http://gigaom.com/2011/04/26/vmware-buys-sliderocket-in-a-race-to-provide-collaboration-2/ Sat, 18 May 2013 19:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2011/04/26/vmware-buys-sliderocket-in-a-race-to-provide-collaboration-2/#comment-619846 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:18:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=336538#comment-619846 The space keeps getting hotter. It would be interesting to see how this fits with Zimbra.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/04/26/vmware-buys-sliderocket-in-a-race-to-provide-collaboration-2/#comment-619756 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:48:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=336538#comment-619756 I think this is all about delivering a suite of services which reinforce the VMware platform. I’ve been a long time happy customer of their Fusion product line. It seems natural to add productivity applications to the next layer of the cloud services. I think we’re just at the beginning of a new market where you have to add value beyond having a big disk drive in the sky. The only risk I see is Flash. Maybe they’re working on HTML5 to transition to a more web neutral deployment.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/04/26/vmware-buys-sliderocket-in-a-race-to-provide-collaboration-2/#comment-619712 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:45:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=336538#comment-619712 VM Ware seems ill prepared to nurture a customer facing startup into hyper growth. It appears all their existing product lines are infrastructure and internal technologies. Is this another case of Cisco buying and killing the Flip. No, actually Cisco already has consumer divisions that have robust marketing expertise. I admit to not knowing much about VMWare (but there in lies the rub – I’m a consumer) and perhaps there is synergy here that is not obvious. I am a very satisfied SlideRocket customer and a champion of the service but worried this is the beginning of the end.

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