Huddle Fights to Gain Viral Uptake
In a world where new entrants are trying to break the near-hegemony that Microsoft SharePoint has in enterprise content management, the new generation of vendors is painfully aware that they are in a death race to build momentum. Revenue comes secondary to increasing the viral spread of their products
Syncplicity moves to Document Lifecycle and Workflow
I use a bunch of document and file synchronization, backup and collaboration tools. From SugarSync to Box.net, from Dropbox to Syncplicity I’ve pretty much used, and currently use, them all. One of the things that interests me from a business strategy perspective, is how companies that primarily sit in the backup and synchronization space manage [...]
Huddle Riding a Wave–Collaboration to the World (of Enterprise)
Reflecting on the recent BoxWorks conference that I was unfortunately not able to attend, Krish commented on Box’s increasing adoption by enterprise saying that; I am convinced about the traction Box is getting in this space. Starting with companies like P&G to Six Flags, the companies were completely confident about trusting Box for their content [...]
BoxWorks 2011: A Recap
Last week Box, the enterprise software company formerly known as Box.net, held their first annual user conference by name Boxworks. With this conference, Box is signaling that they want to be part of the big enterprise software club. Since this is their first attempt, it was a one day event but they are planning a [...]
The Lesson of Dropbox: Usage = Value
Word on the street is that Dropbox is about to raise a major round of financing at a $5 billion+ valuation. While some will cry “Bubble!”, I think there’s a different lesson we can learn: Usage = Value. Let’s face it–Dropbox isn’t the most complicated business or technology. It’s a relatively simple storage app that [...]
Tablets In The Enterprise: Workday and Box Announce Tablet Apps
From the days when we considered iPads in the enterprise as an exciting new trend, we have slowly moved into a world where tablets are a norm from boardroom to IT admins. In fact, it has become a defacto device for many of the top level executives, thereby, forcing cloud application providers to offer a [...]
Gartner Says Worldwide SaaS Revenue To Grow 21% This Year
Gartner, the leading research firm, said SaaS will grow by 21% this year with CRM leading the way. Based on the trends we have been observing in the recent years, this is pretty much expected. After the initial FUD and maturation of cloud based technologies, enterprises are looking beyond the security and privacy issue to [...]
Box Counters Office 365 With Deeper Google Integration
Box (previous CloudAve coverage), Palo Alto based cloud content management solution provider, yesterday announced their readiness to take on Office 365 (previous CloudAve coverage), Microsoft’s comprehensive online office solution including Sharepoint, which will be generally available next week. They announced a tighter integration with Google Docs, clearly a credible option to go against Sharepoint inside [...]
What to do When a Tech Giant Decides to Eat Your Lunch
An edited version of this post originally ran on TechCrunch. This version has some additional details on a portfolio company I’ve invested in, which are disclosed below. WWDC. The annual Apple event where no real hints about what products they plan to release are floated in the public domain in advance. No private head [...]
ECM Cloud Connect – Box Is Finally Getting Realistic
Yesterday, Box (see previous CloudAve coverage) announced that they are releasing ECM Cloud Connect, a connector for traditional enterprise content management software. This marks a subtle turn around in Box’s strategy, partly due to the recognition of their challenges and, possibly, due to the pressures that came with their recent whopping $48 Million funding round. [...]
Will Box’s Enterprise Strategy Pay Dividends?
Box (see previous CloudAve coverage), formerly known as Box.Net, continues to push hard on gaining enterprise marketshare. Today they announced a newer version of iPad app that includes not only some of the recently announced #newbox features but also additional security measures aimed squarely at the enterprise customers. Box is trying to project themselves as [...]
What Honeycomb and Android Tablets Mean for Businesses
Google is set to announce their first tablet-oriented Android operating system, codenamed Honeycomb. At Box, we’ve been waiting for this moment since we started seeing significant traction with our apps for both the iPad and Android phones, with nearly 400,000 downloads to date. With the introduction of Honeycomb, we’ll begin working immediately on a tablet-centric version of our Box Android app.
How did we get to this point?
Well, Well, SAP is now on Google Apps MarketPlace. Ok, Just StreamWork. But Still:-)
Straight from the Who-woulda-thunk-it department: time to rethink the Enterprise Software is Not Sexy meme. Or at least parts of it. We’ve previously introduced SAP’s StreamWork collaboration platform – it is now available on the Google Apps Marketplace. That’s not exactly the old-fashioned Enterprise Approach to market. And if you look at SAP’s StreamWork Partner [...]
Everyone’s a Publisher with DIY Image and Video Studio Blue Sky
In the coming months I am going to highlight a handful of small businesses that I think are special. They are exciting, and I always have my ears open for hot new little mom and pop shops. I am fascinated by Trader Joe’s. Not just because I love to cook–but because they have that special [...]
Disrupting The Cloud Storage Market: Box.Net Says Yes We Can
Box.Net (see previous CloudAve coverage), the Palo Alto based cloud storage company, today surprised the industry with their Infinite Cloud philosophy. With this move, Box.Net is changing the very dynamics of the industry. We will be seeing the reverberations of this move in the coming months and years. Whether Box.Net can truly disrupt the industry [...]
