The Idol judging begins, looking at a cultural shift at Salesforce.com, corporate social networks, and the obligatory Yankees Moment.

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CRM Idol

  • Latest update on the contest

CRM-Ish List 2011

  • The ISH list is back, and the CRM Idol will be on it – whoever it is

Idol Logo Judging

  • Not for the weak of heart….if this is an indication of how the event judging is gonna go we feel for all the contestants.

Salesforce.com moves into the Social Enterprise

  • Marc Benioff being on time signals a cultural shift in Salesforce.com
  • Marc Benioff asks if it’s ok to try out his new message to an audience of 1400
  • Jigsaw, Database.com, R6, Dim-Dim other recent purchases part of building Social Enterprise platform for customers
  • Three tenants of their Social Enterprise Strategy: Social – Open –Mobile
  • Open platform: developers can now use their tools of choice – Java, Apex, Ruby on Rails, etc. – Develop in anything you want
  • Radian6 is great, but it ain’t a Marketing Cloud
  • Corporate Social Networks
  1. Public Network
  2. Private Network
  3. Product Network?

  • Platform-as-a-service vs. Infrastructure-as-a-service…

  • The missing piece: Adding Video Streaming to Salesforce.com so that clips from Glengarry Glen Ross can be embedded into the sales process

Obligatory Yankees Moment….averting an act of treason…

Would you spend $4.5M on iCloud.com?

  • Guess what domain name The Playaz would spend $4.5M on?

Microsoft buying Skype – What Does it Mean?

  • A potential powerhouse in unified communications?
  • Is Nokia next on the shopping list?
  • They have the pieces, but can they pull it all together?