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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. It has to do with the fact that many, many nonprofit websites and web applications are built using MySQL, the most popular open source database management system. For us, it’s generally much more removed.

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

Neon CRM

Oracle NetSuite Social Impact Oracle is, of course, much more than a CRM. For those organizations that need donor management software, it offers Oracle NetSuite Social Impact. The program is also an ERP (enterprise resource planning) application, meaning it is more focused on operations than donor management.

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

Bloomerang

He previously served as a VP of Sales at SPS Commerce and at Oracle Corporation. Early in 2021, Bloomerang acquired Kindful, a nonprofit software platform known for its best-in-class third-party application integrations and online fundraising tools.

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

NetWits

Forward thinking traditional software vendors such as Oracle and Blackbaud have invested in technologies to deploy their solutions over the web by providing hosting services, often called “OnDemand” services, while retaining the ability to offer full-featured, customizable, and data rich solutions. Now, that's accessibility!!

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Nonprofits Live: Great Presentations on August 26

Tech Soup

He also runs the website [link] , a chronicle of the public good applications of virtual worlds for nonprofits, education and government. Nat started with Oracle as a sales consultant in New Zealand where he was born. Nat Robinson. Nat is also a private pilot, an ASA bareboat captain, SSI advanced diver, and keen surfer.

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Remember Paint by Number? SAP Visual Intelligence: A Visual Treat for Reporting Data

Tech Soup

Moreover, the application itself is as simple to use as painting by number. Start off in SAP Visual Intelligence by pulling data from a broad range of sources: Excel spreadsheets ("personal data sources") as well as many types of databases (for example, Access, Oracle, SAP HANA, BusinessObjects).

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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

As open source software moves more and more into the application layer, it is increasingly relevant to nonprofits. More recently, open source development has moved into the application layer. The new wave includes CRM (SugarCRM, CiviCRM) and desktop applications like Open Office and GIMP (a Photoshop alternative). .