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The Evolution of US Securities and Exchange Commission Rules

The Evolution of US Securities and Exchange Commission Rules

By Michael Fauscette on April 10, 2011

This week there was quite a bit of debate and discussion instigated by a letter from SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro to Rep. Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that was a reply to a…

Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged Business Models, social business, social web, technology, Web/Tech

Cezanne's Apple

Cezanne’s Apple

By John Taschek on April 7, 2011

Cezanne wrote once “With an Apple, I will astonish Paris.” Cezanne at the time was a notoriously sophisticated and gifted walking set of contradictions. He loved everything he hated and hated everything he loved. He approached painting with scalpel-like precision but with a scalpel to canvas nonetheless. He wanted the world to bleed – and […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged android, apple, cezanne, chatter, Facebook, loic le meur, mobile, Salesforce Chatter, salesforce.com, seesmic, Twitter, Web/Tech

Organized Robbery

Organized Robbery

By John Taschek on January 24, 2011

We’re at a time of rebellion against maintenance fees, which now include the elements of insurance, extortion, declining systems, and of course refactoring all of which add to the costs of any implementation. Add that into the actual implementation itself, and one is left with whopping fees and eventually ineffective…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged @stevegillmor, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CloudAve, Duncan Jones, Forrester, maintenance, maintenance fees, oracle, pricing, salesforce, salesforce.com, Web/Tech

Dreamforce: Decade of Inspiration

Dreamforce: Decade of Inspiration

By John Taschek on December 7, 2010

I was at the first Dreamforce. It was in a hotel — the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco and it attracted 500 people and perhaps another 200 employees — roughly 2/3 of the entire company. The big announcements were related to sales force automation, but the company also announced custom tabs and some nifty […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged benioff, chatter, Chatter Free, Cloud Computing, cloudblog, conferences, DCI, Dreamforce, Facebook, Marc Benioff, Moscone, salesforce, salesforce.com, Web/Tech, Weblogs, Westin | 1 Response

Does Twitter (Really) Make you Smarter?

Does Twitter (Really) Make you Smarter?

By John Taschek on November 29, 2010

When 95 percent of college students use social media tools, perhaps excessively, it seems almost impossible to isolate a study that tries to answer the question “does social media make you smarter.” This is an awkward and irrelevant question to ask and anyone who has been born since the industrial revolution but before Facebook was […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged chatter, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloudblog, Dreamforce, Facebook, salesforce.com, smarter, stress, taschek, Twitter, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Software is Roadkill

Software is Roadkill

By John Taschek on November 24, 2010

The fastest way to become roadkill to venture capitalists is to become a software company. Software may not be inherently evil (it has created wealth for many people that is in proportion to the pain it has provided to many customers). Software and specifically on-premise enterprise software, however, is clearly…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Appirio, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloudblog, Defrag, Facebook, Longworth, oracle, SaaS, salesforce, salesforce.com, start ups, startups, taschek, vc, VC investment, Vishy, Web/Tech, Weblogs

An debate with the Doctor of Failure

An debate with the Doctor of Failure

By John Taschek on November 21, 2010

Failure happens. There are many issues and stakeholders in any technology implementation process and any of them adds complexity that can lead to failure. The question is how much technology, the DNA of the technology vendor, and other stakeholders contributes to the failure. Is it always a project management issue…

Posted in Business | Tagged Cloud, Cloud Computing, failure, IT Project Failures, Krigsman, salesforce.com, Social, taschek, Web/Tech, Weblogs | 1 Response

Why? Why? Facebook Mail

Why? Why? Facebook Mail

By John Taschek on November 17, 2010

#FacebookMail? The basic childhood question is Why? Parents patiently answer with well thought-out questions only to be met with another "why?" Finally they give up and say Why Not? This of course haunts the parents for the rest of their lives. So when Facebook launches its email and people freak…

Posted in Business | Tagged Cloud Computing, Facebook, salesforce.com, Web/Tech, Weblogs | 2 Responses

Are Analysts the New Media?

Are Analysts the New Media?

By John Taschek on November 9, 2010

Technology media was further disrupted this morning when a seemingly minor announcement rocked the media world. The minor part is this – a new analyst firm was launched today. The disruptive part is that the assemblage of key influencers into one organization that is not advertiser driven. The new firm…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Altimeter Group, analysts, Cloud Computing, Constellation Research, ConstellationRG, Industry analyst, research, salesforce.com, Web/Tech, Weblogs | 7 Responses

Clouds and my Coffee

Clouds and my Coffee

By John Taschek on November 8, 2010

Dateline: Sydney Sydney is an amazing city, much like most Western large cities in many ways and much different too. The CloudBlog team decided to check on how Sydney perceives cloud computing – extremely well it seems. Within a half dozen meetings and one keynote from CloudBlogger Peter Coffee it…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, data center, salesforce.com, Sydney, Web/Tech, Weblogs

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