G1 Asset Management: Our new Solution to Help FinServ Transition to the Cloud

With the industry buzz surrounding cloud, you’d think every IT organization is moving to the cloud, right now. Many SaaS applications – Salesforce.com is a prime example – are delivered via the cloud, so you’d be partially right. But finding cloud solutions to solve vertical industry business problems has been a challenge. Take the financial services industry. Many banks and other financial institutions are hampered by legacy infrastructure, information silos, lots of regulations and IT organizations reluctant to change.

And then there’s the customer end. The economy has been brutal and financial organizations have been hit hard, as have their customers. Smart financial services organizations are looking for ways to engage with customers more effectively using new social technologies. That’s where our newest service offering comes in.

G1 Asset Management is an innovative vertical segment solution designed to accelerate implementation and enterprise adoption of SaaS-delivered, cloud-based CRM technologies. But why should you care? Doesn’t your CRM system do what you need today?

Talking to our customers, we’ve discovered that web-based CRM systems haven’t delivered all the tools they need. They’re looking for workflows, screen designs, customizations, data models, integration specifications – things to allow them to focus on differentiating features to make customers happy. They need compliance built in. They need support for video and mobile interactions. They need a social CRM platform asset managers and advisors can use without a ton of training. We are very excited to say that we now offer all this with G1 Asset Management. Check out media reactions in American Banker, PC World and Destination CRM.

Look for more offerings in the same family in 2012 – Capital Markets, Wealth Management and Retail Banking are next in the queue.

It’s a great time to be creating cloud solutions for the financial services industry. The market is ready for cloud technologies that make business sense, and G1 is ready to deliver. Stand by for a big push in 2012.

GlobalOne Acquires Flow thru Logic

I’m very pleased to announce our recent and strategic acquisition of FLOW thru LOGIC; it is our first in a series of moves that enhances our vertical expertise, bringing value to our clients, prospects, and partners. Leveraging FLOW thru LOGIC’s experience in connecting telecommunications systems to backend systems and the cloud allows us to expand into the telecom space and add new capabilities to our portfolio of services. The combination of industry-specific expertise and process knowledge from FLOW thru LOGIC combined with our SaaS integration knowledge will enable us to bring real, useful change to the telco industry; in particular around the integration of SaaS-based technologies and legacy backend telecom architectures. If you’re a telecom company wondering what to do with cloud technologies – we’re here to help you!

But FLOW thru LOGIC brings more than a great team, a stellar reputation in the telecommuncations sector and valuable intellectual property; they’re a terrific group of folks with a culture that matches our own “can do” attitude, focused on client delivery and success. We are excited to bring FLOW thru LOGIC into the GlobalOne team. This addition, along with others to follow, allows us to create repeatable vertical solutions to offer to our customers.

The best acquisitions result in win-win scenarios; and I’d say this is a pretty great example of one. This is our first big move; and there will be others. Keep an eye on us and let us know what you think.

Happy to be at GlobalOne

Some of us are lucky enough to work at what we love, with people we know and respect; and some of us are very lucky and have that opportunity more than once in a career. As one of the lucky ones, I’m very pleased to say officially that I am now a part of GlobalOne.

I’m excited to be working with the people here who have made this company a pioneer in the fast-evolving cloud services space. Additionally, I’m pleased to be working with folks that I have worked with previously from Columbia Capital and previous ventures – good people who bring a lot of knowledge and experience with them, who know how to deliver value to customers, and who understand that enterprises today rely on global partnerships, flexibility and creative problem-solving.

This is an exciting time for GlobalOne as we are an aggressive, innovative group with the funding and resources necessary to grow into new markets, bring on new consultants and develop new service offerings. Our people will be instrumental in helping customers take advantage of the huge opportunity that exists with cloud computing. I’m also looking forward to working closely with our partners and helping them build the cloud computing economy. It will be a fast-moving, fun ride.

As CEO, I’ll be focused on making sure we always deliver value, both to our customers and to our board, and I’m committed to ensuring that GlobalOne remains a great place to work, with challenging assignments, interesting problems to solve and talented colleagues. Next week I’m looking forward to Dreamforce ’11 in San Francisco where I’ll be with several others from GlobalOne. If you’ll be attending, please stop by to say hello.

GlobalOne Secures Funding from Columbia Capital

We’ve got some great news to share today!  We’ve secured $25 million from Columbia Capital and appointed David Northington as our CEO.  The investment will be used to fuel expansion of our capabilities and market coverage and our executive management team is looking forward to the accelerated growth that the funding will enable.

To read more, see the official press release.

GlobalOne, Silver Sponsor of Dreamforce 2011

Dreamforce, industry leading cloud computing event, will detail the shift to Cloud 2 – mobile, social and open cloud computing – with more than 200 exhibitors.

We’ll be a silver sponsor of salesforce.com’s Dreamforce 2011 conference (www.dreamforce.com), held Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2011 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

This year, we have a lot going on for Dreamforce ’11:

• We will be hosting a cocktail hour, in partnership with PWC, at Ducca in San Francisco. Stay tuned for details on how to register and get a chance to win some great giveaways
• Want to learn more about The Social Enterprise? During the conference, we’ll be hosting a Table Talk session where you can Ask The Experts About The Social Enterprise
• Stop by our booth (#1209) to see some great demos: iPad mobile app for Salesforce | Using Salesforce CRM Ideas to power a Facebook Fanpage | Synching Google Contacts and Calendars with Salesforce

Visit our microsite for more details.

More on Dreamforce

Dreamforce 2011 is the industry’s leading global cloud computing event that gives attendees a take-home tool kit to make magic happen in ways you never thought possible – on tablets and mobile devices, via video and social media, and through applications, communities, and development platforms. The event is focused on inspiring customer, partner and developer success with cloud computing. Attendees will learn how to maximize their current investments and explore new offerings across Salesforce Chatter, Database.com, Force.com, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud and more. The first generation of cloud computing was about leveraging technologies that were low cost, fast and easy to use. Salesforce.com recognizes a massive shift is under way in the industry to Cloud 2, the next generation of cloud computing that is social, mobile and open. Dreamforce is an innovative and informative conference with hundreds of salesforce.com partners exhibiting the latest cloud offerings, as well as training sessions, seminars and breakout sessions.

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