In the past three posts of this series I have covered the definition of a platform, followed by a brief analysis of the big four players in the customer experience world, namely Microsoft, and SAP, followed by Salesforce and Oracle.
Blog tagged as PaaS
Clash of Titans - The IaaS Platform Providers
10.15.18 9:09 AM - Comment(s)
Clash of Titans - The War Cry: Oracle and Salesforce
09.11.18 9:29 AM - Comment(s)
More Food for Thought
In the last article Clash of Titans – Microsoft and SAP weigh in of this little series, I discussed the strategy of two of the big four and how they are positioned in the platform play of the business software titans – and others. This article covers the other two: Oracle and S...Clash of Titans: Microsoft and SAP weigh in
08.28.18 10:37 AM - Comment(s)
A little recap
As it has been some time since I published Clash of Titans – Platform Play, the first part of this little series, let me start with a little recap. The business applications market, especially the CRM market, is evolving fast. CRM has morphed from concentrating on transactions to beco...Salesforce acquires MuleSoft - A Defensive Move
03.22.18 11:31 AM - Comment(s)
The News
On March 20, 2018 Salesforce announced the signature of a definitive agreement to acquire Mulesoft for a whopping 6.5 billion USD – whopping because the 2017 Mulesoft revenues have been at just $296.5 Million, albeit with a $1 billion target for 2021. The press release states that “together...Customer Experience is a Platform Play - Always Was
02.07.18 11:37 AM - Comment(s)
The most important tool that enterprise software vendors have in their respective arsenals is their platform. While Vinnie Mirchandani rightfully states that Enterprise Software Platforms have so far underwhelmed, Denis Pombriant proclaims them the new battleground. In my opinion it is not that new ...
