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  • Indicee Launches Analytics for Chatter

    August 28, 2012

    Business
    AppExchange, Business intelligence, Databases, Indicee, Salesforce Chatter, Salesforce.com, Social enterprise, yammer
     

    I’ve been using Salesforce Chatter for a few years now, I’ve also used other so-called enterprise social tools – Yammer and Socialcast for instance. While these tools are useful for small teams directly engaged in projects, it has always…

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  • Microsoft Buys Yammer- A Two Minute Analysis

    June 25, 2012

    Business
    Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft SharePoint, netsuite, Salesforce.com, Social enterprise, Steve Ballmer, yammer
     

    So Microsoft has confirmed the rumored acquisition of Yammer for $1.2B. Here’s my thoughts; Potentially this is a great opportunity for MSFT to create a fabric that spans their different enterprise products (Dynamics, Office, SharePoint) that’s a big big…

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  • Social – An Enterprise Overlay, or an Enterprise Fabric?

    June 12, 2012

    Business
    Burberry, Enterprise resource planning, netsuite, Salesforce.com, San Francisco, Social enterprise, social media, yammer
     

    On a recent trip to San Francisco I spent talking with both salesforce and NetSuite people about their approach and general view of “social” as it relates to enterprise software [Disclosure: NetSuite funded my travel and accommodation to attend…

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  • Socialcast Goes Free to Increase Adoption

    June 6, 2012

    Business
    sliderocket, Social collaboration, Social enterprise, Social network, Socialcast, Tim Young, VMware
     

    There are a number of vendors trying to determine the best way to increase adoption for enterprise social tools – but no one has yet found a more compelling proposition than giving a product away for free. It’s a…

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  • On the Modern (Social) Enterprise with John Wookey

    April 11, 2012

    Business
    chatter, Rypple, Salesforce.com, SAP AG, Social enterprise, Wookey
     

    Recently I had the opportunity to spend some time talking with John Wookey, one of the most seasoned software industry execs that folks outside of enterprise land will never have heard of. Wookey has an impressive history – formerly…

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  • The Social Revolution

    November 16, 2011

    Business
    benioff, Facebook, KLM, salesforce, Social enterprise, social media, Social revolution, Wall Street
     

    I generally don’t go in for the hand waving around social for business. While I’m a proponent of social, I like to see proof before I announce the revolution. There’s nothing I hate more than the social media gurus…

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  • DreamForce 2011–A Look Back

    September 6, 2011

    Business
    #df11, cloud computing, concur, Heroku, infor, netsuite, Salesforce.com, Social enterprise, wokday, Workday
     

    Having just returned from my trip to the US for DreamForce, I’ve had a bit of time to reflect on the news (see here and here) from the event. I wanted to write up  post that takes a more…

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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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