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...
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SMB Group Top 10 SMB Technology Trends For 2014
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...
SMB Group Top 10 SMB Technology Trends For 2014
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...
Will Actian Connect, Analyze and Act on the SMB Market Opportunity?
After marking my calendar to attend Pervasive’s 2013 Integration World, I had to wonder whether or not Actian’s pending acquisition of Pervasive would be a done deal–or not–by April 14, when the conference was due to kick off. After all, I figured that if things were still up in the air, I’d probably leave with more questions than answers. Although it seemed pretty clear to me that the combine...
Dell Boomi: A Microcosm of Dell’s New Virtual Era
After attending Dell World, Dell’s first ever user conference a couple of weeks ago, it’s apparent that Dell’s progression towards becoming a pivotal vendor in what it terms the “virtual era” is well underway. And, last week’s announcement of Dell Boomi’s Fall 2011 release provides a prime example of how Dell is crossing the chasm from a product-centric hardware vendor to a sol...
Sage Summit 2011: Tackling the Sage NA Branding Challenge
A couple of weeks ago, I attended Sage Summit 2011, Sage’s first combination partner and customer event. I’ve been attending Sage partner, customer and analyst events for several years, observing and commenting on its ongoing attempts to unify it’s corporate brand across multiple small and medium business (SMB) solutions. Earlier this year, following Sue Swenson’s retirement, Pascal Houillon to...
SAP Business One: Big Business Capabilities on a Small Business Budget
SAP has forged its corporate identity in the large enterprise space, serving the likes of Coca Cola and Dow Chemical. But, while attending SAP's Sapphire user event last week, I had the opportunity to meet with Andreas Wolfinger, Global Head of Solution Management and Product Management for SAP Business One, and Jennifer Schulze, Director SME Solutions Marketing (who I interviewed in this
The New Dell and What it Means for SMBs: Takeaways from Dell’s 2011 Solutions for a Virtual Era Event
Twenty-seven years ago, Michael Dell launched Dell with $1,000 and a streamlined sales and manufacturing model that revolutionized the PC industry. Sticking with this playbook, Dell achieved similar success in the server market, once again disrupting the status quo. However, times changed, and Dell started to look like a one-trick pony. As Michael Dell himself acknowledged at last week’s Dell’...
Dell and Boomi: Doubling Down on Integration
Originally published 4-26-11 as an SMB Group research brief in .pdf format, available here. When big companies gobble up smaller ones, you always wonder whether the acquired company will get swallowed up into the belly of the beast, der...
Intuit and Salesforce Partner Up: Who’s the Big Winner?
Last week, Intuit and Salesforce.com announced that they would partner to integrate Intuit QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online small business accounting software with Salesforce’s small business CRM editions (Contact Manager, Group and Professional). Under the terms of the deal, Intuit will resell a pre-integrated version of the Salesforce CRM application via Intuit’s App Center (as well as Intui...