Becoming the verb for enterprise collaboration
“Box is becoming a verb in Schneider,” said Hervé Coureil, chief information officer at Schneider Electric, speaking in London today about the company’s pilot implementation of the Box collaboration platform. People have started saying, “Oh I’ll Box it for you” when they plan to share a file with colleague. The 140,000-employee energy management company is [...]
The cool kids grow up: Box.com and the SharePoint Shift
Levie is still funny and outrageous, and Box is still young and hip, but the company’s focus is clearly on making sure that growth and new markets are characterized by an astute reading of market forces, and not just on being cool and hip.
The New Engagement Platform Drives The Shift From Transactions
Convergence In The Five Forces Of Consumerization Of Technology Drives The Next Big Thing Social has given us the tools to connect. Mobile has given us the ability to interact any time and anywhere. Cloud delivers access points to us with a rich array of content and information. Big data provides us with the context [...]
Event Report: Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 #wpc12
Microsoft Provides The Passion And Products For Partners To Compete In A Post PC Era Microsoft kicked off its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, Canada amidst 16,000 partners (See Figure 1). Attendees caught the latest news and product announcements while sharing new business models and products for a post PC era. Key announcements for Day [...]
Will Yammer improve SharePoint?
It’s difficult to see how Yammer will improve SharePoint, or what value it will add for customers. It’s just another tool in an increasingly chaotic Microsoft toolbox.
The Yammer about Yammer Hides A Bigger Gap: Where is Microsoft’s HRMS Play?
As the rumors became reality about Microsoft’s acquisition of Yammer, and what that means for Microsoft Dynamics and its social computing strategy, I must confess a bit of bewilderment. While social is hot, and cool, and trendy (can you guess ……
WebEx founder backs Sharepoint killer Huddle
UK based enterprise cloud collaboration vendor Huddle is taking over where collaboration pioneer WebEx left off after its ill-fated acquisition by Cisco, gaining market share at the expense of Sharepoint.
Device Ubiquity at Work and Play: Are We Ready?
Device ubiquity across home and work is the new item on the CIO’s to do list. Interesting stat in The Telegraph about how employees are more productive if they use their own gadgets: According to a YouGov survey, businesses who let employees use their own technology see productivity increases of up to 30 per cent. [...]
Monday’s Musings: A Working Vendor Landscape For Social Business
Confusion Persists In The Social Business Market As with any new disruptive technology, the social business solution landscape faces a dynamic, confusing, and converging market. As vendors seek to grab mind share and market share, customers and prospects remain confused as to what are the right business problems to address with social business. However, rampant [...]
Rounded-out Box squares up to enterprise
Filesharing-to-collaboration cloud apps vendor Box epitomises how cloud apps are growing up to become enterprise-grade. Despite the rounded corners on the company’s cuddly brand image, it has had to sharpen up to become a fit for the square hole that is enterprise computing.
