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  • A OneLogin Update

    May 16, 2012

    Business
    google, Google Apps Marketplace, Identity management, Joomla, OneLogin, Security Assertion Markup Language, Single Sign, Steelcase
     

    I’ve spent a lot of time over the last few months identifying some underlying themes within the cloud space, and some corresponding big opportunities which dropout of those themes. One bucket of opportunities that I’m excited about is services…

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  • The Google Apps Marketplace–Chances of Survival

    January 9, 2012

    Business
    AppExchange, Apps, google, Google apps, Google Apps Marketplace, Intuit Partner Platform, Microsoft, netsuite
     

    Over on his blog, VC Brad Feld posted about the experience of three of his portfolio companies being part of the Google Apps Marketplace – Spanning, Yesware and Attachments are all built on top of Google Apps and Feld…

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  • Okta Focuses on Application Discovery and Self-Service

    December 15, 2011

    Business
    Authentication, cloud computing, Google Apps Marketplace, Okta, Single sign-on, SSO, Todd McKinnon
     

    Okta (more coverage here) is this morning announcing a new self-service capability built upon its own Okta Application Network,a pre-integrated package of multiple business and consumer applications in one hit. The idea here is that enterprise IT organizations will…

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  • Cloud Sherpas Acquires WaveAdept

    July 3, 2011

    Business
    Cloud Sherpas, google, Google Apps Marketplace, New Zealand, Software as a Service, WaveAdept
     

    Now that someone with lower respect for embargoes has broken the news, there’s nothing stopping me from talking about the latest acquisition for US based Google Apps reseller Cloud Sherpas. Cloud Sherpas is a company I’ve written about before,…

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  • Integration is Great Xero. What of Those Security Issues Though?

    June 14, 2011

    Business
    google, Google Apps Marketplace, rod drury, Single sign-on, Xero
     

    A year ago I remarked upon Xero’s entry to the Google apps marketplace congratulating Xero for being part of the Google initiative but questioning why the integration wasn’t deeper. As I said at the time; I clicked the link…

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  • Cloud Sherpas Update

    May 9, 2011

    Business
    Apps, Cloud Sherpas, google, Google Apps Marketplace
     

    I’ve written before about Cloud Sherpas the company that has built an advanced administrator toolset for Google Apps. originally the toolset was an add-on to their own Google Apps reseller business, it seems to have grown well beyond that.…

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  • Friends Helping Friends–Google Joins The Small Business Web

    March 16, 2011

    Business
    BatchBlue, cloud computing, freshbooks, google, Google Apps Marketplace, mailchimp, Small business, Small Business Web
     

    I’m sitting in a panel at SXSW watching Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead, Google Enterprise question a select group of representatives from companies creating applications for SMBs. The topic of this panel is Friends with Business Benefits: How…

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  • Salesforce, Seesmic and ManyMoon–Good Move or Kool Aide Consumption?

    February 10, 2011

    Business
    dimdim, google, Google Apps Marketplace, groupswim, Loïc Le Meur, Manymoon, Salesforce.com, seesmic
     

    A few days ago salesforce.com announced that it had acquired  social productivity application ManyMoon. Surprisingly the blogosphere remained relatively silent about the deal beyond a post by Klint who referenced Sameer Patel saying; With its strong project facilitation focus,…

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  • Brightpearl goes Google Marketplace – Now Available to US Customers

    October 12, 2010

    Business
    brightpearl, Enterprise resource planning, google, Google Apps Marketplace
     

    Brightpearl, formerly called Pearl – is the little cloud ERP vendor that should really be way bigger than it is. As I’ve said previously; I’ve always thought of it as the little engine that could, with a team of…

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Papers

The Future of ERP – Moving at the Speed of Change

If we look back a generation, business tended to be static. While it is undeniable that innovation occurred, it tended to at a much slower pace. While Henry Ford’s manufacturing and distribution models certainly marked disruption for the horse and buggy industry, this was a change that took decades.

Channel Strategies for Success in the Cloud Age

Cloud Computing is perhaps one of the biggest shifts in the technology industry in a generation. Alongside the technology shifts involved in Cloud, there is also a significant change in the way technology will be supplied, implemented and delivered going forward. While this shift offers real benefits to consumers in terms of reduced costs and increased agility

About Me

Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator. Ben covers the convergence of business and technology.

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