Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
Cloud ISV: make sure you understand your ecosystem play – example of Intuit and Microsoft collaboration on software platforms to create a foundation for solution developers
I have written several times in my blogs about ecosystems and the role that ecosystems play. I recently run into an interesting article in the Redmond ChannelPartner with the header “Intuit Extends Cloud Pact with Microsoft”. As I am working with Microsoft ecosystem every single working day, I became interested what the article was all…
Read MoreIt was a brutal day today for HP (Hewlett-Packard): it kills its tablet business (HP TouchPad) and is exiting PC business
Many of us is still pondering on the Google Motorola Mobility deal and today we (WSJ.com) heard that HP it’s quitting its PC business by a spinoff. At the same time, HP is shutting down its tablets and smartphone business so we can now say goodbye to HP TouchPad for good. Yesterday we could read…
Read MoreDid Google find out that open source does not pay out as expected?
Here we go again. The mobility world is changing with Motorola Mobility being acquired by Google for $12.5 billion. This was widely reported this morning when I woke up. Doug Barney from Redmondmag.com concludes that this move from Google might anger device manufacturers. My personal belief (that many other analysts support) is that Google woke…
Read MoreCloud ISV: Do not focus on building infrastructure, but focus on building value add for the end user
Software developers love to challenge themselves with things that make them feel good and the trickier the problem, the merrier it is to find the solution. In some cases, this could obviously be the killer innovation that nobody else has ever done, but if it is something that already exists and can be purchased from…
Read MoreMy personal post mortem of Microsoft Partner Worldwide Conference (WPC11) in Los Angeles 2011
This was my sixth Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) and probably the most useful and effective that I have experienced so far. Be warned. This blog entry is pretty long, but it gave me an opportunity to reflect on the event and also reflect how my own behavior has changed during the past 6 WPCs…
Read MoreIs there a Magic Number for a SaaS business?
We have a tendency to find a magic formula for everything and this applies also to SaaS companies. In my research in this topic, I have found a few resources that give some direction of how to evaluate the healthiness of a SaaS business. It is easy to conclude that Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) or…
Read MoreFormer Nokia CEO Kalle Isokallio is wondering about the fuss in Finland concerning Nokia and Microsoft collaboration
In today’s Finnish Iltalehti, the former CEO of Nokia Kalle Isokallio criticizes both Finnish politicians as well as other critics that do not see the opportunity of this new partnership that Microsoft and Nokia has created. Isokallo wonders how all these skilled Symbian developers would be worse off when given modern and more productive software…
Read MoreWhat types of influencers are increasing your web-site or blog traffic?
The Internet has really changed how we can be heard without really being physically seen. My company has done a bunch of influencer intelligence ecosystem research studies in the competitive intelligence domain and I get constantly questions from my clients how and what they should do to be heard in the cyberspace. If you are…
Read MoreWill Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) without a cloud strategy have a slow but certain death?
Independent software vendors (ISVs) and system integrators (SIs) will have a wakeup call very soon unless they spend some time contemplating how the cloud will change their strategy. What I am seeing around the world is that innovative ISVs and SIs are eating the lunch of traditional and more established vendors and I expect this…
Read MoreHave the cost-cutting gone too far and are companies failing to retain talented people in mergers & acquisitions?
I read today about Java creator James Gosling and the reasons why he left Oracle. James Gosling is of course the person that created the Java language and platform and is very well known authority in the Java world. He announced his departure in his blog entry and in an interview with eWeek, he explains…
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