Coming in 2012 or Not, Predictions for the New Year
There was an interesting article in the January 2012 edition of Vanity Fair a magazine I’ve come to enjoy though for many years regarded as another of those things my wife would like more than me. But VF carries an interesting blend of current events and politics as well as the glossy pictures and stories [...]
Salesforce’s Pragmatism
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, has often said that tactics drive strategy at his company. That’s the opposite of what we think of regarding how decisions should be made especially in big companies. The image is often of high-level decisions being refined into finer grained activities until you have tactics. Much of this is encoded [...]
Is Salesforce Slowing Down?
I am not a financial analyst and I don’t even play one on TV. Of course, judging by the last five years’ performance of those in the financial sector I’d say there is a serious dearth of such talent. Of course, that doesn’t stop the sector from issuing reports and guidance about individual companies. Heck, [...]
2011 Say Bye-bye!
Every year around this time I write two columns one on the year that was and another on what I expect the new year to bring. There is no methodology for this process and I believe this lack of method is important. I take a blank screen and fill it up with what has been [...]
Cloudforce New York and the Rise of the Social Enterprise
I was sitting in the “blogpound” at Cloudforce New York, the seating area where Salesforce.com considerately places press, analysts and bloggers along with tables, power and Wi-Fi, when it dawned on me. Despite all the articles, blogs and books (and Paul Greenberg’s ceaseless public speaking) dedicated to the social media phenomenon in CRM, we may [...]
Beyond Legacy ERP
There was a guest post on the Forbes Magazine blog last month that I can’t get out of my head: “For Enterprise IT, Time to Move Beyond SAP.” For the record, I am an ERP dilatant — I know about it but don’t follow it with the same passion that I follow CRM. And as far as SAP (NYSE: SAP) [...]
Oracle OpenWorld 2011: 10110101010…No, Really
Oracle, Oracle, Oracle. WHAT am I going to DO with you? On the one hand, you have certain parts of you that are very, very good. Word is (from a colleague or two who spends time talking to your customers) that your customers are generally content with you, though not ecstatic. All in all, you [...]
CEO battle: Oracle and Salesforce leaders play chess
The battle between Marc Benioff and Larry Ellison takes a surprising and interesting turn.
Oracle Buries the Lead
by Oracle_Photos_Screenshots At his second and final keynote address to the 2011 Oracle OpenWorld user meeting, Larry Ellison finally gave the rabid software oriented audience something to savor. Throughout the week the Oracle CEO and his minions had spent large amounts of time telling us about hardware or some other aspect of the business leaving [...]
#OOW11 WTF! Larry Cancels Marc, Oy…
WTF! I’ve been writing, talking and meeting all day. I thought I had the night off when this bombshell went off (it comes directly form Twitter): “RT @Benioff: Larry just cancelled my keynote tomorrow! Sorry #oow11! Join me @ St. Regis AME Restaurant at 10:30AM! The show must go on! Sorry Larry!” There are so [...]
