SM: Where do you see the evolution? I think these functions, the file sharing function and the collaborative function and the integration, these three pieces we’ve talked about, I think it’s going to take some time for enterprises to fully adapt to this, especially on the integration function. I think it’s going to take substantial
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Sramana Mitra: What you’re describing is a time not too far in the future in the use case that you talked about, Tommy, in that you want to organize a sales conference with a bunch of customers. You want to invite them to this sales conference, and you need to pull data from Salesforce.com. Potentially,
SM: From your perspective, what is the state of the union, in terms of the connectors, that would allow you to realize the vision of deeper integration? BdA: I would say newer, contemporary, agile services like Podio are built on connectors. Podio is itself is built on its own APIs. So, new services are already
Sramana Mitra: How did you get into the market? This is a tough place when there are so many players going at it with so many different perspectives. Bernardo de Albergaria: Yes and no. Yes, because you have to position yourself vis-à-vis all the other players that exist in the market. Why are you different?
Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about where you see the industry going. I think the best place to start is the evolution of social collaboration. I think Citrix, along with companies like WebEx, did some of the pioneering work in online collaboration, which got us quite a bit farther than where we were in the 1990s
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Sramana Mitra: Everything is said in terms of the vision for talent management. That has been the vision for talent management all along. This is not new. Maybe this vision has not penetrated widely into enterprises and into business right now. That penetration is a factor of channels and technology adoption across the board over