Tag Archive | Cloud Computing
Collaboration in the Cloud Grows
Collaboration in the Cloud GrowsCloud-based services continue to grow at a breakneck pace. Businesses of all sizes in all industries are moving many of their software systems into the cloud. This has a wide variety of risks and benefits depending on the cloud service being implemented, but one of the biggest benefits which we are only beginning to realize is increased collaboration.
Just coming back from Cloudforce Paris…
Thinking back about the day… What is probably the most impressive about salesforce.com is its constant ability to deliver, meet or exceed customer expectations and extend its successes.
What is ‘Cloud 2.0’?
For most of this year people have been discussing ‘cloud 2.0’, the next generation of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). There are a number of answers to this question, but I agree with salesforce.com that the biggest difference in the new generation of the cloud is mobility.
Back from Cloudforce London
I have attended several Cloudforce events over the last few years. It’s impressive to see how those events have grown bigger year after year and how much energy we get from these gatherings! Yesterday in London, we were about 3,000 people listening religiously to Mark Benioff, evangelizing the audience about the benefits of Enterprise Social Media and the new enterprise collaboration revolution.
SaaS vs. On Premise Product Configurators
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is everywhere today. From email to online office suites to enterprise applications from accounting to business intelligence to inventory management, countless individual and corporate users are abandoning their legacy on-premise software systems for the cloud. But is SaaS right for everyone and in every circumstance?
The Advent of Enterprise Social Networking
Everyone today from kids to grandparents is getting on Facebook today. The site’s, as well as other social networking sites’, ability to communicate without communicating enables us to keep up to date with old friends and acquaintances, as well as share our own photos, thoughts and other information quickly and easily. Many companies are understandably reluctant however to allow employees to engage in social networking activity while at work, and even more nervous about staff adding coworkers, customers and other business associates as friends on social networks due to the risk of too much personal information being shared inappropriately.
