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| Is Force.com Your Key to the Cloud Kingdom? |
| In this article, we provide a high-level introduction to the reality and misconceptions around salesforce.com and its work culture, as seen through the eyes of a partner. The article is extracted from our recent book, “Force.com as your key to the Cloud Kingdom?” which also features a Foreword from Parker Harris, co-founder of salesforce.com. |
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| Are You Wasting IT Services Dollars In Cloud Computing? |
| The premise for my latest Information Week article, How To Reduce IT Service Costs In The Cloud, is that companies are paying unnecessary consulting and support fees for cloud apps, increasing their total cost of ownership by up to 50%. |
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| How To Reduce IT Service Costs In The Cloud |
| Businesses seem to have accepted that cloud computing leads to lower IT costs, and it’s true that many companies experience some savings in switching to the cloud. Yet, the total cost of ownership for most is still up to 50% more than it should be. |
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| Free Book Summary - Force.com As Your Key to the Cloud Kingdom |
| Navatar Cofounder Alok Misra takes you inside the world of salesforce.com. Whether you are a CEO or CTO, this is the only comprehensive and unbiased guide you will need to figure out whether Force.com is the right fit as well as what’s needed to be commercially successful. Foreword by Parker Harris, cofounder, salesforce.com |
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| Article – Why Multitenancy Matters in the Cloud |
| There’s a debate in the software industry over whether multitenancy is a prerequisite for cloud computing. Those considering using cloud apps might question if they should care about this debate. But they should care, and here’s why: multitenancy is the most direct path to spending less and getting more from a cloud application…. |
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| Article – Product Cloud or Service Cloud .. Know the Difference |
| In the world of on-premise computing, product companies are as distinct from services companies as land is from water. Yet in the cloud, it’s often hard to see the difference. Some people lump cloud companies together, as if they all do the same thing. But they don’t; in fact, not recognizing the difference can be an expensive mistake for customers, investors, and even the cloud companies themselves… |
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| Article – When to Use the Force |
| There is no doubt that Force.com is the leading cloud computing platform today. If you are an independent software vendor (ISV) or an entrepreneur looking to build commercial products in a public cloud, it’s probably on your radar already. Does that mean you can create a profitable cloud business by building your product on Force.com? The answer is--not necessarily …. |
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| Article - O Multitenancy.. Will Thy Survive Oracle? |
| It surely takes someone as influential (and smart) as Larry Ellison, to be able to dismiss multitenancy as a "horrible idea" (see Oracle's CEO Holds Court on Salesforce, Fusion and More). Every customer being in the same database is a "horrible security model," Mr. Ellison says. With the likes of Oracle strongly attacking it, will multitenancy die a premature death … |
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| Webinar – Architecting Commercial Apps |
| Ketan Khandkar, Principal, Navatar and Sati Hillyer, salesforce.com Evangelist , provide answers to answers to important architectural decisions ISVs need to make before building on Force.com, in this recorded webinar. |
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| Article – Ten Common Mistakes Architects Make… |
| Force.com is changing the way software is written and deployed. Companies are realizing the enormous advantages of deploying business applications in very short timeframes without having to invest in hardware, software, and IT infrastructure – let alone the number of people it can take to maintain on-premise solutions. Thanks to salesforce.com, building and deploying a SaaS application has never been easier …. |
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| Article – Cloud Computing Killed Siebel … Will You Be Next? |
| Everyone knows how salesforce.com crushed Siebel a few years ago, to become the de facto standard in CRM. What started with a win in the On Demand CRM battlefield, has now revolutionized the delivery of software through cloud computing. Legacy software vendors under attack from newer cloud providers, are scrambling to protect their turf, like Siebel tried to do in the early part of the decade. However, most of these legacy vendors are fighting a losing battle … |
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| Interview – Leaders In The Cloud |
| Sand Hill Interviews Alok Misra and Ian Gotts. Alok and Ian explain not just the technology considerations—and common misconceptions—involved in building cloud computing applications on Force.com, but more importantly, emphasize the need to understand the new business model and commercial viability of cloud offerings …. |
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| Article – Multitenancy … The Next Cloud Computing Wave> |
| Navatar Group, a cloud service provider, is openly attacking the vestiges of the on-premise software model. Navatar just announced that it will provide all implementation and support services for financial firms interested in salesforce.com, for free. Navatar's announcement is promises to start a new trend among cloud product providers - free services…. |
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| Interview – ThinkEquity Interview of Alok Misra |
| We had the opportunity to interview Alok Misra, Co-Founder and Principal at Navatar Group, an important salesforce.com partner (and one salesforce's first resellers). Navatar Group has been an important partner for the past five years, due to its pre-built financial services solutions that run on the Force.com platform and its deep expertise in Force.com … |
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| Article – Does the CIO Have a Role In The Cloud |
| Jim Sinur from Gartner poses some very good questions about IT’s role in the Cloud world, in his blog entry The Secret is Out: The Business is Building Processes and Applications. The question is: Will IT continue to play an important role within their organization, when the business now has the option of getting their apps developed on platforms such as Force.com, without IT involvement? |
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| Article – Cloud Computing … Wipro and Oracle Style |
| I just read the announcement from Wipro and Oracle about their Cloud platform for software companies in this article, Wipro Offers Cloud Computing Service, from Mary Hayes Weier of Information Week. According to the announcement, Wipro and Oracle are providing a service which will let software companies offer their existing applications as SaaS in a multitenant model. They claim they can move your apps into the Cloud at 50% of the cost... |
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| Please contact us at 212 461 2140 or sales@navatargroup.com. We would love to hear from you. |
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