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Red Hat, SAP Team on New Integrated Enterprise Linux Platform

The new platform demonstrates the ''growing acceptance of open source alternatives," said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director at ThinkStrategies Open source "can enhance and extend the capabilities of traditional enterprise applications and tools, like those provided by SAP," h...

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Biggest Obstacle to Business Success: Multicloud Management

The rise of Microsoft Azure as a major competitor to Amazon Web Services has become a mixed blessing for IT managers. While many were pleased to see Microsoft finally become a cloud-first company and build Azure into a viable alternative to AWS, they now are faced with a new set of challenges in trying to make the most of multiple cloud providers ...

Amazon Shares Hit Milestone as E-Commerce Battle Heats Up

"Wall Street has recognized that Amazon has not only built a powerful e-commerce business [but that] its AWS division has also become a powerful platform," said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of ThinkStrategies Amazon has been "creating high growth and profitable new busine...

Microsoft Debuts Smarter Cloud at Build

Major cloud computing firms like Microsoft, Google and Amazon are pursuing different strategies to capitalize on emerging market opportunities, said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of ThinkStrategies "The most obvious example is the latest smart devices that each of the com...

Marketing Firm Zeta Global Turns Heads With $140M Funding Round

The new round of funding and Zeta's growing base of customers show there is "still plenty of demand for comprehensive, multichannel marketing solutions" from a variety of sources, said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of ThinkStrategies "The company's rapidly growing installe...

Red Hat Pilots New Program to Ease Digital Transformation

Red Hat recognizes that in order to expand its ecosystem, it must enhance and adjust its partner programs continually as its product portfolio evolves, and customer needs change, said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director at ThinkStrategies. "The limited rollout of the latest par...

Linux Academy Rolls Out New Cloud-Based Training Platform

"The launch of this program is another indication of the accelerating adoption of cloud services," noted Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of ThinkStrategies, "and there is no question that initial focus on AWS specialists is because of its dominant position in the market at this time."

Pipedrive Attracts Funds for Global Expansion

Pipedrive represents only the latest startup to offer CRM tools in an increasingly crowded field, noted Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director at ThinkStrategies There appears to be an "insatiable appetite" for new sales tools in the enterprise space, he told CRM Buyer, adding that...

AWS Announces AI, Hybrid Cloud Innovations

"AWS has always been the innovation leader in the IaaS market," noted Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of ThinkStrategies It "has put considerable pressure on its competitors by also providing the best prices and ease of use for its service," he told the E-Commerce Times....

Amazon Builds Fulfillment Centers, Investors Grouse

The quarterly performance represents just the latest example of Amazon failing to satisfy Wall Street expectations for the designated period, while it makes strategic investments in its infrastructure to satisfy long-term business goals, said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director at ThinkStrategies...

Twitter Hopes Fade as Salesforce Deal Slips Away

"I suspect that Salesforce finally recognized that the cost of acquiring Twitter, combined with the complexity of managing a global social network of this magnitude, outweighed the business benefits it would have produced for Salesforce and its customers and partners," ThinkStrategies Managing Director Jeffrey Kaplan told the E-Commerce Times...

Tech Big Shots Rumored Lining Up for Twitter

Such a deal could divert the company a bit off its core mission, suggested Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director at ThinkStrategies A Twitter acquisition could "significantly enhance the collaborative qualities of its cloud solutions," he told the E-Commerce Times, as well as prov...

Microsoft Dynamics Edges Out Salesforce, Oracle for HP Win

The move is a sign that despite their age, these two tech behemoths will fight aggressively to stay competitive with their younger, leaner and more nimble competitors, suggested Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of ThinkStrategies. "Microsoft and HP have been longstanding par...

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Brings CRM and ERP Together

"Microsoft recognizes that organizations are seeking software suppliers that can be a strategic source of an integrated suite of solutions that is extensible via third-party applications and provides embedded development tools," ThinkStrategies Managing Director Jeffrey Kaplan told CRM Buyer.

Microsoft Buys Solair for Azure IoT

"Solair not only gives Microsoft additional IoT software and technology, it also has a track record of success in major enterprises worldwide," said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of ThinkStrategies "So Solair's team gives Microsoft proven skills and practical experience in...

Investors Buying In Following Salesforce’s Q3 Stunner

"Salesforce is experiencing unusually rapid growth for a company of its size because it continues to behave like a startup seeking to prove itself in the market despite its success," said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of ThinkStrategies. "Salesforce has succeeded in becom...

Salesforce Investors Applaud European Startup Plans

"The European SaaS/Cloud market is not as advanced as in the U.S., and local investment in startups is more restrictive," said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director at ThinkStrategies The Salesforce announcement will send a signal to potential European partners that the company is...

Salesforce IoT Cloud Makes Thunderous Debut

"Salesforce is focused on helping businesses track the movement of things in such a way that it can be correlated to your customers' wants and needs," said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director ofTHINKstrategies The IoT Cloud could enable Salesforce users to convert the data gener...

Microsoft Bolsters Dynamics CRM With FieldOne Buy

"The FieldOne acquisition will strengthen Microsoft's Dynamics capabilities by adding an important new element to their CRM solution -- field service management," said Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of THINKstrategies. "The combination of CRM and FSM functionality is becom...

Veeva Injects Fresh Blood Into Pharma CRM

The company "has been a pioneer in delivering cloud-based SaaS solutions to the pharma industry," observed Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director at Thinkstrategies It was the first company to build an industry-specific CRM solution on Salesforce.com's platform, which it has enhanc...

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