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Celio REDFLY: A Smartphone’s Mobile Companion

Brad Baldwin — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:00:48 +0000

When Celio Corporation received a 2008 CES Innovations Award this past November, the news was out that Ceilo was up to something cool. Kirt Bailey, CEO of Celio Corporation — and former Intel Capital director involved with mobility markets, sat down with Brad Baldwin of Rocky Mountain Voices and shared the story of the REDFLY Mobile Companion.

As Bailey reminds, today’s smartphones are approaching (or already have) the processing power of computers. The REDFLY unleashes the mobile computing and communication power of today’s smartphone that is trapped beneath a tiny screen. The REDFLY is a 1″x6″x9″ clamshell device that connects to a smartphone via Bluetooh or USB to enhance a smartphone with an 8″ high-resolution display, full-function keyboard, touchpad and 8-hour battery life. The REDFLY also has a standard VGA port for output to projectors and displays and charges your phone while in use.

Bailey sees a big benefit for the mobile business traveler who seeks to stay connected while shedding pounds. REDFLY lets salespeople more easily use Salesforce.com or other Web 2.0 apps, allows business managers to forecast in Excel, or helps executives keep up on email — all from their their smartphone and the 1.9 pound REDFLY.

Benefits of a Virtual CFO

Brad Baldwin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:27:41 +0000

Mark Marshall, Managing Director of The Accend Group, provides outsourced accounting services and the financial decision making on a virtual model. Like Salesforce.com, Marshall’s organization “rents” the CFO and general accounting services on a monthly basis. One of the top sources for acquiring new customers is venture capitals. VCs want their money going toward core sales and marketing or development, not unnecessary expenses. At the same time, these same VCs like knowing that CFOs with proven track records are close to their investments.

Tags: Mark Marshall, Accend Group, Salesforce.com

Force.com Chalk Talk: Salesforce.com, Adobe and StakeWare part 3

Aron Pruiett — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:05:57 +0000

In this final episode from Force.com’s Chalk Talk meet Natan Zaidenweber (Founder and CEO, StakeWare). StakeWare has also partnered with Salesforce.com in order to bring multi-tenant architecture and corporate social awareness together. Managing risk with software applications is the challenge StakeWare is embracing with On-Demand.

Will sustainable software help avoid litigation? With indicators in place to create a pipeline of information regarding environmental impacts and resources, will indicators also create active solutions?

Tags: Force.com, Chalk Talk, Natan Zaidenweber, StakeWare, Salesforce.com, On-Demand

Force.com Chalk Talk: Salesforce.com, Adobe and StakeWare part 2

Aron Pruiett — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:37:02 +0000

Is Flash remaining a secure choice for web service? Will AIR and multi-tenant architecture from Salesforce.com become the industry standard for customer relationship management?

In the first episode of Force.com’s Chalk Talk, Adam Gross presented Salesforce.com’s demo and in part two he introduces James Ward (Technical Evangelist) from Adobe.

Text UI to client server applications to web applications led to compromises within the UI. Adobe has returned with an improved user interface through their Flex software and partnership with Salesforce.com open architecture.

Natan Zaidenweber (Founder and CEO, StakeWare) presents in part 3.

Tags: Flash, AIR, Salesforce.com, Force.com, Adam Gross, James Ward, Technical Evangelist, Adobe, Text UI, client server, Flex, open architecture, Natan Zaidenweber, StakeWare

Force.com Chalk Talk: Salesforce.com, Adobe and StakeWare

Aron Pruiett — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:56:19 +0000

Adam Gross (Vice President of Developer Marketing, Salesforce.com) presents an interactive technical conversation involving both SaaS and platform application development technologies as well as the partnerships with Adobe and StakeWare.

On-Demand data bases, infrastructure, integration, developer priorities and resource management all get attention in this setting hosted from OutCast Communications.

Web as platform is quickly gaining capability with Apex, will the boundaries of architecture provide a compromise or more stability to multi-tenancy?

…stay tuned for more from James Ward (Technical Evangelist, Adobe) and Natan Zaidenweber (Founder and CEO, StakeWare).

Tags: Adam Gross, SaaS, platform application development, Adobe, StakeWare, OutCast Communications, Apex, James Ward, Technical Evangelist, Natan Zaidenweber, StakeWare

“The Next Big Thing” part 2

Aron Pruiett — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:00:13 +0000

In part two of the Dreamforce07 keynote, Robert Thurman and George Lucas open their conversation up to personal insights and philosophies around education, survival and knowledge.

As part of an ecosystem, what roles will innovation and technology take on? As populations grow and diversity increases globally, will the momentum be matched in education? Is there profitability in compassion and altruism?

Tags: Dreamforce07, Robert Thurman, George Lucas

“The Next Big Thing”

Aron Pruiett — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:00:17 +0000

George Lucas brought news of Edutopia.org and the George Lucas Educational Foundation to Dreamforce07, where he spoke with Robert Thurman about his background and educational experience before “Star Wars.”

What is missing in the education system that has created the need for advertising and marketing on order to gain interest in building basic cornerstones for innovation? Will innovation and technology create solutions to classroom overcrowding and instructor quality?

Tags: George Lucas, Edutopia.org, George Lucas Educational Foundation, Dreamforce07, Robert Thurman

Dreamforce: THE FUTURE OF SOFTWARE part 2

Tom Foremski — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:53:04 +0000

Marc Benioff, founder, chairman & CEO of salesforce.com, kicks off Dreamforce ‘07, with exciting product, platform, and customer announcements you won’t want to miss. Witness as salesforce.com unveils the next generation of on demand and learn what that means for your success. See how community-driven models-arising from the Internet-inspire and create new possibilities for companies of all sizes to innovate without infrastructure.

Tags: Marc Benioff, Dreamforce ‘07

Dreamforce: THE FUTURE OF SOFTWARE part 1

Tom Foremski — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:09:24 +0000

Marc Benioff, founder, chairman & CEO of salesforce.com, kicks off Dreamforce ‘07, with exciting product, platform, and customer announcements you won’t want to miss. Witness as salesforce.com unveils the next generation of on demand and learn what that means for your success. See how community-driven models–arising from the Internet–inspire and create new possibilities for companies of all sizes to innovate without infrastructure.

Tags: Marc Benioff, Dreamforce ‘07

Executive Q A: Salesforce.com, a Dreamforce07 session

Aron Pruiett — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:19:54 +0000

Service on demand, name changes, metadata, customer satisfaction, monetizing strategies and multi-tenant data architecture options are all addressed during this question-and-answer session from the Dreamforce07 conference in San Francisco.

Speakers from Salesforce.com include Marc Benioff, chairman & CEO; Parker Harris, executive vice president; George Hu, chief marketing officer and Steve Cakebread, CFO.

Tags: multi-tenant, Dreamforce07, Marc Benioff, Parker Harris, George Hu, Steve Cakebread

DreamForce: The Future of On Demand

Tom Foremski — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:35:25 +0000

Nick Carr is an acclaimed business writer and speaker whose work centers on strategy, innovation, and technology. His 2004 book “Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage,” published by Harvard Business School Press, set off a worldwide debate about the role of computers in business. Nick Carr heads this conversation on “The Future of On Demand,” with industry visionaries and IT experts. They discuss the broader ramafications of software as a service, applications as well as broad platforms, such as Salesforce.com.

Tags: Nick Carr, Does IT Matter?, The Future of On Demand, software as a service

A VC Panel from Office 2.0

Aron Pruiett — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:19:28 +0000

From the 2007 Office 2.0 Conference, Sean Wise moderates a panel consisting of Sam Angus (partner, Fenwick & West), Jeff Clavier (managing director, SoftTech VC), Jai Das (investment partner, SAP Ventures), M.R. Rangaswami (founder, Sand Hill Group) and Gordon Ritter (general partner, Emergence Capital Partners).

Investment knowledge surrounding venture capital and angel investment, its successes and mistakes are discussed. Is money the only return investors are looking for? Or is the value found through the team leaders from both sides of investment? Enterprise examples such as Virsa Systems, Mint and Salesforce.com are mentioned.

Tags: Sean Wise, Sam Angus, Jeff Clavier, Jai Das, M.R. Rangaswami, Gordon Ritter, venture capital, angel investment

Dreamforce: Cisco’s Chief Touts the Power of Internet Video

Tom Foremski — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:20:26 +0000

John Chambers, the CEO of Cisco Systems, gave a keynote at Saleforce.com’s user conference. He spoke about the growing use and importance of Internet video in helping companies collaborate on projects and communicate with staff and customers. Internet video will be a key driving force fueling the expansion of corporate networks and the global Internet.

Tags: John Chambers, Cisco Systems, Saleforce.com, Internet video, corporate networks

Rohit Agarwal on his New Book on Innovation

Kiruba Shankar — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:15:26 +0000

Rohit Agarwal is the founder and CEO of techTribe Networks, a software company that enables current and future professionals to connect with others to enhance their careers.

Rohit recently co-authored a book along with Patricia Brown, titled, How Innovators Connect.

“How Innovators Connect” is an attempt to showcase innovation through the experiences of more than 40 successful innovators in Silicon Valley and India. Innovation is a process that demands connectivity, and cannot be performed in a vacuum. Based on numerous conversations, the authors discovered that each of the successful innovators shared connectivity traits. Although they all had different approaches, there were common sets of principles. The book explores the core principles of connectivity that form a framework for innovation, and contains learning from:

Jawad Ansari (Miven Ventures), Jan Baan (Baan, Cordys), Eric Billingsley (eBay), Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com), Drew Clark (IBM), Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande (Sycamore), Tom Erickson (Systinet), Stuart Evans (Cambridge University), Ashish Gupta (Junglee), Umang Gupta (Keynote, Gupta Corp.), Mark Hanny (IBM), Dan Harden (FrogDesign, Whipsaw), Mark Hoffman (CommerceOne, Sybase), James Hong (HOTorNOT), Bradley Horowitz (Yahoo), Subrah Iyer (WebEx), Kiran Karnik (NASSCOM), Guy Kawasaki (Apple), Emmett B. Keefe III (iRise), Jerry Kennelly (Riverbed), Joe Kraus (Excite, JotSpot), Audrey MacLean (NET), Phaneesh Murthy (iGate), Ram Mynampati (Satyam), Mark Lewis (EMC), M.R. Rangaswami (Sand Hill Group), Rajeev Samant (Sula Wines), Manoj Saxena (Webify, Exterprise), Ram Shriram (Google), Ashmeet Sidana (Foundation Capital), Vishal Sikka (SAP), David Skok (Silverstream), Louis Teto (Taleo), and many more.

For Rohit, the book is not a commercial effort, but part of his passion for spreading the message of innovation in India.

Tags: Rohit Agarwal, techTribe, Patricia Brown, How Innovators Connect, Silicon Valley, India

Salesforce Foundation’s Suzanne DiBianca on the Business of Changing the World

John Ince — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:43:00 +0000

Suzanne DiBianca, executive director of the Salesforce Foundation, talks about the innovative practices and principles of integrated corporate philanthropy evangelized in a new book, “The Business of Changing the World.” The book is co-authored by Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, Steve Case, founder of America Online and a galaxy of other high-profile corporate CEOs. She talks about how Google has also come to adopt the Saleforce.com “one one one” model of corporate philanthropy. This is the second in a two-part podcast.

Tags: Suzanne DiBianca, Salesforce Foundation, philanthropy, Marc Benioff, Steve Case

Salesforce Foundation’s Suzanne DiBianca on New Models of Corporate Philanthropy

John Ince — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:16:37 +0000

Suzanne DiBianca is the executive director of the Salesforce Foundation. Here, she talks about how she and Salesforce.com Founder Marc Benioff worked together to create a new model of “integrated philanthropy.” Their so-called “one-one-one model” seeks to leverage each of the three core components of the company — employee time, shareholder equity and company product — for the good of the broader community. Thus one percent of the Salesforce.com’s equity is owned by the Foundation and helps fund its philanthropic efforts. This is part 1 of a 2-part podcast.

Tags: Suzanne DiBianca, Salesforce Foundation, Salesforce.com, Marc Benioff, integrated philanthropy

Seshan Rammohan on TiECon 2007: The New Face of Entrepreneurship

Kamla Bhatt — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:18:32 +0000

If there is one networking event where people of the Indus or South Asian region congregate to network and connect, it is the The Indus Entrepreneur’s annual event: TiECon. Over the years, TiECon has evolved to become an important networking event for technologists, investors and entrepreneurs from around the world. About 4,000 people are expected to attend this year’s TiECon event in Santa Clara, Calif., next month.

Seshan Rammohan is executive director of TiE’s Silicon Valley chapter. Here, he talks about the focus of the conference, the speakers and the advantages of attending. This year’s theme is “The New Face of Entrepreneurship.” Some of the speakers include Meg Whitman of eBay; Mark Benioff of Salesforce.com; Tim O’Riley of o’Riley Media; Robert Ingram of GlaxoKline and Matt Cohler of Facebook, among others.

Tags: TiECon, Santa Clara, Seshan Rammohan, Silicon Valley, Meg Whitman, Mark Benioff, Tim O’Riley, Robert Ingram, Matt Cohler

Success Magazine: Hosted Apps

Catherine Girardeau — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:00:09 +0000

Hosted applications like Salesforce.com and Microsoft Live have gotten a lot of press lately. Do they live up to the hype and deliver benefits that make outsourcing the storage of critical business data a smart choice? Success Magazine’s Web Editor, Andrea Mondello, discusses the benefits and pitfalls of popular hosted apps from the perspective of the small business owner. This podcast is commissioned by Success Magazine and sponsored by HP.

Tags: Hosted applications, Salesforce.com, Microsoft Live, Success Magazine, Andrea Mondello, HP

Salesforce CEO on Google Apps

John Furrier — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:00:23 +0000

Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff talks about Google Apps.

Marc Benioff Photo Credit: Peter Kaminski, via Creative Commons

GeoLearning and SaaS Grow Up Together

Paul Lancour — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:00:09 +0000

When Frank Russell founded GeoLearning ten years ago, the landscape for delivering corporate training materials was quite different from what it is today. As the network became more and more vital for business, and as software-as-a-service began to mature, Frank saw GeoLearning’s business grow and change in dramatic ways. In this podcast Frank relates his experience as CEO of GeoLearning, and talks about how SaaS plays a vital role in their success.

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Tags: Frank Russell, GeoLearning, SaaS

Demo of Salesforce.com

Robert Scoble — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:34:13 +0000

Here Adam Gross, vice president of developer marketing at Salesforce.com, demonstrates the latest developer-centric version of the site.

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Tags: Adam Gross, Salesforce.com

Interview with Salesforce.com’s Adam Gross

Robert Scoble — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:31:20 +0000

Adam Gross, vice president of developer marketing at Salesforce.com, sat down with us at the recent Salesforce.com conference, named “Dreamforce.” He talks about how Salesforce.com isn’t just for salespeople anymore and goes into the new development methodology, they call “Apex,” that they just shipped.

Tags: Adam Gross, Salesforce.com, Dreamforce, Apex