Many of us are just old enough to remember the UPS commercial about the company that launched their new online store. The handful of entrepreneurs cheered as they saw the first orders come in. When the orders picked up and number more than 100, they screamed. Then 1000 orders…unbelievable. Then, as the numbers continued to grow, …
Open Source News
- A green future: NASA's $10 million project explores algae of as fuel source - San Jose Mercury News May 19, 2012
- Dear Google: AT&T Locked Down the Best Android Ever, And It's Your Fault - Wired News May 18, 2012
- Android Apps Fuel Open Source Surge - Midsize Insider May 18, 2012
- Cloudera Named a Finalist for the 2012 Red Herring Top 100 Americas Award - MarketWatch (press release) May 18, 2012
- Open-source messaging at (nearly) the speed of light - ITWorld Canada May 18, 2012
Category Archive: Industry
May
16
Why Would a B2B Company Invest in an eCommerce Solution?
A few questions to consider: Is your company one of many that sells not only direct to consumers, but also through partners, affiliates, and/or distribution channels? Have you discussed expanding your web presence to capture more online sales but held off because you view your direct to consumer (B2C) business too small to invest in? …
Nov
03
A Review of Magento Enterprise Edition
A review of the Magento Enterprise eCommerce solution – which is a groundbreaking platform whose functionality is only surpassed by its flexibility.
Jun
06
eBay buys Magento…what does it mean?
As most of you know, eBay bought out Magento last week, picking up the 51% of the company it didn’t own. While I have no idea what they paid for it, we do know that its initial purchase of Magento (the 49%) valued the company at 45 million. I would bet the farm that the …
Apr
06
Notes fom SugarCON 2011: Mindtouch’s Product Help session….DO NOT MISS THIS!
So – I just got a preview of Aaron Fukerson’s presentation at SugarCON. I will not steal his thunder before his session – but holy toledo, was I impressed by it! So….without any spoilers, here is the 30,000 ft summary: …We all know how hard it is to take the tweets, blogs, forums, threads, likes, …
Apr
05
Notes from SugarCON2011: SugarCRM and LotusLive?….it’s the real deal
Day 1 at SugarCON 2011….and at any software conference or exposition, its easy to get carried away with the hyperbole and “vapor” of new product releases, new alliances, the latest “foo”-CRM idea. There is one solution offering though, that appears to be the real deal, and I am betting is going to get traction…fast….and its …
Apr
05
Ready, Set…CODE! The SugarCON 2011 Code Sprint…..
Over the weekend, two of Levementum’s engineers spent 50 hours with 50 programmers for SugarCON Code Sprint. These fantastic super-nerds spent 2 days working on innovations for the upcoming release of SugarCRM 6.2. The best news…they ran on Beta all weekend and in spite of all the cutting and chopping the 50 programmers did, …
Mar
14
Top 10 Reasons Salesforce Users Should Switch to SugarCRM
Over the next 3 weeks, we will count down the top 10 reasons why current Salesforce.com users and those considering Salesforce.com should examine the possibilities that a SugarCRM implementation can offer. Learn about why SugarCRM is a better choice then Salesforce.com …and come see it in action at SugarCON 2011 in San Francisco, at the …
Apr
27
Open Source Notes from the Left Bank: OSS Adoption in Europe
This past October 2009, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in the Free Libre Open Source Summit and Think Tank in Paris, France. It was an opportunity for me to learn from the best and brightest that the world of open source has to offer – but more importantly, it was an …
Sep
02
What do these Open Source applications have in common?
You have likely heard the names before, especially if you are an advocate or user of open source software. Beginning about, 3 or 4 years ago open source software began to get noticed in the world of enterprise applications. The clear leader and fore-runner in the enterprise was SugarCRM, now several other common or soon …