Technology is changing how everything gets done—from how we communicate to how we shop to how we drive. Technology is also transforming how business gets done—and the implication is clear: technology can be the key to help you power your prosperity. But the constant wave of new technologies can be overwhelming for small businesses to understand, let alone keep up with. I...
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Making New Technology Work for Small Businesses: Intuit’s Approach to Mega Platforms as an Interface
Technology is changing how everything gets done—from how we communicate to how we shop to how we drive. Technology is also transforming how business gets done—and the implication is clear: use technology to your company’s advantage, or risk falling behind. But the constant wave of new technologies can be overwhelming for small businesses to understand, let alone keep up ...
Making New Technology Work for Small Businesses: Intuit’s Vision for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Technology is changing how everything gets done—from how we communicate to how we shop to how we drive. Technology is also transforming how business gets done—and the implication is clear: use technology to your company’s advantage, or risk falling behind. But the constant wave of new technologies can be overwhelming for small businesses to understand, let alone keep up with. I...
Future-Proof Your Small Business With the Cloud
Digital technologies are reshaping our lives and changing the way we get work done. As cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), analytics, robotics, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) mature and converge, the possibilities are limited only by our imaginations. Small business owners want to use technology to grow the...
My Favorite Things for More Enjoyable Business Travel
Peak event time for technology industry analysts is in full swing, and I’m zig-zagging back and forth across the U.S. this spring. So I was excite...
What Is Blockchain, and How Will It Change Business Transactions?
Blockchain is a new way that people and companies can create, verify and enforce value-based transactions. Blockchain transactions offer a safe, secure and transparent way to negotiate and transact in...
MuleSoft: Salesforce’s New Springboard to Help Companies Focus on Growth Instead of Grind
Salesforce.com has acquired more than 50 companies since its founding in 1999. Earlier this week, it made its biggest purchase ever, acquiring MuleSoft for $6.5 billion. Salesforce will use MuleSoft’s Anypoint platform—which connects applications, data and devices (cloud and on-premises)—as fuel for its new Salesforce Integration Cloud. With these new capabilities, Salesforce will be ...
Salesforce Expands Essentials for Small Business
Salesforce announced this week that it is expanding its Salesforce Essentials solutions portfolio for small businesses, adding Service Cloud Essentials to its lineup. This follows on the heels of last year’s Dreamforce 2017 launch of Salesforce Sales Cloud Essentials. As I wrote in this
Does Your SMB Strategy Need A Makeover? Seven Warning Signs
Are you trying to get on solid footing in small and medium businesses (SMB) market, but missing the mark? All too many technology vendors target but rarely build a volume business in this space. Many vendors simply fail to take the time to really understand the composition and characteristics of the “SMB” market–which, in reality, is short hand for a fragmented marke...
How to Create a More Compelling Analyst Event
I thoroughly enjoyed and could very much relate to Jon Reed’s recent post,