Comments on: Traction Announces New Integrated Micro-blogging and Solid Revenue Growth for 2008 http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html Apps, Strategies, and Best Practices for Web-based work Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:39:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Ives http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-29006 Bill Ives Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:58:52 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html#comment-29006 John - I think that the pure play venders such as Traction offer the most comprehensive and focused solutions but IBM (Connections) and Microsoft (Sharepoint plus partners) both have offerings in this space. Bill John – I think that the pure play venders such as Traction offer the most comprehensive and focused solutions but IBM (Connections) and Microsoft (Sharepoint plus partners) both have offerings in this space. Bill

]]> By: John http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-28973 John Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:56:53 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html#comment-28973 Bill, I am doing some research in this area. Can you point me to some good examples of how the big guys are offering software like traction team page? I really like the team page setup. Thanks, JD Bill, I am doing some research in this area. Can you point me to some good examples of how the big guys are offering software like traction team page? I really like the team page setup. Thanks, JD

]]> By: Jordan Frank http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-25180 Jordan Frank Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:34:10 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html#comment-25180 Jenny raises a few good questions about the future of collaboration and asks about our viability. In short: - Microblogging is a simple extension of the Traction TeamPage platform. Its a logical outgrowth of the "blog" facilities in Traction and leverages all the same facilities for permissions, commenting and so on. Where is this going? In Traction, the concepts of "wiki" and "blog" and "discussion" and "tagging" and now "Micro-blogging" are blended rather than separated - in a work focused collaborative environment that brings the tools to the task rather than the task to the tools. This is the future. I expect vendors who make stand alone tools to address one part of the E2.0 collaboration puzzle will suffer and will, in time, try to extend their platforms. - We've survived the economic effects of the internet bubble, 9/11, and the Iraq War. As we've recently announced, despite yet another economic challenge facing industry at large, we're experiencing our 6th straight year of growth. Unlike many of our venture-heavy competitors, we haven't been dependent on outside funding for several years. We've survived for all these years despite consistent competitive challenge from Microsoft, IBM and many other large players with collaboration software offerings and will continue to survive - AND THRIVE - in the years to come. I expect that as the current economic crisis grips corporations, they will seek easy to install and manage platforms like Traction TeamPage which also come at a very reasonable price tag as compared to the options from the likes of IBM and Microsoft. Jordan Jenny raises a few good questions about the future of collaboration and asks about our viability. In short:

- Microblogging is a simple extension of the Traction TeamPage platform. Its a logical outgrowth of the “blog” facilities in Traction and leverages all the same facilities for permissions, commenting and so on. Where is this going? In Traction, the concepts of “wiki” and “blog” and “discussion” and “tagging” and now “Micro-blogging” are blended rather than separated – in a work focused collaborative environment that brings the tools to the task rather than the task to the tools. This is the future. I expect vendors who make stand alone tools to address one part of the E2.0 collaboration puzzle will suffer and will, in time, try to extend their platforms.

- We’ve survived the economic effects of the internet bubble, 9/11, and the Iraq War. As we’ve recently announced, despite yet another economic challenge facing industry at large, we’re experiencing our 6th straight year of growth. Unlike many of our venture-heavy competitors, we haven’t been dependent on outside funding for several years. We’ve survived for all these years despite consistent competitive challenge from Microsoft, IBM and many other large players with collaboration software offerings and will continue to survive – AND THRIVE – in the years to come. I expect that as the current economic crisis grips corporations, they will seek easy to install and manage platforms like Traction TeamPage which also come at a very reasonable price tag as compared to the options from the likes of IBM and Microsoft.

Jordan

]]> By: Bill Ives http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-23769 Bill Ives Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:12:24 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html#comment-23769 Jenny I see no reason why Traction will not continue as an independent but I do not know their strategy. (disclosure - I have no relationship with them but have had many conversations). They continue to develop a client and revenue base, as well as making their platform more comprehensive. This is a robust market and there are a number of other excellent independent vendors and the large players (e.g., IBM an Microsoft) are also very much in this space. I see this as a validation of the enterprise 2.0 concept. Bill Jenny
I see no reason why Traction will not continue as an independent but I do not know their strategy. (disclosure – I have no relationship with them but have had many conversations). They continue to develop a client and revenue base, as well as making their platform more comprehensive. This is a robust market and there are a number of other excellent independent vendors and the large players (e.g., IBM an Microsoft) are also very much in this space. I see this as a validation of the enterprise 2.0 concept.

Bill

]]> By: Jenny Ambrozek http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html/comment-page-1#comment-23615 Jenny Ambrozek Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:38:49 +0000 http://www.theappgap.com/traction-announces-new-integrated-micro-blogging-and-solid-revenue-growth-for-2008.html#comment-23615 Bill, your reviews are invaluable given how fast this world of low cost collaboraton tools is moving. I couldn't help but think reading your post, where is this headed? What will enterprise collaboration and knowledge sharing platforms look like in 5 years time? Today it is microblogging tools, what's next? And frankly I also have to wonder what are the chances of a Traction Software surviving as an independent vendor given the history of existing large providers like IBM, Microsoft and more recently Cisco buying potential competitors to either insert into platforms, or , yes eliminate? Bill, your reviews are invaluable given how fast this world of low cost collaboraton tools is moving.

I couldn’t help but think reading your post, where is this headed?

What will enterprise collaboration and knowledge sharing platforms look like in 5 years time?

Today it is microblogging tools, what’s next?

And frankly I also have to wonder what are the chances of a Traction Software surviving as an independent vendor given the history of existing large providers like IBM, Microsoft and more recently Cisco buying potential competitors to either insert into platforms, or , yes eliminate?

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