Comments on: Chatter from (and About) Salesforce.com http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/4235/chatter-from-and-about-salesforce-com/ Smart Thinking for the Smart Enterprise Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:25:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Salesforce.com “Chatter” – Its Real Opportunity is to Re-invent how Businesses Is Conducted « BTC Insight http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/4235/chatter-from-and-about-salesforce-com/#comment-3300 Salesforce.com “Chatter” – Its Real Opportunity is to Re-invent how Businesses Is Conducted « BTC Insight Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:56:45 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=10297#comment-3300 [...] http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/4235/chatter-from-and-about-salesforce-com [...] [...] http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/4235/chatter-from-and-about-salesforce-com [...]

]]> By: Chris Selland http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/4235/chatter-from-and-about-salesforce-com/#comment-2760 Chris Selland Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:24:01 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=10297#comment-2760 I agree with you that Chatter > Yammer - as I mentioned Salesforce.com seems to have done a nice job of packaging this up and integrating into their platform. But Salesforce has set expectations very high - it remains to see what enterprise adoption looks like (and we've got quite some time to wait until we start to see it). Certainly in some knowledge-intensive markets - such as professional services - I'd expect it to be quite strong. But I'm not sold that mainstream adoption is going to automatically take off - 'collaboration' has been a killer enterprise app for about 15 of the last 0 years. Facebook has become powerful and popular because of the network effect - it's not about technology, it's about broad adoption. Same thing will - or won't - happen here. I agree with you that Chatter > Yammer – as I mentioned Salesforce.com seems to have done a nice job of packaging this up and integrating into their platform.

But Salesforce has set expectations very high – it remains to see what enterprise adoption looks like (and we’ve got quite some time to wait until we start to see it). Certainly in some knowledge-intensive markets – such as professional services – I’d expect it to be quite strong. But I’m not sold that mainstream adoption is going to automatically take off – ‘collaboration’ has been a killer enterprise app for about 15 of the last 0 years.

Facebook has become powerful and popular because of the network effect – it’s not about technology, it’s about broad adoption. Same thing will – or won’t – happen here.

]]> By: Balakrishna Narasimhan http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/4235/chatter-from-and-about-salesforce-com/#comment-2689 Balakrishna Narasimhan Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:20:46 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=10297#comment-2689 I think comparing Chatter to Yammer misses the point a bit. There a few differences between Chatter and everything that has come before it: 1)Chatter is part of your enterprise apps and lets you collaborate in the context of what is happening in your business 2)Enterprise apps can chatter and spark conversations (sure there was RSS and alerts, but that's like saying that Facebook isn't anything new because you could email your friends) 3)Chatter is embedded in the platform meaning that every Force.com app is automatically chatterized. More thoughts at http://www.appirio.com/blog I think comparing Chatter to Yammer misses the point a bit. There a few differences between Chatter and everything that has come before it: 1)Chatter is part of your enterprise apps and lets you collaborate in the context of what is happening in your business 2)Enterprise apps can chatter and spark conversations (sure there was RSS and alerts, but that’s like saying that Facebook isn’t anything new because you could email your friends) 3)Chatter is embedded in the platform meaning that every Force.com app is automatically chatterized. More thoughts at http://www.appirio.com/blog

]]> By: Bermel Interactive » Salesforce’s Social Media Play http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/4235/chatter-from-and-about-salesforce-com/#comment-2516 Bermel Interactive » Salesforce’s Social Media Play Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:39:44 +0000 http://siliconangle.net/ver2/?p=10297#comment-2516 [...] as Enterprise Irregulars so rightly pointed out in their post, the product announcement won’t address the cultural issues that hamper adoption of social [...] [...] as Enterprise Irregulars so rightly pointed out in their post, the product announcement won’t address the cultural issues that hamper adoption of social [...]

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