as a service (“SaaS”) took its place in the dictionary of technology terms that are redefining the way many organizations plan for the future. With the web as the virtual foundation, SaaS providers can offer solutions that remove many of the obstacles created by traditional software.

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