The innovation zealot in me felt instant disappointment today upon reading that Google Wave is no longer. The official word from Google: The use cases we’ve seen show the power of this technology: sharing images and other media in real time; improving spell-checking by understanding not just an individual word, but also the context of […]
I almost missed 2 very important social events when I was in Bombay earlier this year. One of these with my childhood pals that I don’t get to meet unless I’m visiting. Boy would that have sucked. Why? Because I don’t carry a Blackberry. And by extension, don’t use BBM – RIMs Instant Messaging Service […]
These are my favorite videos from SAP SAPPHIRE 2010. Mobile: Vishal Sikka on the Sybase acquisition You got the sense that one of the most important objectives of this Sapphire Event was to instill confidence in the market about SAPs continued prominent role in the business software. That comes, in big part, from clarity in […]
SuccessFactors, a very well known provider of business software, particularly with an HR and Workplace performance focus has acquired enterprise social business software provider, CubeTree. The terms of the deal from the press release are as follows: SAN MATEO, Calif. and REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – May 3, 2010 – Today SuccessFactors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFSF) announced […]
On the heels of SalesForce.com’s announcement of ChatterExchange this morning, FinancialForce releases Chatterbox – a rules based overlay on Chatter that allows businesses to associate the use of collaborative constructs with discrete business activity. For those of you not familiar with Salesforce.com’s Chatter, I covered the initial release, here. For all the benefits of Enterprise […]
I don’t focus on product launches or ‘breaking news’ here on Pretzel Logic. I have a full plate on the work front. The two exceptions when I not only cover but downright celebrate product innovation are: If I see traditional application or enterprise 2.0/social software vendors having the chutzpah to even attempt performance acceleration via […]
Enterprise 2.0 has a parallel universe. The first one that gets a lot of the press – product suites that offer Facebook like enterprise social networking, Blogs, Wikis, Activity Streams etc. The second is what’s been traditionally called Unified Communications – led by companies such as IBM and Cisco that are making a strong showing […]