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In a wide ranging interview with Wall Street Journal global technology editor Jason Dean yesterday, Slack CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield had some strong words regarding Microsoft, saying his company represented an existential threat to the software giant. The interview took place at the WSJ Tech Live event. When Butterfield was asked about a chart […]

Stewart Butterfield says Microsoft sees Slack as existential threat

This entry was posted in Enterprise slack Social TC on October 24, 2019 by Ron Miller

It’s been just over a year since Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion, but the company has grown in that time, and today it announced that it has hired former Bitnami COO and co-founder Erica Brescia to be its COO. Brescia handled COO duties at Bitnami from its founding in 2011 until it was sold …

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GitHub hires former Bitnami co-founder Erica Brescia as COO

This entry was posted in Cloud Developer Enterprise TC on June 11, 2019 by Ron Miller

In a carefully framed deal, ServiceNow announced this morning that it has acquired the intellectual property and key personnel of mobile analytics company, Appsee for an undisclosed price. Under the terms of the deal, the co-founders and R&D team will be joining ServiceNow after the deal closes. It’s worth noting that ServiceNow did not acquire […]

ServiceNow acquihires mobile analytics startup Appsee

This entry was posted in Developer Fundings & Exits mergers and acquisitons Mobile mobile analytics TC on May 13, 2019 by Ron Miller

Slack’s goal of integrating enterprise tools in the chat interface has been a major differentiator from the giant companies it’s competing with like Microsoft and Facebook. Last year, it bought Astro, specifically with the goal of integrating enterprise productivity tools inside Slack, and today it announced new integrations with Microsoft OneDrive and Outlook. Specifically, Slack […]

Slack integration with Office 365 one more step toward total ...

This entry was posted in Cloud Enterprise Microsoft OneDrive Outlook slack Social TC on April 9, 2019 by Ron Miller

With LeBron James hundreds of miles west plying his trade for the Los Angeles Lakers these days, Cleveland Cavalier fans haven’t had a lot to cheer about this season, but Aramark (the stadium food and beverage vendor) and the Cavs have teamed up with Apple Business Chat to let fans order drinks right from their […]

Apple Business Chat drives in-seat drink ordering at Quicken Loans ...

This entry was posted in Apps Mobile and tagged apple on March 18, 2019 by Ron Miller

Trust is a fundamental building block of any healthy relationship, whether that’s between individuals or companies and customers. If you can’t trust the company you are doing business with to do the right thing by you, it’s hard to continue the relationship. Too often, we have seen this trust broken when it comes to data […]

When brands violate customer trust, it’s tough to win it ...

This entry was posted in Apps Marc Benioff Mobile Social TC on February 27, 2019 by Ron Miller

Last year Microsoft introduced several mixed reality business solutions under the Dynamics 365 enterprise product umbrella. Today, the company announced it would be moving these to smartphones in the spring, starting with previews. The company announced Remote Assist on HoloLens last year. This tool allows a technician working onsite to show a remote expert what […]

Microsoft bringing Dynamics 365 mixed reality solutions to smartphones

This entry was posted in Android augmented reality Cloud Enterprise HoloLens iOS Microsoft mixed reality Mobile on February 21, 2019 by Ron Miller

Apple has always been an evolving company. While it never really invented any product categories, it always seemed to make those product categories work better and smarter. It also found a way to make us want them, even when they were more expensive. Today, the WSJ reports, Apple is trying to find its way to […]

Apple could be looking for its next big revenue model

This entry was posted in Mobile and tagged apple iphone on February 18, 2019 by Ron Miller

The founders of Glide, a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2019 class, had a notion that building mobile apps in the enterprise was too hard. They decided to simplify the process by starting with a spreadsheet, and automatically turning the contents into a slick mobile app. David Siegel, CEO and co-founder at Glide, was […]

Glide helps you build mobile apps from a spreadsheet without ...

This entry was posted in Cloud Developer Enterprise Mobile Startups TC on February 12, 2019 by Ron Miller

Earlier this week, Slack announced that it has filed the paperwork to go public at some point later this year. The big question is, will the company exit into the public markets as expected, or will one of the technology giants swoop in at the last minute with buckets of cash and take them off […]

Someone could scoop up Slack before it IPOs

This entry was posted in Cloud Enterprise Fundings & Exits Microsoft slack Social on February 7, 2019 by Ron Miller

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