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, …
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
Tag Archive: levementum
Apr
06
Notes from SugarCON 2011: In the world of Marketing…Pardot is a winner.
So SugarCON 2011 is in its 2nd day….and its hard to believe that its over in 2 hours. You will not find a more intense 48 hours of organized conference chaos anywhere else in Silicon Valley. So…IBM and its pragmatic play with SugarCRM and LotusLive, definitely real, definitely NOT vapor, and definitely a winner. Another …
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
28
Top 10 Reasons to Pick SugarCRM Over Salesforce #4: Money
The goal of a CRM solution is to drive growth (i.e. revenue) and maximize efficiencies (i.e. profit) in business practices, processes, and relationship management (sales). Should you have to pay a premium and be restricted on how you do this? SugarCRM says NO! This is why they are an open source product, why they allow …
Mar
23
Top 10 Reasons to Pick SugarCRM Over Salesforce #7: 3rd Party Extensions
Additional features and services are almost always a benefit, but when you can select an additional feature and customize it to your specific needs…that’s a WIN! Salesforce claims to offer approximately 1000 extensions and services on their app exchange. SugarCRM has more than 6000 extensions AND provides the source code for each allowing customization to …
Mar
18
Top 10 reasons to pick SugarCRM over Salesforce: #10: Deployment Flexibility
Companies that desire flexibility in the selection of “where” to install their CRM system, get more out of SugarCRM. When you purchase SugarCRM Enterprise or Professional, you are provided your own dedicated SugarCRM On-Demand instance. This is a state of the art, fully supported SAAS environment that is automatically maintained and backed up by SugarCRM …
Mar
14
SugarCON 2011 – Its sweeter than sugar
So, it is upon us again. 72 hours of technology, speeches, and a good old fashioned evening throw down or two (that’s “partying” for the kids out there). SugarCON has always lived up to the hype. This will be my 5th SugarCON event…from my first back in 2007 back in San Jose (the St. Claire?) …
Nov
08
Top 10 reasons for Salesforce.com customers to switch to SugarCRM
I recently did a webinar comparing SugarCRM to Salesforce.com. The webinar maxed out the attendee settings, and an encore live event is planned for 11/18. That said – I have decided to post the slides up on slideshare here, I have provided the Top 10…Letterman style…for your review. Enjoy: SugarCRM vs Salesforce 2010 View more …
Aug
18
Global OSS: Expanding to Australia…why Levementum did it.
Open source growth in Australia, serves as a driving force for hungry innovators like Levementum.