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SAS preps cloud computing facility; Bets on on-demand BI

SAS preps cloud computing facility; Bets on on-demand BISaas BI Hi,I agree on the problems of moving Business Intelligence towards an On Demand model. It is not as easy as creating an On Demand CRM, but data integration and modelling problems can be solved we have solved them. I'm glad...

Tags: Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise software, SaaS BI, business intelligence, cloud computing facility, SAS Institute, on-demand, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

Interview: IBM Cognos chief Rob Ashe

Interview: IBM Cognos chief Rob AsheIBM is completely missing the SaaS BI trendI wasn't surprised by Rob's comment that "BI doesn't lend itself to SaaS" (though I suspect that the folks from Cognos' Celequest acquisition were caught a bit off guard.) But, I strongly disagree. The notion that...

Tags: Sales strategy, Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales force management, Tools & Techniques, SaaS BI, sales, software-as-a-service, Cognos Inc., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

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SuccessFactors: Backing into business intelligence?

Good Luck to SuccessFactorsSuccessFactors has a great offering. What Siebel got completely wrong with ERM, Successfactors got it right from a product and On-Demand delivery perspective. Given that they are now public, I can imagine the growth pressures being faced, now.However, the reporting mashup initiative is naive. It has been...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, Sales strategy, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, cloud computing, SuccessFactors Inc., business intelligence

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Mid-range European ERP portending the future?

On my personal blog, I skimmed over recently published results for Agresso and COA Solutions. Agresso is emerging in the US as a small if solid player in public sector as well as for those businesses that need a more agile approach to business configuration than you'd likely get from...

Tags: Revenue, Public Sector, Vendor, SAP AG, Agresso, COA Solutions, COA, Maintenance Revenue, Saas/on-demand, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-02

LucidEra's demise is about money, not SaaS

LucidEra's demise is about money, not SaaSLucidera's DemiseAs one of the early adopters of Lucidera, I can say that we believe that BI in the cloud is a viable business offering. One of the challenges is to provide a platform with hooks into as many potential data sources as...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Pricing, Managed hosting, Business intelligence, Tools & Techniques, cloud computing, LucidEra, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

NetSuite + AdaptivePlanning = BPM disruption

This slipped under the radar but on June 10th NetSuite and AdaptivePlanning announced a marketing and integration partnership that will see NetSuite acting as a reseller for AdaptivePlanning's business performance management BPM solution. Why should this matter? So far, the saas/on-demand transaction app...

Tags: BPM, Business Performance Management, NetSuite Inc., Adaptive, Business Intelligence, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-01

LucidEra's demise is about money, not SaaS

Contrast reactions to the shutdowns this week of SaaS BI vendor LucidEra and airport security fast-track channel operator Clear. They tell us a lot about the fragility of startups; nothing about the viability of SaaS. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Software-as-a-service, LucidEra, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-06-24

HP unveils financial planning and analysis solutions designed to both optimize and modernize IT operations

LAS VEGAS -- Hewlett-Packard HP today unveiled its new HP Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) solutions, aimed at recession-beleaguered IT executives who need to cut costs, prepare for a service-based future, and run their departments like a business -- all at the same time. FP&A is part...

Tags: Financial Planning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Information Technology, Analysis, FP&A, Business Leader, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Sapphire 09 Live: Smart business plans, moral benchmarks

SAP is always a bit of a conundrum to me. They have extraordinarily talented people, an incredibly deep product portfolio that they are always extending, more often than not make good acquisitions that take some time but work out all in all, and seem to be actually dedicated to transforming...

Tags: Sustainability, SAP AG, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Any friends OK for open source?

Any friends OK for open source?Bye Bye PentahoI have been moving our data integration from Pentaho to Talend the department may look at Jaspersoft for BI. The folk over at Pentaho seem to be in another world or something. I'm not going to say I got deep into their community...

Tags: Managed hosting, Satyam, Pentaho, open source

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

News to know: IBM-Sun; RIM, Web 2.0; CTIA; Facebook; iPhone

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM-Sun deal nears finish line; Antitrust worries just starting Sam Diaz: RIM delivers solid Q4 on BlackBerry...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, CTIA, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Open Source, Internet

Blog posts 2009-04-03

MindTouch adds messaging, enhanced application development to open source collaboration

MindTouch has released MindTouch 2009, an enhanced developer platform for building collaborative enterprise applications and communities. The new version includes four important features for enterprise companies considering open source collaboration: A bi-directional messaging bus serves as a switchboard for every system, application and workgroup. Users can set...

Tags: Application Development, Open Source, Messaging, MindTouch, Groupware, Collaboration, Instant Messaging, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-04-02

SAS preps cloud computing facility; Bets on on-demand BI

SAS is planning to spend $70 million on a cloud computing facility at its Cary, N.C. headquarters as it expands its on-demand offerings. SAS seems to be making a big bet on business intelligence software in the cloud, a concept that isn't expected to get a lot of traction.  ...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Software-as-a-service, On-demand, SAS Institute, Business Analytics, Forrester Research Inc., Forrester Analysis, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Pricing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Oracle innovation score: 1-0(1 RBI)

As we head into the 8th inning of the ongoing 'does Oracle innovate?' debate Eric Kimberling slams a homer in his analysis of ERP tier one/two implementation cost and value, making the score between Vinnie Mirchandani, Josh Greebaum, Paul Greenburg, Bob Warfield, Larry Dignan and myself 2-0 with Oracle getting...

Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-26

News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay...

Tags: Strategy, Security, Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Monolith Software Solutions Serves Up Powerful, SaaS-Based Business Intelligence for the Quick-Serve Restaurant Industry

Monolith Software Services, headquartered in Charleston, S.C., provides software and services to the Quick Serve Restaurant QSR industry. To compete with BI industry giants - many of whom definitely pursue the QSR market - Monolith would need a more powerful, flexible BI solution, with Web 2.0-like user interfaces and a...

Tags: JasperSoft, Software-as-a-service, Monolith Corp., Industry, Software Solutions Inc., Pricing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Managed Hosting, Financial Planning, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Emerging Technologies, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance

Case studies 2009-01-01

Introducing Jaspersoft V3.5 - New Tools, Power, and Advantages

The attendee of this webcast will learn all the key changes and new features of Jaspersoft Business Intelligence 3.5. Jaspersoft v3.5 delivers integrated analysis capabilities that provide simple, powerful BI for even casual users as well as the industry's first software-as-a-service-enabling BI platform. The attendee of this webcast will learn...

Tags: JasperSoft, Tool, Jaspersoft V3.5, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Jaspersoft V3.5 EMEA Webinar

The attendee of this webcast will learn all the key changes and new features of Jaspersoft Business Intelligence 3.5. Jaspersoft v3.5 delivers integrated analysis capabilities that provide simple, powerful BI for even casual users as well as the industry's first software-as-a-service-enabling BI platform. The attendee of this webcast will learn...

Tags: JasperSoft, Jaspersoft V3.5, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

Webcasts 2009-01-01

New year fast approaching, and so is the next-generation enterprise data warehouse

This has been one of the most pivotal years in the evolution of the enterprise data warehousing EDW market. Every EDW vendor of note has firmly repositioned its go-to-market strategy around the appliance approach, with some also taking tentative steps into what is sure to be a key theme in...

Tags: Appliance, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., I&KM, MPP, Business Intelligence, Databases, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Tools & Techniques, Data Centers, Pricing, Programming Languages, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Web Services, Management, Storage, Hardware, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, James Kobielus

Blog posts 2008-12-24

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Part Tree, er...Three

To Recap We're heading into the homestretch.  Which is why the Giants need to beat the Panthers....last night.  Oh, snap. This isn't my NFL blog. I don't have one. This is the final episode in that hilarious sitcom, Greenberg's Fools Gold.  For those of you who missed the previous...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, CRM, Greenberg, Connectbeam Management, Zuora, LucidEra, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-22