Anshu Sharma
Vice President of product management & strategy at salesforce.com across applications and platfrom. Previously founded and led Oracle SaaS Platform, and held engineering and product management roles in SOA and Identity Management. Anshu has a B. Tech. (Honors) and M.S. in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill respectively. Read his blog here.
Facebook Home is not these 5 Things from the Past
Facebook Home is going to change the way we live our lives on our mobile phones, perhaps. May be. May be not. I am reminded of so many attempts to: Turn eyeballs into action on PCs. Turn blank web browser homes into ad units, home pages, pre-loaded apps. Ability to read email/messages etc without starting [...]
Mobile Apps are Eating Search: Will Verticalization and Mobile kill the Golden Goo…se?
Marc Andreessen rightly pointed out that Software is Eating the World, in a Wall Street Journal article. Well, the rule of creative destruction applies to software companies too including Search. And now this search for dominance is joined by newly en…
Square, Pinterest, Twitter – Is Your IT up for the Revolution?
The success of Square, the rise of Twitter, the adoption of Facebook and the enterprise software revolution that accompanies it – all emanate from the evolution of what we need technology to deliver – it’s no longer the packaging of repeatable process…
Site.com: Marketing at the Speed of Social
Today, I am excited that we are launching Site.com – the only cloud-based web content management system (CMS) built ground up for the social enterprise. This has been a journey over the last few years for me to discover the challenges faced by market…
The Entropy of Social Networks: Google Plus vs Facebook?
Yes, we have a new social network and I am a proud profile carrying member of the new elite created by an artificial scarcity of invites. A technique now pretty much a requirement for launching anything new that’s social with 2 benefits, the obvious bu…
I Was Wrong: The Next Big Thing is NOT Cloud Computing
Yes, after 5 years of being a big fan of cloud computing. I admit defeat. I am, as of today, changing my worldview. Cloud Computing is no longer the future. And that’s the bad news.
But the good news is that Cloud Computing is now an accepted reality …
Of Facebook and Goldman Sachs – Both Too Big To Fail?
Size, we are told, is not a crime. But size may, at least, become noxious by reason of the means through which it was attained or the uses to which it is put. -Louis Brandeis, quoted in Tool Big Too Fail. I just got back from a long nice vacation in India and read the [...]
Database.com – Why? How? What?
Why? Developers are moving to the cloud because users expect their applications to be available from multiple devices – not just a PC or Mac – but a myriad new computers that come in the shapes of tablets, smart phones, and purpose-built devices. Users want be able to access their data from home, work, and [...]
Facebook Messages is not just Email. Nor is Gmail. What’s new?
Let me start out by pointing out the obvious – Facebook has been nothing short of a revolution in how we live our online lives. It connects me better to my friends, family and co-workers. It has inspired changes in how our work lives are changing. Facebook Email Will Be Successful But That Doesn’t Mean [...]
Clouds in Boxes – Super Size It – Want Storage and Servers With That?
I was absolutely mesmerized by Larry Ellison’s keynote at Oracle Open World – the winning of the America’s Cup was one of the best short films I have seen. And just as I thought this could be fun, the keynote started with Larry defining Cloud Computing…
