Comments on: Salesforce.com’s Apex As Sustaining Innovation http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/10/salesforcecoms-apex-as-sustaining-innovation a blog about the connected age Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:17:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Anne http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/10/salesforcecoms-apex-as-sustaining-innovation#comment-585 Anne Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:24:48 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/10/salesforcecoms-apex-as-sustaining-innovation#comment-585 True, Mike. From the perspective of Oracle and SAP, AppExchange is quite disruptive. True, Mike. From the perspective of Oracle and SAP, AppExchange is quite disruptive.

]]> By: Mike Leach http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/10/salesforcecoms-apex-as-sustaining-innovation#comment-584 Mike Leach Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:45:28 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/10/salesforcecoms-apex-as-sustaining-innovation#comment-584 It's all relative. AppExchange 2.0 may be delivering sustaining innovations relative to 1.0, but Christensen's model would argue Salesforce's web-based delivery of business software as <i>highly</i> disruptive to traditional client-server and desktop applications. It’s all relative. AppExchange 2.0 may be delivering sustaining innovations relative to 1.0, but Christensen’s model would argue Salesforce’s web-based delivery of business software as highly disruptive to traditional client-server and desktop applications.

]]> By: Anne http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/10/salesforcecoms-apex-as-sustaining-innovation#comment-583 Anne Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:01:22 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/10/salesforcecoms-apex-as-sustaining-innovation#comment-583 True, investors stand to lose a lot of money and entrepreneurs a lot of time if their service doesn't pan out. But at least they're not caught up in a web of constraints and pressures from a current business. I didn't know anything about Grand Central... will have to read up on that. True, investors stand to lose a lot of money and entrepreneurs a lot of time if their service doesn’t pan out. But at least they’re not caught up in a web of constraints and pressures from a current business.

I didn’t know anything about Grand Central… will have to read up on that.

]]> By: Brad Whitaker http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/10/salesforcecoms-apex-as-sustaining-innovation#comment-582 Brad Whitaker Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:16:37 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/10/salesforcecoms-apex-as-sustaining-innovation#comment-582 I think Grand Central showed that there is <em>a lot</em>(around $60M) to lose by investing money and time in creating an application marketplace. Were they just ahead of their time? <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=2196" rel="nofollow">Grand Central turning to Swivel</a> I think Grand Central showed that there is a lot(around $60M) to lose by investing money and time in creating an application marketplace. Were they just ahead of their time?
Grand Central turning to Swivel

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