Posted in Mobile, Open Source, SaaS, salesforce.com on Feb 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
The power/service outages that both RIM and Salesforce.com suffered the past week are nothing new. Both companies have dealt with these well-publicized events in the past, both because of technical issues or upgrades.
SaaS providers have always claimed non-disruptive upgrades are an important reason why customers should buy online, but as is often the case, the […]
Posted in Application Design, CRM, Conferences, Mobile, Open Source, SaaS, SugarCRM on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Manoj Javadevan, SugarCRM’s senior director of product marketing, outlined some of the hot announcements that partners, customers, and the media can expect to hear from SugarCRM over the coming year.
At the top is Sugar Data Center Edition (DCE), a new product offering built on top of the Sugar 5.0 framework. DCE will be a standalone […]
Posted in Mobile, Open Source on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
The Nokia/Trolltech deal is interesting, and I will see what comes of that. I like how Linux and open standards in general are penetrating more and more of the mobile world - it is important since the kinds of technology visions - even here at SugarCRM - will benefit in the end if users can […]
Posted in Mobile, Open Source, Uncategorized on Jan 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
Virgin Mobile made a notable open-source splash yesterday when they announced they implemented MySQL to run their text-messaging SMS database. The announcement carries significant weight, as it shows that support for MySQL, the LAMP stack, and other open source infrastructures, is continuing to grow within the enterprise segment.
The volume of database queries that Virgin Mobile […]
Posted in Application Design, CRM, Google, Mobile, Open Source, SaaS on Dec 17th, 2007 No Comments »
TechIQ just released a list of 10 OSS companies it feels will dominate in 2008. (I guess without writers for Letterman - this will have to suffice.) The list is pretty interesting - and its always nice when your company gets a nod - but I found it somewhat disturbing.
A lot of the companies are […]
Posted in Apple, Google, Mobile on Dec 14th, 2007 No Comments »
In a new Forrester report, analysts Benjamin Gray and Robert Whiteley served up 10 reasons why the iPhone isn’t ready for corporate America. Forrester argues, that while Apple will gain some penetration into the road warrior market, it will be primarily a result of osmosis, as some enterprise employees will purchase them and begin demanding […]
Posted in Application Design, Mobile, Open Source, SaaS on Dec 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Just read a report from IDC about the top IT trends they expect to see in 2008. (Click here to see a press release that outlines the key points.)
Essentially, the report notes that things like social networking, mobile platforms, online delivery methods, “web gadgets,” and appliances will be finally taken up en masse by larger […]
Posted in Mobile, Random on Dec 7th, 2007 No Comments »
I am warming up more and more to JetBlue. After moving to California and making all my elite status and flyer miles from Continental all but obsolete, JetBlue has been a nice find — roomy seats, satellite TV (which came in handy when watching my Eagles knock the smug grin off Tom Brady’s face, even […]
Posted in Apple, Application Design, CRM, Mobile on Dec 6th, 2007 No Comments »
I just read a nice review of the application software market in 2007, published by the 451 Group. While it was a good read, I think it left out a couple important factors that affected, or will affect, the market significantly.
While not an application in itself, the iPhone and more importantly the mobile Safari browser, […]
Posted in Mobile, Open Source on Nov 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
Telecom giant Verizon announced that they’ll be providing customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless network, wireless devices, software, and applications not offered by the company.
While not open source in the traditional sense, I nevertheless found this announcement an interesting play by a bluechip company in an industry known for being severely proprietary. […]
