by Robert Solomon | Oct 24, 2011 | Automobile, Uncategorised
In preparation for the last post on pricing, I was reviewing the annual reports and presentations from a wide variety of Industry in the Cloud (IC) providers. Doing so reminded me of the importance to ICs of tracking the right metrics and, equally important, ignoring...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 17, 2011 | Key Success Factors, Pricing, Uncategorised |
In a prior post, I identified the right pricing model as one of the key success factors for “industry in the cloud” (IC) providers. Pricing is critical for all businesses, but it is especially critical (and complicated) for IC providers. Every...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 4, 2011 | Uncategorised
According to Wikipedia, a Managed Service Provider (MSP) are “is typically an information technology (IT) services provider, who manages and assumes responsibility for providing a defined set of services to their clients either proactively or as they (not the...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 25, 2011 | Uncategorised |
Okay, I admit to being to being a business wonk. I like to study all kinds of businesses, understand patterns, understand profit drivers, learn from strategic successes and failures, and see how this learning can be applied to whatever business I am currently working...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 17, 2011 | Uncategorised
Regardless of industry, Industry Cloud providers tend to provide a relatively consistent set of services, though the importance of these services differs greatly by industry. 1. Document Exchange and Collaboration. This is, of course, the core offering of most...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 11, 2011 | Education, Healthcare, Insurance, Logistics, Property Management, Travel, Uncategorised
I had intended the next blog post to be about the typical services that Industry Clouds offer to their communities–after all–I’m still just introducing the idea of an Industry Cloud. But the recent (and continuing?) drop in stock market prices...
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