Why just target Microsoft?
Google and salesforce.com are collaborating and putting their office productivity and CRM software together. Of course, I like it from an buyer economics perspective. But why just target Microsoft? Frankly it should be a lot more competitive against the much more expensive on-premise Oracle, SAP and other products.
But there comes the sobering reality - because Google has so much else going on and salesforce has been more focused recently on its force.com platform strategy, their combined functional footprint in the enterprise has not evolved much in the last year, and absent a few acquisitions will not grow much any time soon. When it comes to vertical extensions their footprint is negligible.
It's good to see the two working together. They really should put a much more ambitious Android type recruiting program together to cover a broader portfolio of applications.
Agree 100%. Especially if Google can combine their searchtechnology with an intelligent reporting tootl you will have something like silobreaker.com for the enterprise.
Posted by: Brendan | April 14, 2008 at 03:00 AM
In your opinion, who (Google or SF.com) stands to benefit more from this collaboration? And, beyond the obvious, do you have any thoughts on the apparent "hate" between these companies and Microsoft?
Posted by: Seth Kircher | April 14, 2008 at 05:44 PM
Seth, the latest MS CRM offering is a strong one, so sfdc should be just as motivated as Google is...
Posted by: vinnie mirchandani | April 15, 2008 at 09:57 PM