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- When thinking PaaS, think about it in terms of audience
- Software as a service has turned into platform as a service (as if we needed another "aaS") and as this application battle royale gets underway developers need to think about these efforts in terms of audience. For instance, Bill Appleton, CTO of DreamFactory, which makes cloudware--rich Internet...
- Tags: Intuit QuickBase, Platform, PaaS, Salesforce.com AppExchange, DreamFactory, Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Project Management, Sales Force Management, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- Intuit enters the PaaS wars
- What Salesforce.com and WebEx have always talked about doing with their PaaS platforms, Intuit is now doing with QuickBase -- and with a much bigger developer ecosystem. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Developer, Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBase, PaaS, Intuit QuickBooks, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Sales, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Is 2008 the year the telcos crack SaaS?
- Is 2008 the year the telcos crack SaaS?Telcos Being Behind the Curve Worries MeDoes it worry anyone else that the Telcos, the underlying architecture of the Internet is so being the curve when it comes to emerging trends in technologies.The are so burdened by their traditional way of thinking they...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Software as a Service (SaaS), Mobile Phone Technology, Salesforce.com AppExchange, telecommunications company, British Telecommunications, software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2008-01-14
- Leapblogging: The Salesforce.com Ecosystem Debate, Round II
- Dan Farber’s rebuttal to my most recent post on Salesforce.com seems to miss the main point of my blog, and instead goes into an extensive discussion about a broader comparison between the two companies than I ever intended to make. I never claimed that the two...
- Tags: Business Structures, Ecosystem, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum, Partnership, Sales, Sales Force Management, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Salesforce.com Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- Appexchange a bust?
- Appexchange a bust?AppExchange/Force is a BustThe word I get on the street is that Dreamforce was exciting, but AppExchange, now Force, is a bust. It is seen as having improved only incrementally with VisualForce, and most people I talk to want to believe that there is substance in something...
- Tags: Sales force management, Salesforce.com AppExchange, bust
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- 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
- 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
- Perhaps Google will buy Salesforce.com after all
- Perhaps Google will buy Salesforce.com after allNetsuite might be a bargainRather than paying a premium for SF.com, Netsuite could be picked up for a song.GoogleForcePhil:Nice analysis. Google is putting a ton of effort into enterprise sales - but as you noted - it is all ad sales. Applications...
- Tags: Sales force management, Google Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Salesforce.com AppExchange
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- How is AppExchange really doing?
- How is AppExchange really doing?You have your facts wrong on the salesforce APIYou state that Team Edition and Professional Edition don't let customers use the salesforce API. That is false.AppExchange Applications can use the API with Team and Profession Editions if they are "Certified".The two example you mentioned,...
- Tags: Sales force management, Team management, Saleforce.com, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Professional Edition, team, API
- Discussion threads 2007-05-10
- How is AppExchange really doing?
- After last months AppExchange announcements, I thought it might be a good moment to try and take stock of Salesforce.coms application platform and how well or otherwise its been doing. Some observers, such as ZDNet blogger Joshua Greenbaum, suspect that AppExchange is all hype and no revenue. At the opposite...
- Tags: CRM, Ecosystems, Marketplaces, Salesforce.com
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
- Salesforce demos AppExchange platform
- CEO discusses "developing software as a service"At Software 2007 in Santa Clara, Calif., Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and vice president of developer marketing, Adam Gross, show off the company's AppExchange platform. The technology enables users to build, run and sell enterprise applications on-demand.
- Tags: AppExchange Platform, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Salesforce.com Inc.
- Videos 2007-05-09
- Salesforce.com unbundles Apex platform from CRM apps
- As promised, salesforce.com is unbundling its Apex development platform from its CRM suite of applications. With the new Salesforce Platform Edition, developers can build and deploy applications independent of salesforce.com’s CRM applications. The company expects to have applications in new categories, such as ERP, ecommerce, financial services, human resources...
- Tags: General, Web Technology, Salesforce.com, SaaS, IT Management
- Blog posts 2007-04-22
- Salesforce.com's Koral buy changes the game
- Thank you Salesforce.com. Your acquisition of AppExchange partner Koral will certainly liven up the keynote discussion Ill be moderating at next weeks SaaScon show in Santa Clara, CA, entitled Understanding SaaS Platforms and Ecosystems. Im sure panelist Rene Bonvanie, general manager of AppExchange and developer relations will face some...
- Tags: Salesforce.com, Collaboration, Web 2.0, Ecosystems
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Racing for The Cliff -- Salesforce.com and The Looming Competitive Market
- Racing for The Cliff -- Salesforce.com and The Looming Competitive MarketIt's all quite insaneI've used them all. Salesforce, Siebel, Oracle and they all suffer from trying to be all things to all companies. Apps that fit your workflow can be pretty simple. Complexity leads to feature bloat,...
- Tags: Sales force management, software-as-a-service, Salesforce.com AppExchange, SFDC, Salesforce.com Inc., DreamFactory, mashup, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Will WebEx Connect challenge SFdC's AppExchange?
- Financial results from on-demand collaboration vendor WebEx got a warm welcome yesterday on Wall St, which bid up the stock price 21% over the course of the day. The reaction was probably down to simple financial metrics: WebEx maintained its growth momentum, increased its operating margins and said it expected...
- Tags: Ecosystems, Collaboration, WebEx, WebEx Communications Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-02-02
- Vertical Response: A pay-per-send volume email solution that works from within Salesforce.com
- Weve got some video that goes with this post. The text below covers ground thats not covered in the video. But if you want to go straight to the video anyway, click here.By now, youve probably heard about AppExchange and APEX; two salesforce.com initiatives that are designed to take the...
- Tags: General, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Office 2.0, Web technology, Salesforce.com Inc., Salesforce.com AppExchange
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- Salesforce.com
- In 2000, Salesforce.com started selling a basic CRM solution delivered via the Internet. The company was swimming against the tide. Businesses, especially large enterprises, werent disposed to giving up control of their applications and infrastructure to a startup with outspoken and sometimes bombastic CEO Marc Benioff, who proclaimed the "end...
- Tags: General, IT Management, SaaS, Salesforce.com, Apex, Marc Benioff
- Blog posts 2007-01-19
- Cognos joins AppExchange but isn't going SaaS
- Cognos joins AppExchange but isn't going SaaSCelequest/Cognos SAAS vs LucideraI read with amusement Ken's comments on our SaaS offering and acquisition by Cognos. His comments are particularly rich coming from a company whose products have been in beta for ever. Perhaps you should speak with the salesforce.com folks...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales force management, Salesforce.com AppExchange, Cognos Inc., LucidEra, software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2007-01-18
- Cognos joins AppExchange but isn't going SaaS
- BI vendor Cognos has followed in the footsteps of its rival BusinessObjects in joining Salesforce.coms AppExchange marketplace this week, but that doesnt mean its embracing SaaS, oh no. UK-based title IT Week reports: "Graham Walter, vice president of Cognos in the UK, Middle East and South Africa, ......
- Tags: Business applications, Celequest, Cognos Inc., Saas
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
- Reuse, redundancy and the chasm 2.0
- Reuse has been a constant and yet elusive goal throughout the history of software. Today its a key part of the argument for adopting SOA, SaaS and Web 2.0. But I have a feeling that people approach it with one of two contrasting mindsets, only one of which is destined...
- Tags: SAP, Salesforce.com, Ecosystems, Web 2.0, Marketplaces, Development, mindset
- Blog posts 2007-01-16
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