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enterprise 3.0
Salesforce.com Steps into the Main Arena
Today, Salesforce.com (Nasdaq: CRM) announced the acquisition of an OnDemand Content Management SaaS company, Koral, which is a Web 2.0 spin on a mainstream enterprise software application: Content Management. I listened to Marc Benioff’s presentation at the Four Seasons this afternoon. Marc and the CEO of Koral demonstrated some funky functionality, touting Unstructured Data Management
Expertise Location (Part 3)
[Part 2] In this part, we’ll discuss the financing of Trampoline Systems, and Charles will share his observations on the Extended Enterprise as it pertains to Expertise Location. SM: Did you raise Angel money? CA: Yes. $0.8m Angel money was raised from a number of investors, including the GuruWizard Fund, San Francisco. SM: Did you
Expertise Location (Part 2)
[Part 1] We’re talking with Charles Armstrong. One of the reasons I have chosen this topic is that I believe, it is one of the best applications for the enterprise to leverage web 2.0 principles. Charles Armstrong is Founder & CEO of Trampoline Systems. An ethnographer turned technology entrepreneur, Charles studied Social & Political Science
Expertise Location (Part 1)
I wrote a piece back in January called IBM’s Entry Into Social Networking, where I discussed the potential for applying web 2.0 techniques on the enterprise. Subsequently, I have written extensively about Enterprise 3.0 and the Extended Enterprise trends. A company from England had contacted me after reading the IBM piece. This company, Trampoline Systems,
Cisco’s War Cry Against Microsoft
Last week’s acquisition of Webex by Networking giant Cisco is a clear war cry against Microsoft. What battlefield will this war be fought on? My take is, Collaboration will become the battlefield for these two titans’ epic battle. I have already written about this last week. Now, I want to add to the theme by
Enterprise 3.0 Collaboration: eProject (Part 1)
I have discussed a framework for Enterprise 3.0 recently, and wrote a few pieces to illustrate the Saas and Extended Enterprise trends that I deem as the drivers. Here is a company, eProject, and its CEO Jeff Pancottine, answering some of my clarifying questions. At the heels of Cisco’s Webex acquisition, this seems to me
Future of CAD and PLM: Part 2
In Future of CAD and PLM : Part 1, I mainly discussed the enterprise software workflow and trends around which the reshuffling of the industry will happen, and I said that Autodesk is by far the best positioned to reap the benefits of this shuffle. In this piece, I want to discuss Hardware and OS.
Concept Arbitrage: Web 3.0 & Enterprise 3.0
Last summer, I wrote a Concept Arbitrage series focusing on the Indian market. The market has moved, and Consumer Internet and Mobile Value Added Services, which were turning hot then, are much too hot now. Valuations are very high. Much too high. At this rate, I dread to think how long it would take to
