Consolidation in the Social Software Market Continues: VMware Acquires SocialCast
I have to admit that Tuesday’s announcement from VMware was a bit of a head scratcher for me, at least at first. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very familiar with SocialCast and have written several times that I think highly of the product and the team, as presumably SocialCast customers like Avaya, Humana, Nokia, Phillips [...]
When Will Your Job Be Consumerized?
It’s become all the rage to talk about the Consumerization of IT in the last few years. There are a lot of definitions of what the term means. Those who are looking to downplay it somewhat will toss out the idea that it’s copying consumer web technology into business software. One gets the idea that [...]
CRM Idol 2011 Update #3: Locked and Loaded
Okay. We’re locked and loaded. Reference checks done. Programs being put into place. Website in progress. A new prize. Final contestant list in place with times and dates complete. Here’s what’s happened since we last talked. Prizes We have new prizes. First, Donal Daly CEO of The TAS Group, has generously provided his sales deal [...]
SAP and Sybase – The Synergy Begins
Following a grueling three days at SAP’s Sapphire user conference, a few lucky analysts got to travel to New York and spend a day and a half with an even luckier set of analysts (you could tell who they were because their brains were still functioning) listening to presentations about how well the combined companies [...]
SAP and The Hoover Dam
First, I did not go to SAPPhire Now 2011. Had to get that out of the way quickly (and to confess I am late in filing my report, I was busy – sorry). I relied on the superb job that SAP did with the remote coverage (there were 7-10 sessions covered in real time, great [...]
