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- Sequoia bets on enterprise apps in the cloud
- Big-hitting VC firm Sequoia Capital has invested in SaaS pureplay integrator Appirio, making a bet that bringing cloud applications to the enterprise will prove to be a disruptive opportunity. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Professional Services, Sequoia Capital, Appirio, Cloud Computing, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- SAP's SaaS pull-out will help rivals in Europe
- SAP's SaaS pull-out will help rivals in EuropeBusiness By Delay - Trial By Fire Still NeededGreat point on validating the market and then withdrawing. It shows how little visibility they have had in terms of what is on / off track. No one plans to announce a 12-18...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales strategy, Sales force management, SAP AG, Appirio, software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- Appirio's eat-your-own-dogfood SaaS integration
- Appirio's eat-your-own-dogfood SaaS integrationAppExchange is doomed says eCommerce TimesI read an article on EETimes that shows why AppExchange is doomed to fail. The real hope for the industry appears to come from consolidated suites from the likes of Netsuite and BizAutomationAppExchange is doomed says eCommerce TimesI read an article on...
- Tags: Sales force management, software-as-a-service, Salesforce.com AppExchange, BizAutomation, ECommerce Times, consolidated suite, real hope, EETimes, NetSuite Inc., Appirio
- Discussion threads 2007-06-23
- How SaaS changes the SI universe
- Is SaaS disruptive enough to shake up the systems integration business as ferociously as it promises to shake up the software business? SIs that specialize in SaaS are banking on it. In the past few months I've had some interesting conversations with two leading Salesforce.com partners who believe they're building...
- Tags: Ecosystems, Development
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Opportunity Knocks for Salesforce.com (widget)
- The Opportunity Knocks for SFDC widget provides an always-on view of the activity in your accounts. As opportunity details change, you know about it. When a deal closes, you're the first to know. You set the rules - what size deals do you want to see? How large a time...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Appirio, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Software downloads 2007-06-07
- Sales Sleuth for Salesforce.com (widget)
- The Sales Sleuth widget was designed specifically with the fast paced Sales Rep in mind. Right on your desktop, you can quickly search on any account in your Salesforce.com instance to provide detailed account information. Need more info, then drill into the account to view the account contacts, support cases...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Appirio, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Software downloads 2007-06-05
- Appirio's eat-your-own-dogfood SaaS integration
- Specialist on-demand integrator Appirio runs its business on an integrated application infrastructure thats completely on-demand. Theres not a single on-premise application in the mix. Im always impressed when a company runs its own business on the same technology it makes a living from selling to others. It inspires confidence that...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Blogging, Appirio, software-as-a-service, Intuit QuickBooks
- Blog posts 2007-05-12
Additional Resources
- Is BBD hoist by SAP's on-premise petard?
- Is BBD hoist by SAP's on-premise petard?Business By DelaySAP locked 1,000 German engineers in an offsite location for five years to develop Business ByDesign. This follows the traditional model for building complex enterprise software-- your quotes from Leo regarding "perfection" reflect that mentality. Software-as-a-Service SaaS, on the other hand, allows,...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), BBd, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- CODA2Go and the economics of PaaS
- I had the opportunity to talk money last week with Jeremy Roche, CEO of CODA, the venerable UK-based business software vendor that has become the poster child for Salesforce.com's platform ambitions after the release at DreamForce Europe of its new on-demand financials application, built and delivered entirely on Force.com. Why...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Roche Holding AG, PaaS, On-demand, CODA2Go, Force.com, Coda, Sales Force Management, Sales, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- SAP's Business ByDesign: Explaining the Delays
- SAP's Business ByDesign: Explaining the DelaysBusiness By Delay - You don't know, what you haven't experiencedPhil has a great post on the topic on his blog that makes the point that after validating the market, the are now acknowledging its harder than they thought. After spending nearly three years...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Phil, SAP AG, SAP Business ByDesign
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- EXCLUSIVE: CODA2go on force.com
- Today in an exclusive preview, I saw CODA2go's first iteration. CODA2go is accounting software developer CODA's first foray at an on-demand accounting application service built on the force.com platform. CODA claims it is the largest development of its type on force.com. According to...
- Tags: Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterprise
- Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterpriseWhat a ContrastThis is a deep and insightful post, not a lot to add on the details of the announcement. But I did want to draw a contrast to the old world. Microsoft and SAP with Duet attempted something similar and...
- Tags: Sales force management, Google Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Google team, team
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- Google and Salesforce.com: Why don't they merge?
- Google and Salesforce.com: Why don't they merge?There are compelling arguments in favor ...as I speculated last year during all the chatter in the run-up to the original announcement of Salesforce's alliance with Google:http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=334But would Google be willing to pay so much? (it would have to be quite a bit more...
- Tags: Sales force management, Google Inc., Salesforce.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterprise
- Salesforce has just released see all coverage the long-awaited integration of its CRM applications with Google Apps, embedding email, documents, online chat and integrated calendaring directly into its core sales force automation, marketing and customer service applications. I've had advance warning of this move, as [in a paid engagement —...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Google Apps, Team, Application, On-demand, Integration, Google Talk Integration, Sales Force Management, Sales, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Google announces SalesForce integration with Google Apps
- Google announces SalesForce integration with Google AppsWe're live now ...... and we've set up a blogger resource center with links, videos and the live webinar stream, for anyone interested in covering the event: http://blogs.salesforce.com/googleapps/blogger-resources.htmlRE: Google announces SalesForce integration with Google AppsThese offerings start to bridge the gap between the tools...
- Tags: Sales force management, Google Inc., Google Apps, Salesforce.com Inc., integration
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- A plethora of PaaS options
- A plethora of PaaS optionsApple and Oranges Compliment One AnotherGreat piece that gets beneath the oversimplification that often 'clouds' the discussion. ISV needs are definitely different than the enterprise. We are big fans of several platforms including Force.com (http://www.appirio.com/blog/2008/02/may-force.php) and Amazon Web Services. In fact Appirio has...
- Tags: IT System, PaaS, PaaS option, plethora, Phil
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- SIs putting product onto AppExchange
- Microsoft partners wondering in the wake of last week's Worldwide Partner Conference how they'll adapt to the vendor's evolving 'Software plus Services' strategy may be enheartened by the experiences of some leading Saleforce.com partners. It seems that the SaaS model really does make it easier to create reusable code, which...
- Tags: Ecosystems, CRM, Business models
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- SaaS integration without the lock-in
- After reading my post about Appirio's eat-your-own-dogfood SaaS integration at the weekend, Zach Nelson of NetSuite wrote me an email to point out some of the downsides when integrating many different services in the way that Appirio has done:"How much would it cost to do what you described, and how...
- Tags: Ecosystems, Development, Integration, Mashups, NetSuite, Uncategorized, Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
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