Nick Gall

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Live from Orlando…It’s Gartner Symposium

by Nick Gall  |  October 14, 2008  |  Comments Off

There is arguably no more intense experience for an IT analyst than Gartner Symposium. And I can say that as an ex-META analyst — METAmorphosis (META’s flagship event) was wonderful, but in terms of the sheer numbers of interactions it pales in comparison. When I am not presenting, I am engaged in one-on-one meetings with [...]

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Marc Benioff: “We run your metadata”

by Nick Gall  |  September 16, 2008  |  Comments Off

I attended Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s “Mastermind Interview” at Gartner’s Web Innovation conference earlier today. It was very entertaining and insightful. My favorite takeaway BY FAR was this: Marc: “Your application? It’s all metadata.” Marc: “We run your metadata.” I find it refreshing that Marc calls this concept “metadata driven” instead of the more hifalutin [...]

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