HEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Slack and Zoom Report Q2 FY20 Earnings
This week, I provide my thoughts on Slack and Zoom’s recent Q2 FY20 earnings and what current and future enterprise customers need to understand and...
Read MoreHEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Why Salesforce Had a Strong Q2 and How Google Cloud Plans to Make G Suite Sticky
This week, I provide my perspective on Salesforce’s recent Q2 FY20 earnings report and what enterprise customers need to pay attention to. I also provide...
Read MoreWhat Cloud Vendors Really Want From Their Customers
Not all cloud vendors are created equal or even alike, but when it comes to the topic of what they want from their customer base,...
Read MoreHEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Salesforce Snags ClickSoftware and Microsoft Pushes O365
This week, I take a look at and provide my perspective on Salesforce’s recent acquisition of field service management software vendor ClickSoftware. I also provide...
Read MoreMicrosoft Retiring Skype for Business Online to Force Teams Use
On July 30th, Microsoft announced that Skype for Business Online will be retired on July 31, 2021 and all new Office 365 customers will be...
Read MoreHEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Salesforce Weakens Price Protections and Google Cloud Ramps Hiring
This week, I take a look at Salesforce’s removal of their standard renewal price protection from their Master Subscription Agreement and what it means for...
Read MoreInside ServiceNow and Microsoft’s Intensifying Alliance
ServiceNow and Microsoft announced a strengthening of the partnership they established last October with the ultimate goal per their July 9th press release, “to accelerate...
Read MoreWhat Keeps ServiceNow Awake at Night?
As you prepare for any negotiation, it is important to first assess and understand the goals and objectives of the party sitting across the table...
Read MoreHEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Slack Goes Public and Cloud Vendors Chase Use
This week, I take a closer look at Slack Technologies Inc.’s (Slack) going public and their recently reported earnings as well as what cloud vendors...
Read MoreThe Salesforce Acquisition of Tableau is Big News
A few days after Google announced they were buying data analytics vendor Looker for $2.6B to further enhance the Google Cloud business, Salesforce swooped in...
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