Why read blogs?
Just finished reading and excellent bog on “Why Blog” and it’s a shame that ITW’s Blog Idol 2010 is coming to an end, nonetheless I thought I’d toss in my 2 cents on why I think people should read blogs. … Continue reading
Author Archives: Joel Martin
I have over 15 years IT market experience managing products, performing qualitative and quantitative market analysis, developing new business and partnerships, and creating business/product strategies. My experiences vary from Microsoft to IDC where I have enjoyed the challenge of working with industrious and smart people both from a vendor, consultant, and customer perspective.
Is there peace without a Smart Phone?
Over the past 2.5 years I have been addicted to my smart phone, not the worlds greatest, I’ve had both HTC Touch and Touch Pro with Windows Mobile 6.0 then 6.1. Yes, the web browsing was basic, the phone (voice … Continue reading
VMforce: No Software + No Hardware?
After hobbling thru the choppy live webcast yesterday and trying to piece together all the PR fluff, blogger commentary and random 140 character posts on Twitter I am still not sure how VMforce will be a monetize-able joint venture between … Continue reading
facebook do we still trust thee?
I use facebook. I was late to the party and started only a year or so ago. But my posts and any information that I place have gotten fewer over the last six months as I simply am not sure … Continue reading
Getting Social in Canada: Jive Software
Today I attended Jive Software’s Get Social tour stop in Toronto and left impressed not only with the company’s software and strategy, but with the quality of attendance at the event. The event featured a hour (and a bit) of … Continue reading
SFDC and VMware: Software + Services comes to AppExchange?
Salesforce.com continues to ramp up its cloud offering and bolster its position as a leading business applications provider for companies of all sizes. News is now out that later this month there will be a big announcement from SFDC and … Continue reading
Buying a PC: Feature or Fashion?
Got an email today from Apple with the subject “More speed. More power. The new MacBook Pro family.” Sure enough the new MacBook Pro line was out! What!?! (you gasp I am sure) Apple can sell something besides and “phone” … Continue reading
Team Twitter
This morning when I dutifully headed over to Canadian-developed Twitter dashboard Hootsuite I was prompted that one of my profiles had multiple owners and that I needed to assign one as primary, then once entering the upgraded API there were … Continue reading
The Business Gets Social: SalesForce’s Chatter and SAP’s StreamWork
Late in 2009 both SalesForce.com and SAP began beta testing social applications that proposed businesses could use social tools within their walls to address a variety of needs from financial management and sales tracking to impromptu group collaboration. Since then … Continue reading
CRM: Customer engagement challenges lay beyond Technology
I recently read a blog entitled “Why we cannot get CRM (and SCRM) right” that triggered several thoughts; not as much on CRM but with regards to a challenge I used to face when ‘us’ marketeers wanted to try something … Continue reading
iPad O/S outdated in a day…
I have an iMac and love it. I have a Win7 notebook and think its great. I’d love a new smart phone and would consider an iPhone. However, I am stumped by how Apple continues to rise above the fray. … Continue reading
ERP Software-as-a-Service: Choosing the Duck versus the Chicken
Have you ever noticed the price premium of duck over chicken in restaurants? There are many reasons (e.g. numbers raised in captivity, diversity of usage across products, cost to domesticate, maintenance, etc.) and I am sure you can come up … Continue reading
Thinking of SaaS: Churn, Partner Channels, and SaaS Master Agreements
Recently I noted that SaaS vendors that specialize in business applications are attempting to roll out new programs to attract channel partners and reduce customer churn based on more stickiness in their contracts. One example is here. As such, I … Continue reading
The Hybrid Cloud: Est. Midmarket and Large Orgs adjust to the future of IT
I have been thinking of a hybrid cloud for a while. Over the past several years it was my opinion that certain technologies made sense to offer as a SaaS business model. Tried and true IT services such as data … Continue reading
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