Here are SMB Group’s Top 10 SMB Technology Trends for 2014! A more detailed description of each follows below. 1. Progressive SMBs Use Technology as a Game Changer 2. Cloud Adoption Accelerates, But SMBs Steer Clear of Dark Clouds 3. Mobile Management Becomes a Prio...
Category: Blog – Sanjeev Aggarwal
2013 SMB Mobile Attitudes and Challenges
The rapid rise of mobile in the consumer space is accelerating the explosive growth of mobile solutions in the business world. Businesses recognize that mobile solutions can empower employees to be more productive and responsive to customers. Likewise, they realize that providing mobile solutions to customers, partners and suppliers is vital to improving customer experiences and fueling busines...
SAP TechEd 2012: Implications for SMEs and the Partner Ecosystem
Sanjeev Aggarwal, Partner, SMB Group During the week of October 15, I attended SAP TechEd 2012 in Las Vegas, along with about 6,500 SAP technology specialists and partners, and a small group of influencers. Although SAP is more widely renowned fo...
Pathways to a Successful Mobile Business Strategy
The phenomenal rise of mobile applications development and adoption creates both new opportunities and challenges for businesses. Is ...
Today’s SMB Social Media Market Creates Opportunities for Tomorrow
SMB businesses are increasing their adoption of social media solutions year over year--rising from 44% to 53% in small business (1-99 employees) and 52% to 63% in medium business (100-999 employees). But what business functions are SMBs using social media for, and what social media tools are they using in different areas? Just released results from the SMB Group’s
NetSuite SuiteCommerce: Transforming Commerce Solutions and User Experience
Last week I had the opportunity to attend NetSuite
Dell Extends its End-to-End Storage Story for SMBs
Storage is a key requirement for today's small-to-medium business (SMB) and mid-market enterprises. As the amount of data multiplies, and the need to protect critical data grows, SMBs now require many of the same data storage capabilities as larger enterprises. With these requirements in mind, Dell recently announced the ac...
Swimming with the Smarter Customer: The Speedo International Story
—by Laurie McCabe, SMB Group, in partnership with Brent Leary, CRM Essentials Recently, Brent Leary and I had the opportunity to talk with Gareth Beer, Ecommerce Manager for Speedo International and learn about how Speedo International is applying smarter commerce philosophies and solutions to better serve its customers. We think Beer's insigh...
What Can We Learn From This Year’s Holiday Season?
—by Brent Leary, CRM Essentials In conjunction with IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative, the SMB Group and CRM Essentials are working on a series of posts discussing how technology is empowering today's customer, and why companies have to change their approach in order to build strong relation...
What Can We Learn From This Year’s Holiday Season?
—by Brent Leary, CRM Essentials In conjunction with IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative, the SMB Group and CRM Essentials are working on a series of posts discussing how technology is empowering today's customer, and why companies have to change their approach in order to build strong relationships with them. This is the fourth post in th...