All together now: cloud collaboration, social and docs
Cloud is transforming the way people work together in the enterprise, creating a rich opportunity for innovative vendors to make an impact
Cloud is transforming the way people work together in the enterprise, creating a rich opportunity for innovative vendors to make an impact
Innovation at the edge of the enterprise is transforming the profile of CRM, bringing cloud, social and mobile to the fore.
Microsoft, Google, Box, Huddle, Dropbox ... who will dominate the enterprise market for cloud-based file storage and collaboration?
The Web emphasizes connections, sharing and community. In this environment, the individuals, tools and organizations best adapted to thrive are those best able to connect. Not the fittest so much as the fit-most.
Chris Anderson, author of the new book about giving stuff away free on the Internet, says that freemium is now the main business model of the SaaS industry. I'm not so sure, but I do think some applications will end up free at the point of use.
Cisco's track record with WebEx belies its pretensions as a big player in cloud services, PaaS and SaaS. Despite its market presence, the Web meetings platform has not matched the pace of innovation seen elsewhere in Web collaboration
In a move that will horrify multi-tenancy purists but bring a smile to the face of many conventional ISVs desperate to launch SaaS offerings of their own, PaaS provider LongJump has today made its platform available as installable licensed software.
Within two years, Zoho expects to have more users on its CRM application than current market leader Salesforce.com. It may take a few more years to catch up with its rival's billion-dollar turnover, but there are several reasons for thinking Zoho will prosper.
Does it take the world's worst financial crisis since the South Sea Bubble to drive home perennial truths that have always been at the core of successful businesses? Generate cash by delivering products that help your customers generate cash.
The conventional wisdom of Office 2.0 says applications must be browser-only. But does that miss opportunities to use the cloud more efficiently and give users a more functional and satisfying experience?