By Vinnie Mirchandani on December 19, 2014
Amazon has SAP Nation on the Kindle and in softcover. Over the next few weeks the book will be available in other print and eBook formats. As I have done with my other books, I plan to excerpt here about 10% of the book over the next several weeks for my blog readers. Here is […]
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By Denis Pombriant on October 20, 2014
A number of Salesforce AppExchange partners including Apttus, Kenandy and ServiceMax formed an alliance called the Force United Consortium back in April but I hadn’t had the chance to talk to anyone about it. It’s a cool idea and a way to differentiate a partner that makes good use of the Salesforce1 Platform. I got […]
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By Vinnie Mirchandani on October 20, 2014
Dreamforce this week had an even more festive feel than ever. Pennant fever gripped the town as the Giants played October ball. The Beach Boys sounded as youthful as ever during Benioff’s keynote. The many school kids invited in the keynote audience and Hillary Clinton’s talk of babies provided an even more youthful and optimistic […]
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By Brian Sommer on April 2, 2014
Recent remarks by a Microsoft executive about cloud ERP didn’t ring true. A little digging brings clarity around his claims.
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud ERP, erp, kenandy, microsoft, netsuite, Plex, sap |
By R "Ray" Wang on November 18, 2013
Salesforce Seeks To Tackle Digital Business At Dreamforce Over 125,000 virtual and physical registrants descend on San Francisco the week of November 17th for Dreamforce 13, a future of technology meets SXSW event. One day in advance of the largest enterprise software event of its kind, Salesforce.com announces Salesforce 1 (see Figure 1). The Salesforce […]
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By Denis Pombriant on November 7, 2013
For many years I have written a piece that attempts to forecast the major themes of Dreamforce. I believe I am not always right but the exercise is fun and helps me orient toward what should be happening industry-wide even if it’s not. This year is no exception. With no briefing yet from the company, […]
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By Brian Sommer on September 6, 2011
Events of the last week confirm it: Cloud ERP is a serious space. If you’re still expecting on-premise ERP to rule the day, it won’t. On-premise ERP will have to share the limelight with its newer cousins. The cloud and ERP, especially manufacturing software applications, are definitely in vogue. Vendors, investors and customers are piling […]
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By Michael Fauscette on September 3, 2011
The multitude of clouds floating around on light poles, buses, and buildings in San Francisco are coming down and the sounds of Metallica have stopped echoing in the streets as people (over 40,000 of them) flock to the Bay Areas’…
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