AppExchange = Future Growth
Salesforce.com recently announced the acquisition of its 10,000th European customer as well as a 70% increase in new customers over the first quarter of 2008. Chief Strategy Officer Bruce Francis credited the speed of cloud-based implementation as a prime factor in its growth. Speaking from the European Cloudforce Conference, Francis further also cited global recession as a reason for Salesforce’s success, adding "The economic crisis has caused many CIOs to look at alternative computing models.”
Measuring employee performance?
Recently I was asked if time and results were the only things you could use to measure employee performance. Here's a snippet of my response.
The most important thing to remember when measuring performance is that you are trying to measure the things that make the most difference (not just the things that can be measured). The problem is that many of the things that make the most difference are not easily quantifiable.
Adding search power to public data
Earthquakes are not the only thing that can shake Silicon Valley. After the dot-com bubble burst back in 2000 the unemployment rate ofSanta Clara county went up to 9.1%. During the last couple of months, it has gone up again: ...
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Which is more important? It’s a bit of a chicken vs. egg argument, but it’s fair to say that both are critical to driving positive financial results. Put it this way, if defining strategy explains 15% of a company’s financial performance then...
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Google recently introduced a new feature in Gmail that lets you easily convert an email conversation into a Word document without having to use copy-paste.
Simply click the "Create a Document" link next to any Gmail thread and the entire message...
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Learn how to monitor web pages using Google Docs. This is useful if you want to watch shopping sites like ebay or Amazon for any changes in the product price. RSS feeds have completely changed the way we consume information on the web. You no longer...
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LIFT | Asia in Jeju Island, South Korea was a fantastic event that did for me what all good conferences should do: connect people with their tribe, provide interesting and thought-provoking content, and leave attendees with a sense of hope and...
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CPA Technology Advisor just completed their 2008 reviews of leading mid-market financial management and accounting applications and I'm pleased to report that Intacct earned a perfect score and a five-star rating. Intacct received perfect 5.0...
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