SaaS
IBM SaaS Partner/Customer Event
IBM has not tackled SaaS the traditional way (CRM/ERP…BPO), nor has it (yet) offered a PaaS solution. Instead, we’ve enabled partners onto our platform, rolled out an appliance called the Blue Business Platform, offered some SaaS solutionsin the non traditional (CRM/ERP) space from some of our aquisitions like Sametime Unyte. Further, we have hosted virtually [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )If Linux is Open, Why do users Owe Microsoft?
Once again, in a show of misunderstanding about the meaning of Open, and a further misunderstanding about the where the future of license model vs. the implications of SaaS and where the industry is heading, the 8000 lb gorilla opens mouth and inserts body parts.
Greedy, Greedy, Greedy… or maybe Control, Control, Control
SaaS, the Partner work begins
It’s after PartnerWorld and the SOA partner train has left the station. So the next project is Software as a Service – as it relates to our Partnering efforts.
Rather than trying to describe the entire program in one blog, analogous to eating the entire elephant in one sitting, I’m going to work [...]
If it's Tuesday, I must be in Paris, No, make that San Francisco
Here I am in San Francisco looking out over the bay waiting for a cross IBM meeting on SaaS. This is a big issue for us so this is a big Pow-Wow. They’ve brought together the technical, marketing, p/r, a/r and executives to map out our yearly activities.
I go to a thousand meetings, [...]
Life at IBM analyst relations, Kicking off another year
After making it through the start of the year, Lotusphere is under our belt, kickoff meetings mostly done, PartnerWorld planning in full gear, it’s time to get the nose back to the grindstone.
This means that one has to search out all of the analyst report opportunities for the year (done), identify the Brand/Group/Beat/whatever you’re a [...]
