One of the best things was the salesforce colored cabs:
There was a lot of interest in mobile platforms, integration, apex code and visualforce.
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/05/22/salesforcecom-a-play-on-gulp-web-30/
MacMillan contends that the company is morphing from the leader in on-demand CRM software to “a major provider of cloud computer infrastructure.” (Which is to say, Web 3.0.) “If customers keep track with the vision, management executes and keeps good terms with other disruptive players, we think the opportunity could be many times the size of the CRM market,” he writes.
MacMillan notes that CRM still generates most of the company’s sales from sales force automation. But he notes that the company has opened up its infrastructure as a platform and hopes third parties will develop more tactical applications. “While it is a big bet, nascent and not exactly unique [Google (GOOG) and Amazon (AMZN) have similar offerings] we think CRM is gaining significant mind share within customers and from the third party developer community,” he writes.
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Management Forum
Topic: Extraordinary Results for an Enterprise Agile Revolution
Presented by: Steve Greene & Chris Fry
After Dinner Presentation
Topic: Globalization And Why It Works
Presented by: Kevin Walsh
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bullet Time:
bullet 6:00 PM: Registration
bullet 6:30 PM: Management Forum
bullet 7:00 PM: Dinner (See the menu if no pop-up, click here)
bullet 7:30 PM: After Dinner Presentation
bullet Place: RAMADA INN
1217 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale CA 94089 (See Meeting Map)
bullet Cost: (to defray expenses for dinner)
bullet $25 for IEEE members; $30 for non-members with reservations by 12:00PM 06/03/2008
bullet Special $10 rate for IEEE Student Members (with IEEE Student Member Card)
bullet $5 additional (members or not) after 12:00PM 06/03/2008
bullet Pay at the door; cash or checks only -- no credit cards
One of the best things was the salesforce colored cabs:
There was a lot of interest in mobile platforms, integration, apex code and visualforce.
Wednesday, April 14, 2008, 3:30-5 p.m.
“The Year of Living Dangerously”
Presenters: Steve Greene, CSM, and Chris Fry, Ph.D, CSM, SalesForce.com
Many software organizations today ask “How do we make an agile transformation and what benefit will we get?” Should you transition your organization to agile all at once or proceed more iteratively, team by team? This talk describes salesforce.com's year of living dangerously where we moved our entire R&D organization to an agile model. The key difference in our approach was to throw the switch on 30 teams all at once. Most agile experts thought this was a crazy approach, however, in the end our transition became one of the fastest and largest agile transitions. In just 3 short months we moved our entire team from a waterfall-based approach to an iterative, Scrum based methodology we’ve named ADM (Adaptive Development Methodology). Over the course of the year we have refined and measured our progress and learned many lessons. This approach was a great risk for the organization that has ultimately delivered dramatic results and extraordinary business value.
Our methodology combines both Scrum based project management and XP style continuous integration practices. Our Technology team uses this methodology to regularly deliver 3 to 4 major releases a year to over 41,000 customers via more than 140 million transactions per day. We will present our approach to the agile transition, the business value that we have achieved and the results of our team-wide survey sampled every quarter. If you are still in the midst of or are starting a large, multi-year agile transition, you may want to consider going "all in" after this talk.
]]>Following Dell’s Ideastorm, Starbucks has opened a forum — also powered by Salesforce.com — where customers can make suggestions then discuss and vote on them. Starbucks, of all companies, with its loyal and opinionated customers, should have been doing this years ago. Every company should be doing it now.
If auto companies had this five years ago, we’d all have told them to force their radio manufacturers to include a damned 39-cent plug so we could hook up our iPods. If airlines had it today, we’d tell them how to get out of their customer-service mess. Why does listening to your customers sound like a web 2.0 idea? It should be a business 1.0 necessity.
It's really easy and free to start playing around with visual force and apex code. You can create a hello world web service, or just try out the language.
A free developer site to work in.
The Scrum Alliance is pleased to announce the upcoming Chicago Scrum Gathering program.
Program Highlights:
Monday and Tuesday, April 14-15 - General Sessions
Twenty General Sessions are divided into five areas of interest or tracks that run concurrently on Monday and Tuesday. Program tracks include: Scaling Scrum, Scrum Leadership, Scrum Skills, Ingredients for Success, Scrum Experiences
Wednesday, April 16 - Open Space event in the morning.
The Gathering concludes Wednesday afternoon with a final Keynote Presentation "The Year of Living Dangerously: Extraordinary Results for an Enterprise Agile Revolution" presented by Steve Greene, CSM, and Chris Fry, Ph.D, CSM, salesforce.com
]]>January 17th, 2008 9-6
The Palace Hotel
2 New Montgomery Street
FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Marc Benioff
Chairman & CEO
salesforce.com
Marc Andreessen
Co-founder & CTO
Ning, Inc.
Parker Harris
EVP, Technology
salesforce.com
SESSIONS:
Track 1: Force.com Fundamentals
Who Should Attend: Salesforce admins, IT professionals and business analysts
Track 2: Apex, Visualforce & Beyond
Who Should Attend: Experienced developers and programmers
Track 3: Force.com Entrepreneurs & ISVs
Who Should Attend: Startups and prospective partners
Sometimes I feel this way in meetings. I hear everyone talk and the simple solution jumps out in bold. I think 'do we have to sit around for another 55 minutes just to come back to the simple way?'.
As I was walking in to work this morning, I thought this is a little like applying Occam's razor to code: "If there are two ways to solve a problem in code and one way is simpler, do it the simple way."
So if you are sitting in that meeting, remember to trust your instincts, do it the simple way, not everyone can see it as clearly as you do.
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