3-22-10 IBM Lotus Foundations and ShoreTel "UCC-in-a-Box" Integrated Communications and Collaboration Solution Highlights: ShoreTel is teaming up with IBM Lotus Foundations to debut a
Category: Blog – Laurie McCabe
Top Trends Most Evident at the 2010 Small Business Technology Summit
Back in the beautiful Live Free or Die state after attending the 2010 Small Business Summit earlier this week. This is a fantastic event coordinated by Ramon Ray and Marian Banker, and held at the Digital Sandbox in the financial district in New York. Wheth...
SAP Aims for SME
I dialed into SAP’s SME (small and medium enterprises) Global Business Update Call a couple of weeks ago. Jeff Stiles, SVP, SME, Volume & Ecosystem Marketing, provided analysts a recap of recent SAP SME highlights, and shared strategic directions for 2010. I’ve been following SAP in the SME market since it acquired TopManage (which later become SAP Business One) in 2002, so I’m always inter...
What is Social Media Management, and Why Should You Care?
March 8, 2010 — lauriemccabe (Originally published on March 4, 2010, in Small Business Computing) What is Social Media Management? As described in the column “
What is Social Media Management, and Why Should You Care?
(Originally published on March 4, 2010, in Small Business Computing) What is Social Media Management? As described in the column “
NetSuite’s SP 100 Program: An Offer VARs Can’t Refuse?
In a bold move to get traditional value-added resellers(VARs) off the SaaS fence, NetSuite announced its new Solution Provider (SP) 100 Program, which gives business application VARs 100% margin on the first year of license subscriptions they sell. The program requires a 2-year minimum license commitment from the cus...
NetSuite’s SP 100 Program (2-28-10)
In a bold move to get traditional value-added resellers(VARs) off the SaaS fence, NetSuite announced its new Solution Provider (SP) 100 Program, which gives business application VARs 100% margin on the first year of license subscriptions they sell. The program requires a 2-year minimum license commitment from the cus...
SAP Aims for SME (2-26-10)
I dialed into SAP’s SME (small and medium enterprises) Global Business Update Call last week, where Jeff Stiles, SVP, SME, Volume & Ecosystem Marketing, provided us with a recap of recent SAP SME highlights, and shared strategic directions for 2010. I’ve been following SAP in the SME market since it acquired TopManage (which later become Business One) in 2002, so I’m always interested in ch...
BatchBlue (2-18-10)
2-18-10 BatchBlue Highlights: BatchBlue (founded in 2006) targets web-savvy micro-businesses (most of its customers have about 3 employees) with BatchBook, it’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) social CRM offering. Batchbook provides a flexible, integrated contact, sales and social m...
A Closer Look–Dell Managed Services for SMBs
Last April, I participated in Dell’s Managed Services launch for SMBs. At the event, Dell had a couple of customers on hand who were both very satisfied with the service. Later in the year, Dell asked my colleague Sanjeev Aggarwal and I to conduct a Dell-sponsored research study to learn more abou...