By Brad Feld on March 10, 2010
Today, Amazon’s 1-Click patent was confirmed following a four year re-examination. Amazon now has ownership of a highly controversial and very absurd patent which I hope will only be used defensively. This a classic example of a “business method patent” that should simply not exist. I continue to wait patiently to see what the Supreme [...]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Facebook, google, jet pack, Patent, Patents, Supreme Court
By Michael Coté on March 8, 2010
Brandon and I sit down at The Dog and Duck Pub to test out TabbedOut while we discuss the past week’s news about the Austin tech scene – Facebook may be opening offices in Austin, places to eat and drink during SXSE, and a few other items.
Posted in Business | Tagged austin, Austin Tech Scene, Facebook, iPhone, sxsw
By Brad Feld on March 8, 2010
If you live in Boulder, it’s time to help bring the Google Fiber experiment to our awesome city. A bunch of folks from all over Boulder are working on the Boulder Fiber project to help us become one of the cities for the Google Fiber for Communities project.
Boulder is a perfect city for this. When [...]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Boulder, boulder fiber, Broadband Internet access, Facebook, fiber, google, Google Fiber
By Thomas Otter on February 27, 2010
My blogging mojo had left the building for a while, but for better or worse it returned today.
When I speak to enterprise software vendors they often moan about Excel. They say it is not secure, and that most spreadsheets contain errors. They preach about the dangers of information silos, of decisions made on old and [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged design, enterprise software, erp, excel, Facebook, microsoft, oracle, salesforce.com, sap, shelfware, software as a service, Spreadsheet, ui, usability
By Vinnie Mirchandani on February 26, 2010
Marc Benioff asks “Why isn’t all enterprise software like Facebook?”. And Charles Zedlewski of SAP responds a better question should be “Why isn’t all enterprise software like amazon?” Hey, it is good that enterprise software is looking to more consumery…
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Consultants, enterprise software, erp, Facebook, innovation, Marc Benioff, microsoft, oracle, ROI, salesforce.com, sap, usability
By Charles Zedlewski on February 25, 2010
Salesforce’s Marc Benioff was his usual provocateur self with his post on Techcrunch “The Facebook Imperative” where he asserted that “Why isn’t all enterprise software like Facebook?” is the important question he will wrestle with this decade. Let me humbly submit that we can probably wrap this up a little faster than that.
1. [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged Amazon, enterprise software, Facebook, Marc Benioff, salesforce.com
By Brian Sommer on February 25, 2010
So, you’re now a freelancer – While that wasn’t your career plan, initially, you’re a freelancer now. How do freelancers sell when they’re really great at delivery? Read part 2 of this three part series on the world of Inadvertent Freelancers
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Current Affairs, Facebook, Freelancer, freelancing, group dynamic, linkedin, marketing, Professional Services, sales, sales skills, Selling Professional Services, Service Providers
By Tom Raftery on February 23, 2010
Should FaceBook’s investors be worried that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from primarily coal-fired power?
FaceBook is fourth largest web property (by unique visitor count) and well on its way to becoming third. It is valued in excess of $10 billion and its investors include Russian investment company DST, Accel [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Accel Partners, arsenic, bp, climate change, co2, coal, data center, Electricity generation, Facebook, Fossil fuel power plant, Greenhouse gas, Greylock Partners, investor, investor revolt, mercury, PacifiCorp, pollution, radiation, Risk, selenium, shell
By R "Ray" Wang on February 17, 2010
Chatter represents both a collaboration application and platform
Announced at the 2009 Dreamforce conference in November, Chatter represents both a collaboration application and platform. Software built on the Force.com platform will gain the collaboration capabilities. Solutions in AppExchange will be able to use profiles, real time streams, and other API’s. Some key features include:
Aggregating streams [...]
Posted in Software | Tagged AppExchange, Apps Strategy, beta, Business 2.0, chatter, Cloud, Cloud Computing, collaboration, collaboration software, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Facebook, google, Google Wave, ibm, Linked In, Marc Benioff, Microsoft Outlook Social Connector, News Analysis, office productivity, Project Vulcan, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, salesforce.com, SoftwareInsider, user strategy, vendor strategy
