By Michael Fauscette on January 4, 2013
As we move into 2013 it’s time to take a look back and see what major events shaped and changed enterprise software in 2012. It was an active year, particularly from the standpoint of continued consolidation in the enterprise software…
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By Sandy Kemsley on December 19, 2012
Appian’s V7 is available for customer download this week, having been used by some initial customers as early as last month, and internally at Appian since October, but they don’t plan a big marketing push until the new year. However, I was able to listen in on a webinar for their customers yesterday that described [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on December 3, 2012
Pace of Innovation Exceeds Ability To Consume Rapid innovation, flexible deployment options, and easy consumption models create favorable conditions for the proliferation of disruptive technology. In fact, convergence in the five pillars of enterprise disruption (i.e. social, mobile, cloud, big data, and unified communications), has led to new innovations and opportunities to apply disruptive technologies [...]
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By Sameer Patel on November 12, 2012
SAPPHIRE NOW and SAP TechEd, the European version of SAPs flagship customer event starts tomorrow in Madrid. It’s my first time here since joining SAP this summer and I’m really looking forward to it. From my (social and collaborative) vantage point, European Events are very special. I’ve spoken at many of them over the last three [...]
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By Michael Fauscette on October 31, 2012
It’s turning into a big news week for enterprise social network (ESN) software, first Yammer’s 1st user conference, YamJam12, and then a very interesting announcement from SAP. SAP has, in the past at least, not really exhibited a great deal…
Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged ESN, Jam, mobile, networked business, networks, oracle, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, SCRM, socbiz, social business, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social SW, social web, technology, Web/Tech |
By Louis Columbus on October 9, 2012
The best CRM systems change a company and its relationships for the better. Implemented well, CRM systems can take a business into entirely new markets while solidifying leadership in existing ones. Add in the easy-to-use nature of social networks, and the potential value of CRM accelerates even faster. The Social as defined by , heavily [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on October 7, 2012
On September 18, 2012, Pleasanton, CA based Spigit, a social innovation vendor acquired Crowdcast, a San Francisco based social business intelligence pioneer for an undisclosed sum. Crowdcast Founder/CEO Mat Fogarty and Chief Scientist Leslie Fine will join Spigit’s executive team as part of the acquisition. Crowdcast is backed by Menlo Ventures and Alsop Louie Partners. [...]
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By Brian Sommer on October 1, 2012
Marc Benioff is a great showman, salesman and speaker. His annual show, Salesforce.com’s DreamForce, has become the show to attend for application software buyers globally. Last week’s event was a high-energy affair chock full of product announcements, glowing customer testimonials and more. Marc’s keynote often sets the standard for what other vendors’ user conferences should aspire [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, df12, df13, Dreamforce, Dreamforce 2012, Humor, Marc Benioff, salesforce.com, Social Enterprise |
By Phil Fersht on September 24, 2012
We can’t understate the importance of social media on the enterprise. Hey – we bet our whole business model on it! And that’s why we hired one of the best thinkers in the social sphere to help us understand how social will impact business processes and how enterprises will operate in this new social world [...]
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By Michael Krigsman on September 24, 2012
Dreamforce was a huge cloud and social enterprise success, but salesforce.com still has challenges ahead.
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO, Cloud Computing, df12, Dreamforce, salesforce.com, social business, Social Enterprise |
