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Video: Wisdom of crowds basics

Crowds are not always wiseMichael, you should also consider cases in which crowds are not only unwise but make wildly deluded judgments. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_Popular_Delusions_and_the_Madness_of_CrowdsShort link: http://is.gd/3H2yE--Frank ScavoStupidity of crowdsFrank,Totally agree with you. The key is creating conditions where one can harness the wisdom of crowds rather than fall prey to...

Tags: video, Frank Scavo

Discussion threads 2009-09-26

Gartner's conservative mid-tier ERP Magic Quadrant

'Tis the season for round robins. On this occasion Frank Scavo pokes a sharp stick in the eye of Gartner's Mid-tier ERP Magic Quadrant. Vinnie Mirchandani goes next having a poke at his alma mater...Guess what? It's my turn: First...

Tags: Quadrant, Gartner Inc., ERP, Frank Scavo, Vinnie Mirchandani, SaaS Player, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Strategy, Managed Hosting, Strategy, Cloud Computing, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software, Sales, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-11

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SAP and Siemens: kiss and make up?

The other week news broke that Siemens planned to can its estimated €40 million plus annual maintenance agreement with SAP. What a difference a few weeks makes. According to a press release issued by SAP: SAP...today announced that Siemens AG, a global leader in electronics and electrical engineering, has...

Tags: Siemens AG, SAP AG, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Oracle Fusion - a damp squib

Earlier in the week I speculated that Larry Ellison, CEO Oracle would make a monster announcement about Fusion apps. I was wrong. According to Sam Diaz, it's worse: Ellison spent some time talking about new Fusion applications coming down the pipeline. But first, Ellison said he recognized that companies...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Jim, Revenue Recognition, Team Management, Public Relations, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Financial Services, Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Enterprise Advocates launches; Targets IT buyers

A band of analysts and industry experts have formed Enterprise Advocates, an advisory group geared to the buy side of the information technology equation. The group, which includes ZDNet's Dennis Howlett and Oliver Marks, is a timely addition to the tech buying equation. In addition to Howlett...

Tags: Roster, Information Technology, Webinar, Analyst, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Outsourcing picks up for smaller enterprises

The outsourcing market has traditionally been perceived as something only the larger enterprises entertain. Research from Computer Economics suggests that as the large enterprise business has become tougher, the outsourcing companies are getting better at reaching the smaller and mid-sized market. The reports...

Tags: Application Development, Information Technology, Outsource, Service Provider, IT Organization, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, Software Development, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Software/Web Development, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Siemens cans SAP support

Rumors have been circulating for weeks that Siemens plans to ditch SAP for its ERP support. The story goes that Siemens had become fatigued with the situation. A recent heavy hint should have come from Siemens signing off a massive deal with SuccessFactors. A report in...

Tags: Siemens AG, Customer, SAP AG, Ray Wang, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-12

SAP to bounce?

Larry Dignan pinged me to say the financial analysts are showing renewed interest in SAP with several positive comments on the likely outcome to its Q2 results, due for release on July, 29th: That take is a mixed bag in the things are less worse camp. The biggest argument...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Financial Planning, Enterprise Software, Management, Finance, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-09

Oracle spinning its numbers a tad too much?

Michael Hickins at BNet accuses Oracle of 'lying' about its competitive position vis-a-vis SAP. Such statements are always fraught with difficulty for several reasons: The year ends are five months apart The economy has been changing over time Currency rates are...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Financial Management, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Infor Flex: innovation or fail?

Infor Flex Overview View more OpenOffice presentations from First Last. Infor today announced Infor Flex, a program designed to keep customers happy and keep those all important maintenance dollars flowing Infor's way. At first viewing, the Infor prgram looks exciting: Infor Flex makes it easier...

Tags: Innovation, Customer, SOA, Infor Flex, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software As A Service (SaaS), Web Services, Managed Hosting, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Lawson Software: Positive first impressions

I'm currently attending Lawson Software's annual conference, called CUE 09, in San Diego. Since this is my first in-depth exposure to the company, I thought it appropriate to share a few thoughts and comments. Overall, I like the company: the people are nice, they articulate product strategy clearly, and senior management obviously...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Customer Satisfaction, Blogger, Blogging, Product Marketing, Internet, Marketing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Lawson: 'Flat out no to maintenance price reduction but'

At Lawson Software's CUE09 event, Dean Hagar, Lawson's Senior Vice President, Product Management said that despite the economic recession, the company "Flat out no" will not reduce the company's maintenance charges to its customers. You'd likely resist if it was likely to impact your close to $1 million compensation package....

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-20

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

SAP's goose gander theory

Earlier today the Twitterverse had a minor eruption when Ray Wang of Forrester sent out the following messages: Hearing from SAP customers that there are new clauses that will force customers to commit to no Third Party Maintenance. Large ERP vendors requiring companies to confirm they are not...

Tags: Theory, Customer, SAP AG, Business Structures, It Services, Litigation, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-05

When will we learn?

When I wrote my tongue in cheek How to be less stupid in 2009, I picked on Mike Krigsman when I said: Get an RSS device implanted with Mike Krigsman’s IT Project Failures blog. Have you ever known anyone who could get a long running blog based on the...

Tags: Buyer, Dennis Howlett, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Eric Kimberling, ERP, Mike, Panorama Consulting Group, Software

Blog posts 2009-01-29

SAP's Kagermann to retire early

Reports coming out of Germany say that Henning Kagermann, co-CEO at SAP will retire earlier than expected. Heise Online says that Kagermann will leave at the end of January. The company has chosen not to comment on this event but "Market sources confirmed however the particulars." I'm...

Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Heise Online, Yahoo Finance, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Workforce Management, Sales, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-01-20

Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP)

With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...

Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-12-02