“CRM systems delivered by Salesforce.com, Oracle and SugarCRM are really powerful, but where they fall down is that users don’t like to use them.”
– Lawrence Coburn, CEO and co-founder, DoubleDutch
“Facebook is yesterday’s story. People are looking at the next thing.”
– Terry Connelly, dean emeritus at Golden Gate University’s Ageno School of Business
“Even in Silicon Valley, it takes most technologies 20 years to become overnight successes.”
– Mr. Saffo, consulting professor, Stanford’s school of engineering
“As long as he’s not on the island that I’m on, it’s OK with me.”
– Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com, referring to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s recent purchase of a Hawaiian island
“Large parts of the IT industry are putting up smoke and mirrors around big data.”
– Mark Wilkinson, IK managing director, SAS