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- Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I
- (NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog. Â Let's see how that...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Give Jim Whitehurst his due and proper
- Soon Red Hat will surpass M$ in market sharePeople are tired of paying M$ tax and are switching to the better alternative: Red Hat.I think that is agressive statement that is not likeyI agree with you partly. Some people are dissassified with paying the Microsoft price. However like apple people...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., server
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Teradata unveils cloud strategy, answer for Oracle's Exadata machine
- Data warehousing giant Teradata is outlining its cloud computing strategy including an internal cloud service and a public offering via Amazon Web Services. In addition, Teradata is rolling out an appliance it claims will provide a big performance boost. The announcements, timed for Teradata's partner conference in...
- Tags: Strategy, Data Warehouse, Teradata, Oracle Corp., Performance Claim, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- CTIA: Android and Apps everywhere
- Locked UpWe'll only see real growth the market liberalises, and real competition is given a chance -- when I can buy an iPhone/aPhone outright and use it only any network.@leegeeUnfortunately, without those kinds of lockdowns and gaurantees of profitability for the producers & telecoms, there is no incentive for a...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, CTIA
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Poll: Where do you prefer to buy your camera-related products?
- Onlinewww.amazon.comwww.buydig.comAnywhere Those Cameras Contain Photos Of Rachel !SMOKIN'RE: Poll: Where do you prefer to buy your camera-related products?bhphotovideo.combuydig.comAmazonI find them to have good deals. I just order a Polaroid i735 7MP camera pink + 2gb SD card and a 2pk of Sonyo Eneloop batteries w/ charger for $100I got this...
- Tags: camera, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- If FaceBook is a "must-use", where does that leave us?
- Yesterday I read with interest that Facebook has become a "must-use" application. The San Francisco Chronicle article noted that As for the marketplace, I suspect that, as eBay came to dominate auctions, and Amazon dominates books, Facebook is about to become the dominant social networking platform....
- Tags: Facebook, Network, Social Media, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- CDs still sell: Who are these people?!?
- who buys cds? why buy cds?own/control music no DRM issues!control quality/type of rip (mp3, wma, bit speed etc)!if you want the entire cd's music why buy track by track?RE: CDs still sell: Who are these people?!?I buy um. Always nice to have the real thing around. They often have...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, CD, Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- Apple drops (another) Mac OS X security patch
- The patch to fix the patch that fixed the patch that Jack builtI laugh and I laugh and I laugh at those who suggest that people have to patch Windows more frequently than OS X. Those same people will then turn around and cheer Apple for releasing patches "as soon...
- Tags: Patches, Emperor, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., vulnerability, patch, OSX, security
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- News to know: VMWare; Facebook acquires Friendfeed; Facebook Search; MS Office;
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan:Â VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo? Joe McKendrick:Â Panel: too...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Microsoft Office, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Storage
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Sony's Reader: The road ahead
- Sony's Reader: The road aheadDRMDRM and more DRM. Paper books are so much better. Sony's record on DRM is worst than terrible. How will I trade e books with my sister? How many e books will ever be sold in flea markets or secondhand book...
- Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), Sony Corp., Sony Reader, e-book, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- News to know: FCC and Apple, AT&T; Windows 7; SAP; iPhoto vs. Picasa
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps full text of letters Garett Rogers: Apple and...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Google Picasa, Apple iPhoto, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Operating Systems, Software, Government
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- eBay's Q2: PayPal, Skype growth offset by declines at marketplace sites
- eBay's Q2: PayPal, Skype growth offset by declines at marketplace sitesEbayI rarily use ebay anymore. I honestly believe ebay and paypal has become greedy money hungry has-beens. The only thing that is worthwhile on ebay is finding unique items or antiques. Otherwise prices have become so competetive...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Fees, eBay Inc., PayPal, marketplace site
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
- News to know: Amazon-Zappos; eBay earnings; Windows server; AMD; Plastic Logic Reader; Apple-AT&T
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Don't Forget to Turn Out the Lights,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Plastic Logic, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, Matthew Miller, Earnings, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Team Management, E-books, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Does social media really correlate with the bottom line? Color me skeptical
- A study has found that revenue, gross margins and profits correlate nicely with companies that are the most engaged with social media. Should you build a portfolio around these highly engaged social media friendly brands? Probably not. A report by Charlene Li of the Altimeter Group and...
- Tags: Financial, Social Media, Financial Case, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?
- Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?WOWAs we all know from reading these forums, anything can be spun, and this article proves it.RE: Amazon's Kindle: A customer relationship management appliance?Following this logic an alternate explanation is possible -- Kindle is primarily a walled-garden distribution platform for maximizing sales by cutting...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Customer relationship management (CRM), Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., customer-relationship management appliance, Amazon Kindle, CRM
- Discussion threads 2009-07-20
- Amazon preps private label goods: Furniture, tools and linens oh my
- Amazon is diving head first into the private label business with brands for home furnishings, tools, kitchenware and linens. The strategy, which rhymes with private label moves by brick-and-mortar retailers, is likely to boost profit margins. In a research note, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster writes: ...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Tool, Wingo, Branding, Productivity, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploads
- Business models that revolve around "free" are never free since someone always foots the bill. Meanwhile, far more companies think they have more growth and scale to lower costs than they actually do. YouTube may be one of those companies that merely thinks it has the scale to eventually make...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Business Model, Video, Jeffrey Lindsay, Hulu, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Microsoft's Ozzie defends Microsoft's aggressive online spending
- Microsoft's Ozzie defends Microsoft's aggressive online spendingInteresting time aheadLooks like June is a big month for MS. We get to hear more about XBox, Zune, Pink Services, Kumo. And towards the end of year we have new Zune HD, xBox updates, Windows 7 and along with Zune HD a peak...
- Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Enterprise software, Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Micro-Soft, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
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