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Packaged Services in ERP: Following up on a post about IBM packaged services, Prashanth Rai from the CIO Weblog asked me the following question in an email:Yes, it looks like IBM is trying to do something that could really turn into tangible benefit for services customers. This seems to be a step...; Tags: Vendor relationships, Packaged Services; Blog posts 2006-10-25
More Productized Services from IBM: IBM is really pushing the packaged services. Here is information from CXOtoday.com:Information Lifecycle Management ILM Service Product: It is designed to classify data according to age and relevance to a companyâ€™s business. It applies best practices conforming to regulatory guidelines. It enables clients strategically adopt storage optimization, virtualization and archiving...; Tags: Vendor relationships, Packaged Services; Blog posts 2006-10-25
More on Productized Consulting Services: IBM recently announced a new line of standardized service offerings. ComputerWorld has an article today expressing some concerns from customers, who wonder whether they will continue receive the same level of service from IBM as in the past.From the article:But [Christopher Smith, IT director for the Bath Central School District...; Tags: Vendor relationships, Packaged Services; Blog posts 2006-10-02

Is BI recession-proof, or are we just bracing for the next shoe to drop?: The economic outlook isn't all gloom and doom. Bright spots remain in some substantial IT growth sectors--most important, in the sprawling business intelligence BI market. In the past month, we've seen solid financials--in some cases, record growth and profitability numbers--from leading BI vendors, including SAP Business Objects,...; Tags: Analytics, MicroStrategy Inc., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, James Kobielus; Blog posts 2009-02-06
When will we learn?: When will we learn?Chicken or the Egg Close or the FailureI believe most mid-market ERP projects are doomed before the INK dries on the contract. Think about what drives most SMB buying decisions, "PRICE". Why? Becuase most ERP applications are considered comparable to these uneducated buyers. Any...; Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, Getting It Right, ERP, software; Discussion threads 2009-01-29

Middleware field consolidates in services direction as Workday acquires Cape Clear: On-demand business applications provider Workday has acquired SOA and enterprise integration middleware vendor Cape Clear Software, the companies announced Wednesday. The acquisition is novel in several respects. A middleware software vendor is being absorbed by a software as a service SaaS provider to expand its enterprise solutions...; Tags: Acquisition, Cape Clear Software, Consolidation, Workday, Integration, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-02-06
The ERP devil's triangle: According to recent research, almost half of all software development projects are challenged: they run over-budget, miss deadlines, and so on. With this in mind, I read Larry Dignan's blog post, "ERP on a budget: Is it possible?" with great interest. Larry is ZDNet's Executive Editor, and he presents several...; Tags: ERP, Consulting, ERP Devil, Larry, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-10-09
Paths to SOA: Earlier this month, analysts and speakers at Forrester's GigaWorld conference offered some leading thinking on opportunities ahead in the world of SOA. Forrester analyst Randy Heffner made the case that "business drives architecture" in this new era and "you need vision to guide the evolution of SOA." He also argued...; Tags: SOA; Blog posts 2005-05-30