"Cloud of Clouds" - our 2009 predictions.
In 2008, we saw the early seeds of a "cloud of clouds" emerging. It started in April with Salesforce and Google announcing integration between Google Apps and Salesforce to bridge the gap between Google's productivity applications and Salesforce. Later in the year, at Dreamforce, Salesforce expanded the idea of a "cloud of clouds" by announcing integrations with Facebook (for social graph information) and with Amazon (for raw computing infrastructure). Salesforce ended the year with a bang, by announcing Force.com for Google App Engine.
Say Goodbye to Done
I found this recent paper published by the Nokia Research Center (via Putting People First) an extremely interesting read. It echoes and builds on some thoughts I’ve been having recently about mobile user experience and interaction design....
Read more about Say Goodbye to Done...A bench with two seats
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to hear Joshua Gutwill, a researcher at the Exploratorium, speak about Instrumenting Chaos: Understanding the Visitor Experience in a Free-Choice Environment. In the Q&A part of the talk, someone asked if...
Read more about A bench with two seats...And now also Tweeting....
Had I been a venture capitalist a few years back, and, had I entertained a pitch from the folks looking to develop Twitter, then here’s what I would have said (choking back tears of laughter): ‘OK, so let me get this straight, you want to develop...
Read more about And now also Tweeting.......Living the Dream - Salesforce, Google and SaaS
We at Appirio have lots of experience at big technology companies (SAP, webMethods, Borland) and classic enterprise software startups. We run Appirio differently from what we saw at these companies. We not only run our business using software...
Read more about Living the Dream - Salesforce, Google and SaaS...Employee Performance Made (Much) Easier
A couple of months ago, I talked about how important managing employee performance was to the overall success of the business. If anything has changed in those last two months, it is that employee performance is a bigger deal than ever. If you own...
Read more about Employee Performance Made (Much) Easier...Office 2.0 - Have Fun and Be More Productive?
First is the theme: Enterprise Adoption. Using online tools to "get things done" is a topic that all of us at Appirio have always been passionate about personally-- we run our day-to-day lives on Salesforce and Google Apps, and most of cringe every...
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