Chris Selland
VP Strategic Growth at Unifi Software. Previously VP positions at HP Vertica, Yankee Group and Aberdeen Group, amongst others.
An Expanding & Transparent Focus
I’ve had a great relationship with the team at Focus.com these past few years, and have thoroughly enjoyed working with the company and their active, growing community of practitioners & experts as both the community and the business expands. So I was delighted to see the latest set of updates rolled out yesterday, in particular […]
My 2 cents on Oracle, Salesforce and the Cloud
Have been following the chatter closely on StockTwits, among the Enterprise Irregulars, and elsewhere after Oracle’s big miss. Here’s my 2 cents… Cloud/SaaS/OnDemand software (choose your buzzword) is a powerful long-termtrend – buyers are shifting strongly in this direction and it represents a tremendous market and investment opportunity. This is long-term bullish for flagship vendor Salesforce.com ($CRM) and a […]
The Innovator’s Dilemma Meets (and Eats) the Cash Cow at Microsoft
Microsoft is frequently cited as an undervalued stock and a profit machine. But the Innovator’s Dilemma is meeting the BCG Matrix at Microsoft – right now – as the advent of cloud computing destroys the value – and profitability – of their primary Windows and Offices franchises. To the company’s credit, they have recognized the challenge and aggressively attempted to respond, but […]
Crappy Content is a Crappy Business
Came across this Tweet a few moments ago from my friend Leigh. content is a crappy business $AOL “@hblodget: There Is Something Fundamentally Wrong With AOL’s Media Business read.bi/vPzhT4” — Leigh Drogen (@LDrogen) December 17, 2011 I was about to RT or write a snarky reply, but then I got thinking about Christopher Hitchens, especially after reading Christopher […]
SAP Partners with NetBase – Another Proof Point for the Arrival of Enterprise Social
SAP AG and NetBase today announced that SAP will resell NetBase solutions in order to combine traditional business intelligence with social analytics. This partnership is aimed at “enabling the socialization of enterprise processes and applications” and providing a “wider and deeper perspective on a range of activities, from product development to marketing to customer support.” […]
Twitter Goes for Reach – The Link Between ‘Social’ and ‘CRM’?
This recent post from Useful Social Media entitled ‘Is Twitter the call centre of the future?’ illustrates a trend we’ve seen a great deal of recently while working with various Terametric clients, prospects and speaking at events. Specifically, that the power of Twitter as a communications vehicle isn’t necessarily limited to the Marketing department, and […]
A few days with a Chromebook
My son has been using one of my old MacBooks (an Air – lucky kid) for his homework these past few months, but a few weeks ago the logic board died – according to the Genius Bar a ~$500 fix. Since a new MacBook would cost comparable money, and since his need for the laptop […]
If the Acela had existed 20 years ago, I could’ve purchased a round trip
Cross-posted from my Tumblr Good read on the NY tech scene – having spent a considerable amount of time in NYC recently, it captures the dynamic of what’s happening there quite accurately. As a transplanted NJ native & NYU grad who migrated to Boston 20 years ago because ‘that’s where the tech industry is’ – […]
I Don’t ‘Like’ to Annoy my Friends
While I was well aware (how could you not be) that Facebook has been on a mission to place ‘Like’ buttons everywhere, apparently I wasn’t paying attention when the company decided to handle how they manage those ‘Likes’. I dropped by my Wall earlier today and found that now everything I ‘Like’ is posted there. I […]
Just What I (Don’t) Need, More News
I’ve been playing around with LinkedIn Today for a bit and have come to the conclusion that, as much as I like both LinkedIn and their partner Twitter, it doesn’t work for me. I absolutely understand how LinkedIn needs more pageviews and time spent on their site – especially with their upcoming IPO. I am […]
