Sometimes you just have to speak your mind.
The following post was put together by our friends at Webfusion, a UK-based web hosting provider and domain name registration company. Interesting stuff! ——— The public has their head in the clouds… Everyone in the IT industry knows how amazing cloud computing is – it can cut overheads, introduce flexibility and make previously unobtainable [...]
We hear it all the time. What CRM is the best? Google it and you’ll get a litany of responses, almost all in contradiction of one another. Some say Salesforce. Some say Zoho. Some say Capsule, some say Brightpearl. You get the idea. Thing is, they’re all wrong. See, there is no “best” CRM. It doesn’t exist. [...]
Software changes fast. So fast that sometimes it’s hard to see the trends and changes, the patterns that determine how tomorrow’s tools will work. Normally that’s no big deal – it’s exciting, right? – but in the world of business software, even subtle changes can carry implications. We test and implement new software systems all [...]
We don’t typically repost our own content, but the following is a gem from 2010 that still holds true. API integration is great but it has drawbacks too! Read on for our opinion, and leave yours in the comments below… ————————- Spend anytime among the cloud-computing crowd and you’ll soon find that API integration is [...]
We take our cloud computing seriously but it never hurts to have a laugh at ourselves. That’s why we chuckled when we saw this cartoon at the Geek & Poke blog, and it’s why we’re sharing it now. Beware of jargon! ————— VM Associates is a New York City based cloud computing consulting firm. We help [...]
When small business owners think of software, they think of email, file management, and…. CRM. Shorthand for “Contact Relationship Management,” CRMs help businesses organize their customers, leads and sales. Important stuff. Unfortunately, choosing a CRM isn’t easy. The Google Apps marketplace lists 90 of ‘em: GetApp has over 280. There are thousands more (and they [...]
Last week we received an email from Thinkfuse, a cloud app that delivers “simple status reports.” To make a long story short, they told us (and their many customers) that they were purchased by Salesforce and were shutting down operations. Here’s a screenshot of the email: Getting bought by Salesforce is big news for Thinkfuse. [...]
Most small business owners understand cloud computing as a tool. A pay-as-you-go, web based tool. Not more, not less. And they’re pretty much right. Thing is, tools matter. They carry distinct advantages and disadvantages, which are sometimes subtle, long term, and structural. Cloud computing is no exception: besides the usual advantages, cloud based tools help [...]
In New York, everyone “does Biz Dev.” It’s the magic thing that people do that turns little companies into giant empires. It’s what makes great CEOs and revolutionizes whole markets and companies. But what is it?I meet plenty of Biz Dev people who “don’t do marketing or sales because they’re focused on biz dev.” These [...]
I got a call a few weeks ago from a NYC-based foreign language school that was looking for a software makeover. They were using Google Spreadsheets to manage their student, class, and payment information, and for the previous year were happy as can be. After all, Google Spreadsheets offers some awesome collaborative capabilities: simultaneous spreadsheet [...]