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Why Microservices Will Become a Core Business Strategy for Most Organizations

Why Microservices Will Become a Core Business Strategy for Most Organizations

By Dion Hinchcliffe on September 14, 2018

As an industry, we have collectively returned to that eternal debate about what constitutes a largely technical evolution versus when an important digital idea becomes a full-blown business trend. This has happened before with Web sites, e-commerce, mobile applications, social media, and other well-known advances. It can be hard to remember that at first these […]

Posted in Featured Posts | Tagged APIs, business strategy, CDO, CIO, ecosystem, Enterprise architecture, microservices, platform

Let’s Hear It for the Ecosystems!

Let’s Hear It for the Ecosystems!

By Denis Pombriant on March 6, 2013

Could we have a moment of sustained loud noise for all of the companies that form the various ecosystems around major product lines?  I mean it.  The ecosystem, and maybe not even social, is the story of the last five years.  While many of us have been running around like Chicken Little talking up the […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged AppExchange, DocuSign, ecosystem, salesforce.com

Is Salesforce the new Oracle? Does it matter?

Is Salesforce the new Oracle? Does it matter?

By Phil Wainewright on October 29, 2012

Early in its history, Oracle started out as a fast-growing database start-up, becoming a case study in Geoffrey Moore’s classic Silicon Valley entrepreneur’s textbook, Crossing the Chasm. It was only later that it added an enterprise application stack and assorted platform components to eventually become the ungainly behemoth we know today. Is Salesforce.com following a similar […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged AppExchange, df12, ecosystem, enterprise software, oracle, salesforce.com | 3 Responses

Connecting the Enterprise - Employees, Customers, and Partners

Connecting the Enterprise – Employees, Customers, and Partners

By Michael Fauscette on August 17, 2012

Building out an enterprise social network (ESN) goes beyond just connecting employees to each other. Talking about a company’s ESN one might picture a single network, but in reality many companies will operate with several / many interconnected communities and…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Community, ecosystem, ESN, integration, network, silo, socbiz

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NetSuite SuiteWorld Part 2: Growth of the Platform Ecosystem

By Brian Sommer on May 21, 2012

Part 2 of NetSuite SuiteWorld big points: The Partner ecosystem of NetSuite is definitely gaining momentum. But, is the growth consistent with other major platform ecosystems? How is it differing?

Posted in Business | Tagged Accenture, apple, deloitte, ecosystem, Jim McGeever, netsuite, SuiteWorld, Zach Nelson | 1 Response

PaaS Ecosystems & ERP: The Next (and Hugely Important) Frontier

PaaS Ecosystems & ERP: The Next (and Hugely Important) Frontier

By Brian Sommer on April 10, 2012

ERP software and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) are on a collision course. Who’s ecosystem will reign supreme?

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged ecosystem, erp, force.com, netsuite, PaaS, Phil Simon, Platform as a service, salesforce.com, Service-oriented architecture, software as a service | 2 Responses

If you want to change the ecosystem you need to build an amazing startup

If you want to change the ecosystem you need to build an amazing startup

By Jevon MacDonald on February 21, 2012

At Founders and Funders this week we took some time to interview Dan Debow. It was a bit of a love-in I admit but that is just because I really love how much passion Dan has for helping those around him. He has made a big difference in a lot of people’s lives. I’ve benefitted […]

Posted in Business | Tagged ecosystem, Montreal, Startup company, startups, Toronto

If the Acela had existed 20 years ago, I could've purchased a round trip

If the Acela had existed 20 years ago, I could’ve purchased a round trip

By Chris Selland on November 19, 2011

Cross-posted from my Tumblr Good read on the NY tech scene – having spent a considerable amount of time in NYC recently, it captures the dynamic of what’s happening there quite accurately. As a transplanted NJ native & NYU grad who migrated to Boston 20 years ago because ‘that’s where the tech industry is’ – […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Boston, ecosystem, New York City, NYC

Flat Networks for Business Advantage

Flat Networks for Business Advantage

By Michael Fauscette on February 13, 2011

I was reading an article a few days ago and a term was used that intrigued me, flat networks. Now in context the term refers to the technical architecture of a computer network and is defined as a network in which all stations can reach the others without going through any intermediary hardware devices, such […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged ecosystem, flat network, flexible strategy, organic network, social business

Monday’s Musings: Thoughts On How Indian Infotech Companies Can Lead Instead Of Follow

Monday’s Musings: Thoughts On How Indian Infotech Companies Can Lead Instead Of Follow

By R "Ray" Wang on February 7, 2011

Disruptive Technologies Remain Top Of Mind Among Business Technology Leaders It’s always a privilege and a pleasure to reach out to clients and prospects around the world.  For those tracking my location, I’ve been in London, San Francisco, and Mumbai over the past 9 days.  The conversations have ranged from social business and enterprise 2.0 […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 3PM, Accenture, Cloud, deloitte, Deloitte Consulting, disruptive, disruptive tech, disruptive technologies, ecosystem, HCL Technologies, ibm, India, Infosys, innovation, Mahindra Satyam, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, NASSCOM, PaaS, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, strategic advisor, System Integrators, Tata Consulting Services, TCS, Third Party Maintenance, Thought Leadership, vendor strategy, wipro | 3 Responses

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