Posted in CRM on Jun 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Verizon’s announcement to purchase Alltel for $28 billion raises some interesting questions surrounding whether these mega acquisitions are ever good for the consumer?
In terms of the purchase, many analysts say that a regulatory review of the deal will result in Verizon Wireless being forced to sell off spectrum licenses in areas where its coverage overlaps [...]
Posted in CRM, SaaS, salesforce.com on Jun 5th, 2008 No Comments »
We live in a strange world. One where we can buy one of Bill Cosby’s hideous sweaters for charity with the click of a mouse.
But that is not my primary annoyance today. I just came across a blog that posits that Salesforce.com should be considered in the same size range as General Motors (yes, the [...]
Posted in Microsoft, Open Source on Jun 5th, 2008 No Comments »
In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, columnist Lee Gomes raised some interesting points about Microsoft, the most applicable for this blog being Redmond opening up Microsoft Windows. Of his comments, I particularly liked the following:
Open source software such as Linux is traditionally seen as the opposite of proprietary software from the likes of Microsoft and Apple. [...]
Posted in CRM on Jun 4th, 2008 No Comments »
In the process of writing a bylined article today on CRM 2.0 and reviewing our company’s partnership with Jigsaw, it’s obvious that businesses are still struggling to define, and thus, leverage and understand CRM 2.0’s business benefits.
There are still the common definitions of CRM 2.0, or the CRM 2.0 imperative as I like to call [...]
Posted in CRM, Open Source on Jun 4th, 2008 No Comments »
SugarCRM and Jigsaw are now working together to provide company data for sales organizations free of charge…think of it as a great way to get Hoover’s-type data without jumping through hoops or paying to access data.
This is pretty cool for a number of reasons…
First, Jigsaw is opening to doors to data that for the most [...]
Posted in CRM, Random on Jun 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
In an age where unlimited contracts are king – Sprint has just announced a pretty decent unlimited mobile usage contract for $99 per month – Time Warner (or as well called it in NYC – Crime Warner) is doing something that on the outset seems incredibly stupid.
I read that the provider is looking to charge [...]
Posted in Application Design, Google, Open Source, SaaS on Jun 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
So Facebook has announced that they’re opening up part of their platform and making it open source. It’s certainly a reaction to Google’s recent success with OpenSocial, and should make it easier for developers to add applications to the Facebook platform.
That said, I’ve always had mixed feeling about Facebook, particularly in terms of their ability [...]
Posted in Application Design, CRM on Jun 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
I like IBM’s commercials, for the most part, because I know a lot of us have been in similar situations…like the “Buzzword Bingo” ad, as well as the other ads where the zietgeist of working in a technology-powered corporate world is captured well.
This ad, which i saw this weekend while watching a ball game (it [...]
Posted in Open Source on Jun 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Gartner released its “Top 10 Technologies” report this past week, and open source wasn’t on it. Here it is:
Multicore and hybrid processes
Virtualization and fabric computing
Social networks and social software
Cloud computing and cloud/Web platforms
Web [...]
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