Boomi Widgets–Another Step Towards Simplifying Application Integration
Over the past few years, the SaaS subscription model has given small and medium businesses (SMBs) a much easier, more affordable and manageable route to deploy and use business applications. But...
View ArticleIBM’s Cast Iron Acquisition (6-17-10)
Highlights: In May of this year, IBM acquired Cast Iron Systems (for an undisclosed sum) to help customers more effectively tackle the challenges of integrating cloud and on-premise solutions. Cast...
View ArticleRecent Vendor Briefing Highlights: IBM’s Cast Iron Acquisition
We are publishing recent vendor highlights on the SMB Group web site. As time permits, we discuss our key take-aways from more interesting briefings. I will try to remember to post them here as well....
View ArticleTop Takeaways from Pervasive’s 2010 IntegratioNext Conference
Wow the déjà vu is just too strange! In June of this year, I attended Pervasive’s Metamorphosis Partner event–during which IBM announced that it would acquire Cast Iron. Now, in November, during...
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Dell and Boomi: Doubling Down on Integration
Originally published 4-26-11 as an SMB Group research brief in .pdf format, available here. When big companies gobble up smaller ones, you always wonder whether the acquired company will get swallowed...
View ArticleThe New Dell and What it Means for SMBs: Takeaways from Dell’s 2011 Solutions...
Twenty-seven years ago, Michael Dell launched Dell with $1,000 and a streamlined sales and manufacturing model that revolutionized the PC industry. Sticking with this playbook, Dell achieved similar...
View ArticleThe Impact of HP’s New Direction—An SMB Market Perspective
–by Sanjeev Aggarwal and Laurie McCabe, SMB Group After HP’s announcement that it would ditch it’s new Touchpad and put WebOS in mothballs, rumors leaked about it’s intentions to spin-off or sell it’s...
View ArticleBecoming a Smarter Customer
—by Brent Leary, CRM Essentials, in partnership with SMB Group In conjunction with IBM’s Smarter Commerce initiative, the SMB Group and CRM Essentials are working on a series of posts discussing how...
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Dell Boomi: A Microcosm of Dell’s New Virtual Era
After attending Dell World, Dell’s first ever user conference a couple of weeks ago, it’s apparent that Dell’s progression towards becoming a pivotal vendor in what it terms the “virtual era” is well...
View ArticleDell World 2012: An Update on Dell’s Journey
Just before the holidays, I had the opportunity to attend Dell’s second annual Dell World user conference. Here’s my take on Dell’s progress towards becoming an end-to-end solutions company, and its...
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