Comments on: AppExchange 2.0 http://itredux.com/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/ New Rules for a New IT World Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:42:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Under the Radar http://itredux.com/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/comment-page-1/#comment-35232 Under the Radar Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:42:14 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/#comment-35232 [...] Seen and Heard: Ismael Ghalimi of IT|Redux states “If there ever was a Web 2.0 killer app for Salesforce.com, this is it”. “SpanningSalesforce delivers a very specific and targeted solution -- RSS for anything to everything in Salesforce”, says StartupSquad. [...] […] Seen and Heard: Ismael Ghalimi of IT|Redux states “If there ever was a Web 2.0 killer app for Salesforce.com, this is it”. “SpanningSalesforce delivers a very specific and targeted solution — RSS for anything to everything in Salesforce”, says StartupSquad. […]

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://itredux.com/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/comment-page-1/#comment-6309 Dennis Howlett Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:10:23 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/#comment-6309 [...] It makes no charge to ISVs for the pleasure, making it attractive to very small companies who might otherwise baulk at being taxed for access to an API yet who have great ideas. As Ismael points out, Charlie Wood over at Spanning Partners has benefited from this and it is a model that could be readily extended to other vendors. Most traditional software houses make a variety of charges both to the ISV and customer for add-ons. [...] […] It makes no charge to ISVs for the pleasure, making it attractive to very small companies who might otherwise baulk at being taxed for access to an API yet who have great ideas. As Ismael points out, Charlie Wood over at Spanning Partners has benefited from this and it is a model that could be readily extended to other vendors. Most traditional software houses make a variety of charges both to the ISV and customer for add-ons. […]

]]> By: The Ponderings of Woodrow http://itredux.com/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/comment-page-1/#comment-6122 The Ponderings of Woodrow Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:52:43 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/#comment-6122 <strong>AppExchange-ing Ideas with the Irregulars...</strong> Last week, I took part in a discussion with some fellow Irregulars regarding Salesforce.com's AppExchange. One of the great things about our motley band of enterprise-focused bloggers is that we bring many different lenses to the conversation, and this... AppExchange-ing Ideas with the Irregulars…

Last week, I took part in a discussion with some fellow Irregulars regarding Salesforce.com’s AppExchange. One of the great things about our motley band of enterprise-focused bloggers is that we bring many different lenses to the conversation, and this…

]]> By: Dejan Nenov http://itredux.com/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/comment-page-1/#comment-5970 Dejan Nenov Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:43:53 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/#comment-5970 This is a brilliant summary of what AppExchange lacks today. Our applications -- MakeTime -- is one of a select few that were refused an official listing on the AppExchange, because Salesforce.com does not allow executable code and third party data to be hosted side-by-side with their own instances. This raises the unpleasant question about customer data security -- when an application needs to store copies of customer data in order to operate. Clearly, this is the case for most non-trivial or performance constrained tools. We will eagerly anticipate AppExchange 2.0, but for now it seems that alternative offerings provide better technology, if not equal marketing glitz. This is a brilliant summary of what AppExchange lacks today. Our applications — MakeTime — is one of a select few that were refused an official listing on the AppExchange, because Salesforce.com does not allow executable code and third party data to be hosted side-by-side with their own instances.

This raises the unpleasant question about customer data security — when an application needs to store copies of customer data in order to operate. Clearly, this is the case for most non-trivial or performance constrained tools.

We will eagerly anticipate AppExchange 2.0, but for now it seems that alternative offerings provide better technology, if not equal marketing glitz.

]]> By: Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/comment-page-1/#comment-5706 Ismael Ghalimi Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:56:03 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/#comment-5706 Niel, I agree, it will be interested to see how fast Microsoft can execute there. Niel,

I agree, it will be interested to see how fast Microsoft can execute there.

]]> By: Niel Robertson http://itredux.com/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/comment-page-1/#comment-5702 Niel Robertson Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:56:42 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/#comment-5702 You do realize all the would-be-nice functionality you just described is built into Microsoft SharePoint beta coming out Q3 this year. Microsoft is the sleeping giant here. From a transaction platform (e.g. doing billing for me to sell my applications) they are behind, but from an online SaaS feature perspective, they are WAY ahead of SFdC in many areas. Nice piece though Ismael. In talking to Rally, an existing SFdC OEM, the devil is in the details though. There may be a few big pieces missing. Sooner or later I will have a chance to write about it. You do realize all the would-be-nice functionality you just described is built into Microsoft SharePoint beta coming out Q3 this year. Microsoft is the sleeping giant here. From a transaction platform (e.g. doing billing for me to sell my applications) they are behind, but from an online SaaS feature perspective, they are WAY ahead of SFdC in many areas.

Nice piece though Ismael. In talking to Rally, an existing SFdC OEM, the devil is in the details though. There may be a few big pieces missing. Sooner or later I will have a chance to write about it.

]]> By: Perspectives on Salesforce.com » AppExchange 2.0 http://itredux.com/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/comment-page-1/#comment-5701 Perspectives on Salesforce.com » AppExchange 2.0 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:22:12 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/#comment-5701 [...] The IT Redux blog has a nice write up on their suggestions for what they call “AppExchange 2.0″. They are mostly suggestions on what should be done to increase the capabilities of the overall Salesforce platform like server-side scripting and a business process manager. [...] […] The IT Redux blog has a nice write up on their suggestions for what they call “AppExchange 2.0″. They are mostly suggestions on what should be done to increase the capabilities of the overall Salesforce platform like server-side scripting and a business process manager. […]

]]> By: Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/comment-page-1/#comment-5699 Ismael Ghalimi Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:06:48 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/#comment-5699 Zoli, We're totally on the same page here. Zoli,

We’re totally on the same page here.

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://itredux.com/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/comment-page-1/#comment-5697 Zoli Erdos Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:54:43 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/07/17/appexchange-20/#comment-5697 I believe there is some level of integration between Salesforce.com and JotSpot -- no idea on th extent though. All businesses need a seemless way of managing structured and unstructured information alike, and perhaps the CRM + Wiki combo is a way to deliver that. In this case JotSpot has document versioning. It's still the "old way" though -- upload offline documents, do version control online, edit offline, etc. Clearly, online document management à la Zoho is better. So I guess my dream setup is: Hosted Enterprise Software + Wiki + Office 2.0. I believe there is some level of integration between Salesforce.com and JotSpot — no idea on th extent though. All businesses need a seemless way of managing structured and unstructured information alike, and perhaps the CRM + Wiki combo is a way to deliver that. In this case JotSpot has document versioning.

It’s still the “old way” though — upload offline documents, do version control online, edit offline, etc. Clearly, online document management à la Zoho is better. So I guess my dream setup is: Hosted Enterprise Software + Wiki + Office 2.0.

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