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CRM Watchlist 2015 Elites, Part 2: Microsoft gets ecosystems

CRM Watchlist 2015 Elites, Part 2: Microsoft gets ecosystems

By Paul Greenberg on February 10, 2015

Since the last third of Steve Ballmer’s reign and continuing with Satya Nadella, Microsoft has made a commitment to thinking in ecosystems — and just in time. What can they do to improve?

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, CRM, CRM Watchlist, CRM Watchlist 2015, enterprise software, microsoft, Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer

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Microsofts Connected Tissue

By Vinnie Mirchandani on October 23, 2014

Mike Ehrenberg, CTO for Microsoft Business Solutions was describing his new CEO Satya Nadella’s management style – the senior leadership team meets twice a week. “It plays havoc with planning international trips, but allows us to iterate rapidly as a company” Kirill Tatarinov, EVP of the Business Solutions group says they have moved from Steve […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged ibm, microsoft, Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer

Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison

By Denis Pombriant on September 19, 2014

I was going to write a post about Larry Ellison leaving Oracle after he announced his retirement on Thursday but it is probably pre-mature. Ellison will become the executive chairman while Safra Katz and Mark Hurd run the shop as co-CEO’s and I have a lot of doubts. It’s not that Safra and Mark are […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Mark Hurd, microsoft, oracle, Safra Catz, Steve Ballmer

Satya Nadella: Microsoft, Coffee and the Relevance Question

Satya Nadella: Microsoft, Coffee and the Relevance Question

By Anshu Sharma on February 4, 2014

Satya Nadella is a highly accomplished, extremely smart Microsoft executive who is correctly receiving a warm reception from media and pundits. The question that remains open however is – is he the change agent that can help Microsoft avoid the fate that other Wintel players are facing? He clearly seems to have taken to Marc […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Bill Gates, Marc Andreessen, microsoft, MSCEO, Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer

Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft

Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft

By Denis Pombriant on February 4, 2014

Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft Note: In a bit of operator error an earlier version of this post clipped off the first para.  Here it is restored. Microsoft announced its selection of Satya Nadella to be the third Microsoft CEO today and I wish him well.  In a flurry of announcements, Bill Gates also stepped down […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Bill Gates, microsoft, MSCEO, Nadella, Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer | 2 Responses

Ballmer Will Retire in the Next 12 Months

Ballmer Will Retire in the Next 12 Months

By Denis Pombriant on August 23, 2013

From the get-go Steve Ballmer had an impossible job to do.  Long the number two man at Microsoft behind iconic founder and chief geek, Bill Gates, Ballmer got to take over when the Gates bubble was beginning to wear out.  Gates built the company he founded with Paul Allen from zero into the powerhouse of […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Bill Gates, Blue Ocean Strategy, microsoft, Steve Ballmer

News Analysis: Oracle’s Cloud Disruption Webinar Recording

News Analysis: Oracle’s Cloud Disruption Webinar Recording

By R "Ray" Wang on July 1, 2013

Oracle’s recent partnership announcements to supply Oracle technology to key cloud vendors such as Microsoft, NetSuite, and Salesforce.com create serious implications for the market.On June 28, 2013, Esteban Kolsky, Holger Mueller, and R “Ray” Wang discussed the implications  of Oracle’s recent partnerships for: Salesforce customers Microsoft customers NetSuite customers Oracle customers Cloud competitors such as Amazon, Google, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged @ekolsky, @holgermu, @larryellison, #bromance, Azure, benioff, Cloud, Dell, Esteban Kolsky, HANA, Holger Mueller, hp, ibm, Larry Ellison, Larry's Kids, Marc Benioff, microsoft, netsuite, oracle, R, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, salesforce, sap, saphana, Software Insider, SoftwareiInsider, SoftwareInsider, Steve Ballmer, TeleNovella, Vertica, Zach Nelson

News Analysis: Oracle’s Cloud Strategy – Revisionist History or Cloud Genius?

News Analysis: Oracle’s Cloud Strategy – Revisionist History or Cloud Genius?

By R "Ray" Wang on June 25, 2013

At the end of the day two veterans of the enterprise software industry, Hasso Plattner and Larry Ellison are re-inventing their companies through database innovations…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Apps Strategy, BigData, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, cloud security, Cloud Wars, colummnar database, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, Database, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, google, hybrid deployments, iaas, Larry's Kids, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Services Platform, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft STB, Microsoft Windows, News Analysis, oracle, Oracle 12C, PaaS, partners, partnerships, Partnerware, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, software bill of rights, Software Insider, Software Insider Index, software licensing, software ownership, SoftwareInsider, Steve Ballmer, vendor strategy, VMware

Steve Ballmer and Marissa Mayer Face the Same Problems at Microsoft and Yahoo

Steve Ballmer and Marissa Mayer Face the Same Problems at Microsoft and Yahoo

By Bob Warfield on July 17, 2012

I know this will come as a shock to many Microsofties who will hate seeing their company compared to Yahoo, but I firmly believe that Steve Ballmer and Marissa Mayer face exactly the same problems at their respective companies.  The only differences are matters of scale and position on the lifecycle to extinction.  Both are […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged apple, google, Marissa Mayer, marketing, Steve Ballmer, strategy, Yahoo | 1 Response

Microsoft Bamboozled by Yammer in $1.2 Billion Purchase

Microsoft Bamboozled by Yammer in $1.2 Billion Purchase

By Esteban Kolsky on June 28, 2012

Well, after that title — what else is there to say? Lots, hear me out – I’d like to tell you why I am going against all the optimists out there (although I do consider myself an optimist) and why I liken this deal to AOL acquiring Time Warner (and we all know how well […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged microsoft, NewsGator, sharepoint, Steve Ballmer, yammer, yams | 6 Responses

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