IDG Contributor Network: Going usage-based with Hybris

SAP Hybris recently ran a unique summit which saw, over a 24 hour period, a series…

IDG Contributor Network: Campaign Monitor acquires to move further into the world of CRM

Campaign Monitor is an email marketing and automation software vendor that not only powers email for…

IDG Contributor Network: The bell rings to start another round: Fred Studer signs on with FinancialForce

A couple of years ago I did an interview with a new, high-profile hire for cloud…

IDG Contributor Network: Sage acquires Fairsail: Is this Salesforce-based strategy going to work?

A year or two ago I attended Sage’s global summit in New Orleans when the company…

IDG Contributor Network: Google ups the cloud ante to go for gold

Last week saw Google holding, for the second time, a conference dedicated to its cloud portfolio.Roughly…

IDG Contributor Network: What 8×8’s Sameroom acquisition says about cross-platform collaboration

I’ve written about Sameroom a couple of times in the past. The idea of the platform…

IDG Contributor Network: Act-On wants to bring ‘the Waze experience’ to marketing automation

I get the idea of using metaphors to illustrate a narrative. But there is a difference…

IDG Contributor Network: On diversity, inclusion and the horrendous misogyny in the tech industry

I’m a pretty level-headed guy, not one to get emotional about stuff that happens out there…