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- Is SAP's weakness its real strength?
- Conversations with Doug Merritt, a member of SAP's executive council and the person driving Business Objects as a platform for intelligence are always entertaining. Merritt represents the unconventional, disruptive element within SAP that was in evidence during Shai Agassi's tenure. For me, Merritt charaterizes the public face of fracture I...
- Tags: sap ag, merritt, phil, corporate governance, strategy, leadership, workforce management, business operations, corporate law, management, human resources, dennis howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
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- If Brian likes it, it's gotta be good
- My Irregular colleague Brian Sommer waxes lyrical about the OpenAir/NetSuite deal. Brian has more years' experience implementing and analyzing business applications than most others I know. If he says something is good, then that's high praise and well worth a buyer's attention. Condensing Brian's analysis: We believe this deal...
- Tags: netsuite inc., openair inc., back-office, brian sommer, operational accounting, product development, finance, research & development, business operations, dennis howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- The end of software...
- ...as you know it. Right now I'm falling over startup vendors vying for attention in the so-called 'social software' space. The fact enterprise people hate the term doesn't seem to bother those who are bypassing IT as they sell into the marketing departments of companies at departmental budget prices. But...
- Tags: software, information technology, sap ag, microsoft corp., strategy, tools & techniques, management, dennis howlett
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Blist, the Flex web-based database opens up today
- Blist, one of my favorite rich Internet applications, showed off their stuff at DEMO today and should be opening their doors very soon see my photo gallery. I'm hoping to have some invites to give away so when I do, I'll be posting it on Twitter. Their presentation today got...
- Tags: web, database, rich internet application, blist, ryan stewart
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- SAP-Business Objects combo ready to roll
- This morning, after digesting Oracle's acquisition of BEA and Sun's consumption of MySQL, I headed down SAP's Palo Alto offices to hear how the enterprise software giant will digest its latest acquisition, Business Objects. SAP CEO Henning Kagermann said Business Objects gives his company number one leadership...
- Tags: business objects, sap ag, pricing, business intelligence, tools & techniques, mergers & acquisitions, databases, enterprise software, marketing, software, data management, management, investment, finance, dan farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- SAP, Oracle, Babies, and Wonks: Competition, American-style
- SAP as a company has always been risk-averse, even as it takes some risky steps. But its perhaps most risky step ever – the acquisition of TomorrowNow – in 2005, has apparently turned the already anodyne company into an almost non-competitive stupor, and frankly, it's becoming a problem. ...
- Tags: oracle corp., problem, sap ag, litigation, mergers & acquisitions, enterprise software, business operations, investment, finance, software, joshua greenbaum
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- Blist - A Flex database/spreadsheet in the cloud
- A little while ago Mark Hendrickson posted about Blist [Screenshot Gallery] on TechCrunch. He described it as a web-based database application and gave it a pretty good review. The Blist team is up here in Seattle and they are one of my favorite startups. As a result, when I saw...
- Tags: application, database, spreadsheet, blist, blist team, flex, ajax, productivity, research & development, storage, databases, internet, software/web development, web development, web 2.0, business operations, hardware, enterprise software, software, data management, ryan stewart
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- SAP's growth spurt: $6.8 billion for Business Objects
- SAP took a page out of Oracle's grow-by-consolidation playbook in acquiring business intelligence leader Business Objects for $6.8 billion (42 Euros per share). SAP CEO Henning Kagermann positioned the acquisition as part of his company's strategy to rapidly grow its customer base. SAP wants to have 100,000 customers by 2010,...
- Tags: analytics, business objects, sap ag, business bydesign, business object acquisition, financial planning, business intelligence, enterprise software, finance, software, data management, dan farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-07
- iPhone for president!
- CNET's Tom Merritt finds out just how excited S.F. line waitersCNET's Tom Merritt finds out just how excited S.F. line waiters are about the deviceWith the iPhone line wrapped around the block at the downtown San Francisco Apple store, CNET.com's Tom Merritt got to ask eager buyers just how much...
- Tags: tom merritt, apple iphone
- Videos 2007-06-29
- SAP unveils Co-Innovation Lab and envisions Web 3.0
- SAP held a dog and pony show, including a ribbon cutting ceremony, for the unveiling of it new Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto. "The intention is this is to be a working lab, not just a slick showcase for customers," said Zia Yusef, executive vice president of the Global Ecosystem...
- Tags: web technology, software infrastructure, sap, saas, it management, general, erp, enterprise 2.0, datacenter
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- SAP Sapphire gets underway
- This week I am in Atlanta for SAPs Sapphire conference, joined by a large international press contingent, the blogger corps and 15,000 partners and customers ready to hear the latest SAP revelations. So far, not much news to report, but some details on the $500 million plus investment in new...
- Tags: sap, general, software infrastructure, it management
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- SAP in the Post-Agassi Era
- Shai Agassi has resigned from SAP amidst a massive reorganization of the company. It’s in many ways a sad day for SAP, and, if you’re spinning the news from the perspective of SAP’s competitors, it may or may not be a great day to be lining up to eat SAP’s...
- Tags: sap ag, sap&rsquo, s, shai agassi
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- Blog Hillary launches, Clinton targets gender 'User Generated Politics'
- Edition number 22 in this Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics” blogHillary is live! a Hillary Clinton staffer declares in a “welcome” post.The Clinton campaign has been soliciting guest “User Generated Politics” blog posts in preparation for the official launch...
- Tags: user generated politics, politics, hillary clinton, political campaign, presidential race, president clinton
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- Must-have laptop: HP Pavilion dv9000t
- The all-in-one techy holiday giftLooking for the gift that will keep on giving for your technophile? CNET's Tom Merritt shows one laptop that also serves as a home entertainment center, the HP Pavilion dv9000t.
- Tags: desktops, hp pavilion, laptop computer, hewlett-packard co.
- Videos 2006-12-05
- Try a free operating system
- Something different than Windows or Mac OSCNET's Tom Merritt shows you how to give Ubuntu Linux a run on your own computer without installing a thing.
- Tags: operating systems, operating system
- Videos 2006-09-18
- Amazon Unbox criticized for Internet chattiness (amongst other things)
- Last week, on the heels of Amazon's Unbox video download service launch, I did a little digging (didn't have to dig far) to find out what digital rights management platform it was relying on to make sure a the videos don't get pirated and b rentals (essentially downloads that...
- Tags: digital-rights management, unbox
- Blog posts 2006-09-11
- CNET TV launches
- All CNET video from one pageCNET's Tom Merritt introduces the newest feature of CNET, our TV page. Hardware, software, downloads, news--it's all here. You can build your own playlist. Check it out.
- Tags: tvs, tv & home theater, tv
- Videos 2006-07-20
- Do-it-yourself car at Maker Faire
- Engineer touts his own hot wheelsAt the Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif., CNET's Tom Merritt talks with Felix Kramer as the engineer shows off his car that gets 100 miles per gallon.
- Tags: maker faire
- Videos 2006-04-24
- Segway polo at the Maker Faire
- Steve Wozniak joins in the funCNET's Tom Merritt was on the sidelines for a game of Segway polo at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif., on April 23. Isn't that Apple Computer's co-founder swinging the mallet?
- Tags: maker faire
- Videos 2006-04-24
- The latest Sony Vaio
- Get a sneak peek at the super-light laptopCNET's Tom Merritt gives you a close look at the latest addition to Sony's Vaio laptop series from the floor of this year's CES.
- Tags: desktops, sony vaio, sony corp.
- Videos 2006-01-07
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