A couple of months ago SAP bought SuccessFactors and a week or two later Salesforce bought Rypple. We blogged about SuccessFactors here and we mentioned that we had discontinued it in favour of Rypple. We like Rypple, and we’ve implemented it’s more modern look-and-feel with some relief. With SuccessFactors we did …Read More
Tag Archives: Salesforce
You know what I like about Salesforce?
When it comes to the cloud – Salesforce is authentic. They are not perfect. But they are the real deal. There’s a long track record, there’s a singular purpose. There’s an ecosystem of passionate Force.com developers, there are sales people who enthuse, there are customers who are excited. There’s the …Read More
Three often overlooked reasons to choose Salesforce
I’ve previously discussed my leaning toward all things new and shiny. So why is our company, three and a half years into its development, moving full-tilt into a Salesforce implementation? And why do I think your company, no matter it’s current size, should do the same. The reasons are here, …Read More
No Fat Clients here! – why you think you need MYOB but you really need SAASU
Roger looked worried. I knew what he was thinking. SAASU was another one of those hair-brained ‘managed investment schemes’ he steered me away from each and every year. “If it’s too good to be true, it’s too good to be true” he would say. “Roger, no more MYOB. It’s old-fashioned, …Read More
Salesforce Chatter has become Central Station
We’ve had Yammer for about a year, and today we deleted the account. We recently implemented Salesforce Chatter, and it has become immediately obvious Yammer will no longer be a cloud solution we will need. Within a few short weeks, Chatter is proving to be the product we so badly …Read More
Salesforce is still the answer, so don’t go looking for the next big thing
I’m pretty sure the term Early-Adopter was first popularised by Geoffrey Moore’s great book Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers. So – how do you qualify for the ”Early Adopter“club? It’s all somewhat relative. Nearly 30 years ago, in October 1981, I bought a ticket to …Read More
Hey You – Get off of our Cloud!!
Hey You – Get off of our Cloud!! – thoughts on changing cloud solutions as the business grows Ah yes…memories. Passed my driving test in 1979, jumped into my Dad’s beaten up Austin Allegro for my first solo drive. Cranked up the tinny AM radio and on came The Rolling …Read More