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Enteprise 2.0 - the non-debate

Mega-Corps & the worldThere is life beyond the Mega-Corp droneculture where management punishes theworker ants for a mistake and threatensthem with layoffs and pay cuts.No thanks, small enterprise businessis the groundwork, big mega-corpsare puppet shells with CEO's pullingthe strings.RE: Enteprise 2.0 - the non-debateWell putRE: Enteprise 2.0 - the non-debateUnfortunately...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enteprise 2.0, Enterprise 2.0

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Strategic Thinking before Operational Actions: The Enterprise 2.0 Tool Cargo Cult Problem

Three posts about 'failure' in the 'Enterprise 2.0' space in the last few days from Sameer Patel ('Five ways to avoid Enterprise 2.0 failure' guest blogging on Michael Krigmans' 'IT Failure blog here on ZD Net), Dion Hinchcliffe (14 Reasons Why Enterprise 2.0 Projects Fail) and now Dennis Howlett (Enterprise...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Strategic Thinking, Dennis, Morten Hansen, Morten, Superstructure, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-27

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?Ready to sell them short?Dennis: Sure, Oracle's past performance as a company is no prologue to the future. Seeing as you see the future as distinctly different for Oracle than its history from here on in, I assume you'll be devoting half your...

Tags: Strategy, ORCL, Oracle Corp., Dennis

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Green is still Gold (But Beware of the Politics of Gesture)

Foolhardy it may be to go out on a limb here to take on my boss (in this carnation I mean my editor, Larry Dignan) and a force of nature that is my fellow ZDNET blogger Dennis Howlett but I have to disagree with both on the subject of viability of the green market....

Tags: Sustainability, Oracle Corp., Gesture, Dennis, Hugh McLeod, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-02-28

Coghead

CogheadWell yes and no@phil - I see this as a symptom of immaturity coupled to the fashionista blindness the Valley culture engenders. Who thought that anyone would be stranded? After all, software companies never die - they just get acquired. And that usually meant customers, who would get looked after....

Tags: Coghead, SAP AG

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

SaaS frustration

SaaS frustrationNot a business model issue...Dennis, SAP isn't only having a problem finding a workable *business model* for Business By Design, but it has having a fundamental problem getting workable *software*. There have been very significant performance and scalability issues, that, as I understand it, have brought back into...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, disruptive technology, SaaS frustration

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

Android kill switch: Is Google evil?

Google's new Android phone includes a "kill switch," allowing the company to delete applications purchased from the Android Market. I don't trust Google, by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Google Inc., Telecom & Utilities, Michael Krigsman, Computer World, Dennis, Web Browsers, Internet

Blog posts 2008-10-16

Why there's a software support and maintenance revolution underway

There's a brewing backlash among software customers as big vendors raise their support and maintenance prices. Dennis Howlett has captured an emerging backlash among SAP customers over an enhanced support and its costs. Oracle is doing the same drill. And Mary Jo Foley detailed a "proactive" support...

Tags: Software, Software Company, SAP AG, Inflation, Dennis Howlett, Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoid

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoidDell HellHey, Dennis. I really like the folks who are behind the social media effort at Dell, but I can't agree with you more here. I blogged about this precise issue last fall. http://tinyurl.com/DellHellRE: Social media and 'green': two...

Tags: social media, Dennis

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

SAP pulls the trigger on higher support costs

SAP pulls the trigger on higher support costsPlease be careful when you claim "paid support"Dennis, Unless you have a copy of the invoice from IDC, you shouldn't flatly state that she was paid or otherwise compensated for her quote in a press release. Bad form from an otherwise reliable...

Tags: Firewalls, Dennis, SAP AG, support cost, financial relationship, trigger

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

European telcos squeal: should we care?

European telcos squeal: should we care?Dennis is a true European!His blog makes it perfectly clear. He talks about the "charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators" sic when traveling internationally. That verbiage could have come right out of Brussels. Who is forcing Dennis to pay those charges? Nobody! If...

Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Regulations, Dennis, telecommunications company

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom

The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Social media and enterprise power relationships

  Social media is a magnet for hype because it embodies the specifically Western desire to create democracy everywhere. Blogs, wikis, Twitter, and other "flattening" tools transfer power from IT to users, giving social media practitioners the special fervor of those fighting for their own version of...

Tags: Social Media, Dennis, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-04-16

Secure coding: the invisible elephant

Secure coding: the invisible elephantA huge topicA great wide ranging post on a huge topic Dennis. My focus is very much around the processes of what lives where in the enterprise. There's no such thing as secure code but there is a lot to be said for defining what information...

Tags: security, Secure Coding

Discussion threads 2008-04-08

Social networking, IBM, Microsoft etc: the Twitterverse debates

Social networking, IBM, Microsoft etc: the Twitterverse debatesTwitter isn't for allThe reproduced conversation sums up for me why Twitter can be so profoundly uninteresting to non-participants. Perhaps one's brain has to be wired a certain way to digest commentary delivered by a myriad of participants in 142 character bites.Twitter Is...

Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Corp., network, Twitter, Twitterverse, social networking, Dennis, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

Charles Phillips' troubling keynote

Charles Phillips' troubling keynoteStuffed ShirtDennis,You really are inventing controversy just to create it huh? You are not even at OpenWorld (becuase you were a crybaby that Oracle did not pay your airfare and hotel...boo hoo Dennis) and you are critical about Charles Phillips keynote?The keynote (for the REAL press that...

Tags: Blogging, Dennis, Oracle Corp., Stuffed Shirt

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

SAP and TIBCO: a marriage to make in hell?

SAP and TIBCO: a marriage to make in hell?More matchmaking ideas for what they're worthDennis, thanks for referencing my article from last spring. I know you realize this, Dennis, but for others, please note that I wasn't thinking about mergers and acquisitions as Dennis is. I was just writing...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Tools & Techniques, Middleware, NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, IBM Corp., TIBCO Software Inc., Dennis

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

Oracle's double standards

Oracle's double standardslolLOL! What is the Invitation for? Oracle is strange:SRE: Oracle's double standardsHow dare they! Man you really believe you shake the world when you are insulted that they dont buy your airfare, hotel room, car, lunch, dinner ... as well. Perhaps they should give up on the ultra...

Tags: Quality, Oracle Corp., standards

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

Carnival of the Mobilists #90

The timing for my hosting of the Carnival of the Mobilists #90 edition couldn't have been better as the huge Western Washington Fair aka Puyallup Fair just kicked off this past weekend. The Puyallup Fair offers you rides, exhibits, food, presentations, concerts, a rodeo, and lots of fun for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Mobile Device, Carnival, Steve, Dennis, Andreas, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-09-10

Show me the Web 2.0 money

Show me the Web 2.0 moneyShow me the moneyDennis,I would not like you sitting on my board of directors. You want the money before we even invest. Lets give them a complete cycle for the companies to show us the profits.Also, please do not compare the Salvation Army with Microsoft....

Tags: INTERNET, Free trade, Channel management, Dennis, Web 2.0, Web

Discussion threads 2007-08-15