The Open Cloud in Action: Rhomobile
Not surprising to me, much of the talk both on and off the presentation stage at the Open Source Business Conference yesterday focused on the economy: when and if the rebound is coming, and how open...
View ArticleApp World vs. App Store – Who Wins? (The Consumer)
I’ve been checking out Blackberry’s new App World over the weekend – and it has some pretty cool stuff. Of course, being second to the party means that there is a ton of cool stuff on Apple’s AppS...
View ArticleOne Billion iPhone Apps Proves the Promise of the Cloud
Just saw that Apple announced on Friday that it has seen more than one billion downloads of applications on the App Store and related areas for Apple iPhone applications. Wow. While the news is...
View ArticleThe Mobile Wars: Service Continues To Get the Nod Over Functionality
I found today’s news that the Blackberry Curve outsold the iPhone during the first quarter of this year not surprising. Nor do I think it speaks to disparities in functionality between the two, but to...
View ArticleCRM at Work
I was in touch with a partner today about CRM implementations and the volume and kinds of data that companies new to CRM are forced to handle. All too often, CRM becomes an exercise in managing...
View ArticleMonopolizing the Customer Experience
I’m kind of thinking out loud (typing out loud?) here, but a blog post by Sav Rodrigues of at InfoWorld got me thinking. Savio’s post is about the experience factor of the Linux desktop OS: people tend...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Novell’s Open App Store
I read that Novell is planning, or at least considering, launching its own app store for open source applications. I certainly agree with Novell’s VP of business development, Holger Dyroff, when he...
View ArticleAT&T and the iPhone: Service Over Functionality
I just came across a great post that really summarizes how AT&T is single-handily torpedoing the iPhone. Apple makes a slew of announcements out of its developer conference this week surrounding...
View ArticleLooking for Great CRM for Your Mac? Try the BitNami Sugar Stack
One of the great things about SaaS or cloud-based software is that all you need is a web browser to be up and running. And for the most part, the web architecture of Sugar means that all end users need...
View ArticleThinking About the Web, the Desktop and the Evolution of CRM Apps
I had an interesting Twitter exchange today with analyst turned social guru Esteban Kolsky. (If you’re not already following him – do so now) I asked the twitterverse what they felt the possibility of...
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