它已经在企业软件行业的另一个忙碌的一年，通过高调收购和上市，内存计算的兴起，烧红的HCM（人力资本管理）市场，甚至是一个长期运行的明显沉降标硅谷世仇。下面就来看看其中的一些亮点。
In-memory databases going mainstream:SAP已经宣称的HANA内存计算platform for a few years now, but the clamor around in-memory got even louder in 2013.
In June, IBM引入内存特征其DB2数据库和新的Microsoft SQL Server 2014还包括内存的能力。但也许是最有说服力的是在内存中的选项甲骨文的旗舰数据库产品，其中9月份的OpenWorld会议期间，长期以来一直是最市场份额，公布。
[WHAT THEY SAID:The year in quotes]
在内存选项会provide "ungodly" database speeds, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said during a keynote at the event.
SAP has been attempting to migrate customers from Oracle's database to HANA, promising them better performance and simplified deployments, and the in-memory option certainly seems like a hedge against this.
而Ellison didn't attack HANA during the keynote, expect some chest-thumping from the CEO next year, when Oracle's in-memory option isscheduled for release。IBM, Microsoft and others won't be silent either.
HCM (human capital management) heats up:HCM（人力资本管理）是最热门的企业软件类别之一，今年，特别是在SaaS（软件即服务）的形式。而much attentionwent to Workday's successful IPO in October, plenty of other HCM vendors had strong years, said analyst Ray Wang of Constellation Research.
公司已经运行其传统的人力资源系统20年，更换周期是加快转速，王说。“有这周围的东西，之前并不存在一个整体的生活。有这么多的兴趣和被压抑的需求。”
Customer experience, not CRM:CEM（客户体验管理）今年成为一个定义的类别，如厂商为了打造出来的软件套件，客户服务，社交媒体分析和营销结合销售自动化了收购的字符串。
The common goal: Sell these unified technologies not to CIOs, but to chief marketing officers that want to build stronger and ultimately more lucrative connections with customers.
“人们实现数字化业务的时代已经来临，”王说。“每一次互动是卖或赋予经验的机会。我们不卖产品和服务了。客户购买经验和成果。”
Salesforce.com announces Salesforce1:在11月的会议的Dreamforce，Salesforce.comannounced Salesforce1,a new version of its development platform with a particular focus on mobile applications. Although partly a rebranding effort, Salesforce1 pulls together the company's original Force.com platform along with development tools from its Heroku and ExactTarget acquisitions.
它还提供了10倍之多的API（应用编程接口）和以前一样，可作为不仅是Salesforce.com的软件，还包括来自第三方的应用程序类型的门户的新移动应用程序编码。
In a recent blog post, consultant and analyst Esteban Kolsky深吸了跳水into the technical plumbing and strategic implications of Salesforce1, calling it a "well-developed concept with a lot of potential," albeit one only 60 or 70 percent complete. "It has the potential to change the way software vendors work with each other. It has the potential to change how organizations think about ecosystems, about systems of engagement, and about everything from personalization to revenue models," he wrote.
Shakeups在SAP：在软件供应商的高层主管的变化并不一定会对客户的日常的日常生活产生直接影响，但一些关键的移动SAP提出今年可能随着时间的推移。
今年五月，SAP震撼了其发展组织，把所有的产品负责执行董事会成员维沙尔西卡，谁一直HANA的冠军，靠近公司联合创始人哈索普列特纳的主持下。流线型发展报告结构可以帮助SAP将产品推向市场更快，尽管他们最终成功。
当年7月，SAP announcedthat co-CEO Bill McDermott would become sole CEO next year, after co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe departs the company. While SAP has had a single CEO in the past, McDermott will be the first American to hold such a role at the German vendor.
Also, the last sole SAP CEO, Leo Apotheker, had a rocky, short run at the top and was ousted within a year, only to later become Hewlett-Packard's CEO and subsequently lose that job rather quickly as well.
作为唯一的首席执行官，麦克德莫特将保留现有的客户满意，并吸引新的SAP面临着来自竞争对手如Oracle，SAP，Salesforce.com，NetSuite和工作日日益激烈的竞争。他选择的策略将是一个观看。
Ellison makes up with Benioff, or did he?: It was a watershed moment back in June: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Benioffholding a joint press conference宣布他们的公司之间的合作伙伴关系，他们实际上是很好的彼此。
The long-time rivals seemed to bury the hatchet as they announced Salesforce.com would recommit to using Oracle's software and hardware technology for the long term, and Oracle would work on integrating some of its products with Salesforce.com's.
贝尼奥夫，谁曾经有过一个演讲，他计划给在甲骨文的OpenWorld大会上突然被取消埃里森，去尽可能邀请埃里森出席Salesforce.com的自己的Dreamforce事件，埃里森接受。
But Ellison was seemingly nowhere to be found at Dreamforce.
贝尼奥夫还宣布在Dreamforce大会与惠普合作，在其下Salesforce.com客户将提供基于惠普融合基础设施软件的Salesforce.com托管的私有实例。
惠普的交易可以被看作是一种怠慢到Oracle，因为Salesforce.com表示将使用Oracle数据库云服务器自身的Exalogic和机器，以及之间的高调法律纠纷甲骨文和惠普。
所以，是作秀六月宣布，甲骨文正从紧密排列擦同行业最大的纯SaaS（软件即服务）供应商，和Salesforce.com的Oracle许可证获得一个很好的协议？
An Oracle spokeswoman confirmed that Ellison didn't go to Dreamforce but declined to comment on his motivations as to why.
Infor emerges:对于大多数它的存在，Infor公司先后担任ERP（企业资源计划），软件沉睡的巨人尽管是SAP和甲骨文之后最大的ERP厂商。
But under the leadership of CEO Charles Phillips, a former co-president of Oracle who came aboard in 2010, Infor has been steadily raising its profile through a series of new products, acquisitions and a focus on modern user experiences.
Infor launched its new user interface, SoHo, earlier this year. It was created with the help Hook & Loop, an internal design agency Phillips created.
Overall, Phillips' gambits seem to be paying off. The company added more than 3,000 customers during the past 12 months, according to spokesman Dan Barnhardt. It's also enjoying strong adoption of its ION integration framework, with the total number of customers using it nearly doubling to more than 1,700 this year, Barnhardt said.
克里斯Kanaracus涵盖企业软件和通用技术重大新闻进行The IDG News Service。Chris' email address isChris_Kanaracus@idg.com