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Once a market and technology matures, there tend to be a few large companies that are generalists and a second group of companies that provide niche versions of a technology. For example, take a look at dating sites, which I’m using as an example because the industry is mature. The factors that represent maturity include: […]

A fifth of all businesses will have deployed IoT-related security by the end of 2017, analyst Gartner thinks. Dedicated digital security services that are committed to “protecting business initiatives using devices and services in the Internet of Things” will be in place by then, the research and advisory company says. Gartner made the statement in […]

It’s a heartache, nothing but a heartache. Hits you when it’s too late, hits you when you’re down. It’s a fools’ game, nothing but a fool’s game. Standing in the cold rain, feeling like a clown. When singer Bonnie Tyler recorded in her distinctive raspy voice “It’s A Heartache” in 1978, you’d think she was […]

Tidemark delivers enterprise performance management (EPM) software. What that esoteric acronym means is that Tidemark helps organizations take internal data they already have and use it to plan the future steps they will take, but also to assess the historical performance of their organization. Tidemark was founded only a few short years ago (in 2009, to […]

Tidemark delivers enterprise performance management (EPM) software. What that esoteric acronym means is that Tidemark helps organizations take internal data they already have and use it to plan the future steps they will take, but also to assess the historical performance of their organization. Tidemark was founded only a few short years ago (in 2009, to […]

Over the past eight or so years that I’ve been covering Salesforce, I’ve grown increasingly numb to the sheer number of different “clouds” it sells. There is, of course, the Salesforce Sales Cloud, but that has been joined by the Service Cloud, the Community Cloud, the Marketing Cloud, the Analytics Cloud, etc., etc. A few […]

Have you ever really thought about the importance of DNS to your business? DNS, the Domain Name System, is sometimes called the “phonebook of the Internet.” Just as the phonebook allows you to look up names, addresses, and phone numbers of people and businesses to be categorized and referenced, DNS allows for domain names and […]