Sanjeev Aggarwal, Partner, SMB Group During the week of October 15, I attended SAP TechEd 2012 in Las Vegas, along with about 6,500 SAP technology specialists and partners, and a small group of influencers. Although SAP is more widely renowned fo...
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NYEXPO Panel: Using Technology to Drive Innovation & GROW Your Business
Thanks to all of you who came to our panel yesterday at NYEXPO, Using Technology to Drive Innovation & GROW Your Business,
A View From the MSP Trenches: Cloud Opportunities in the Midmarket
As discussed in my blog,
Drinking From the Dreamforce Fire Hose: Part 1, The Big Picture
Dreamforce, like Salesfo...
Sage Turns a New Leaf: Top Takeaways from Sage Summit 2012
At this year’s Sage North America 2012 event, Sage North America CEO Pascal Houillon unveiled Sage’s strategy to reckon with changing market re...
Today’s SMB Social Media Market Creates Opportunities for Tomorrow
SMB businesses are increasing their adoption of social media solutions year over year--rising from 44% to 53% in small business (1-99 employees) and 52% to 63% in medium business (100-999 employees). But what business functions are SMBs using social media for, and what social media tools are they using in different areas? Just released results from the SMB Group’s
Solving the SMB Social Media Marketing Conundrum
The SMB Group’s latest survey, 2012 Small and Medium Social Business Study, examines how and why small and medium businesses (SMB) are using social media in their businesses today. The study also provides trending analysis based on comparison wi...
The Progressive SMB: Customer Stories are Worth 1,000 Analyst Words
I attended SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW 2012 several weeks ago and am finally getting a chance to share my thoughts on the customer meetings I had at with Big Byte Corporation and KEEN Footwear at the event. These two customers are very “real” SMBs. BigByte has 52 employees; KEEN has 130. Neither is a Silicon Valley venture capital startup, which let’s face it, are a different breed. W...
Tech Tidbits for SMBs: Xactly Express Integration with Intuit QuickBooks
If you’re one of the four million small and medium businesses (SMBs) that uses Intuit QuickBooks and are wrestling with a clunky sales compensation process, I’m serving up this next tech tidbit for you. Last week, I was briefed on Xactly’s new Express integration with QuickB...
Tech Tidbits for SMBs: Elance
I’ve had several interesting briefings in the last couple of weeks to tell you about. Since I won't have the time to sit down and write them all up at once, I thought I'd dash them off as individual snippets instead. First up is this post about Elance. Do you have too much on your to do list? Elance can help you find a contractor to help you get the job do...