Tag Archive | Cloud Computing
Beyond the manufacturing boundaries, the future of CPQ
Increasing your overall cart revenue when selling an online insurance policy, reducing churn in the telecommunications industry, and building a quote for a potential client in the middle of nowhere: three different challenges, three different industries, one single solution – A Next Gen Configure Price Quote Solution.
While it is true that configure, price, quote (CPQ) technology was born in the manufacturing industry, today’s CPQ market has evolved and now encompasses other verticals such as the telecommunications, insurance and financial service industries.
Creating a Mobile Environment to Upsell More
Selling Power magazine highlighted trends in sales mobility by interviewing Tim Fowler, VP Sales UK at Cameleon Software.
Salesforce Chatter takes on Yammer and Twitter
In June 2010, Salesforce launched “Chatter”, a social network for companies, allowing their co-workers to update groups on projects and deals, to solicit comments and to spark conversations.
San Francisco invites the UK to Dreamforce
This is my first blog in a series that will (hopefully) capture useful insights and observations behind the activities that are Dreamforce 2011 in San Francisco, from an overseas exhibitor perspective. I’ll add a slightly UK-bias to my ramblings (think Bowler Hats, Cricket, Pubs, that sort of thing!); a sort of “Englishman in San Francisco”.
Cloudforce NYC 2011- Social, Mobile and Open
Marc Benioff couldn’t have said it better than he did during his Cloudforce New York 2011 keynote speech in New York, “If it isn’t efficient, democratic, scalable, green, or portable, it isn’t cloud computing.” With more than 15,000 customer running out of the cloud, a remarkable 5,000 registered to attend Cloudforce in New York, and more than half of the attendees coming from a small to medium sized business, it’s quite apparent that offering instant scalability to customers, with personalization tools, all wrapped within a social layer, will be key in moving into Cloud 2 Computing for 2011.
Let’s Go Mobile
Apple recently announced record business growth thanks in large part to the worldwide sale of nearly 15 million iPads. The launch of this tablet was a real, unanticipated success.
