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- Figuring the value of software
- Phil Wainewright's discussion about the cost of running highly scalable SaaS applications like SuccessFactors comes at the right time. He says: Speaking in the opening keynote of SIIA OnDemand in San Jose this morning, SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard let slip a statistic that set several...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., SAP AG, Phil Wainewright, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- 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
- What should SAP do with its $5bn war chest?
- A number of recent conversations with the financial analyst community about the ongoing tussle between Oracle and SAP have proved extremely interesting. There is speculation whether SAP will hit the numbers it has internally set itself for Q2 although nothing I hear or see suggests the company has been blown...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SAP AG, SoftwareAG, OpenText, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Saas? We're too busy making ERP work
- It's sometimes good to be reminded that while the industry hype is around saas/cloud/on-demand that there is still another world out there where customers are wrestling with more traditional approaches to computing. The other evening I had a conversation with Erick Kimberling, CEO of Panorama Consulting. Panorama...
- Tags: ERP, Panorama Consulting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- 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
- Zach Nelson: Optical problems for saas VARs
- Zach Nelson, CEO of Netsuite used SIIA Europe as a platform for setting out his vision of the VAR market. Using a Microsoft example, he said that while the traditional one to three times license revenue might look fine in the on premise world, it doesn't work the same way...
- Tags: Zach Nelson, Value-added Reseller, Retail, Channel Management, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Forrester survey: Enterprises taking aim at legacy apps
- Large enterprises plan on replacing their old applications this year, holding their software budgets steady and aiming to improve integration to save money, according to a report from Forrester Research. In a survey of 2,200 IT executives in North America, Forrester found the following: ...
- Tags: Software, Legacy Application, Information Technology, Survey, Enterprise, Forrester Research Inc., Human Capital, Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Resources, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Accounting for success? Darwin meets the green eyeshade world…
- Have you really looked at your options for finance & accounting lately? BPO business process outsourcing for Finance and Accounting has been going on for a time. The industry owes some part of its success to the shared services efforts of larger firms. When businesses created shared...
- Tags: Software, Accounting, Firm, Darwin, F&A, F&A Executive, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Paranormal Meets Verizon's Cloud Computing Service
- I was speaking yesterday with Verizon about its new hosted data center service, Computing as a Service CaaS, and flashed back to those spoon bending parties of the ‘70s. Back then stage psychic Uri Geller inspired normally sane...
- Tags: Spoon, Verizon Communications Inc., Computing As A Service, Data Centers, Virtualization, Servers, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Some welcome competition in mid-market ERP
- Some welcome competition in mid-market ERPWhat you're describing is good argument for SAAS Software as a serviceDisclosure: As a Sage Business Partner in the US I am not independent with respect to my comments.Great analysis and you touch on quite a few of my questions as well. I'm not...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), software-as-a-service, ERP
- Discussion threads 2009-05-28
- Oracle about to step up its SaaS efforts?
- Update: Oracle is reportedly getting more aggressive about software as a service with plans to expand its on-demand lineup. The Wall Street Journal and Reuters report that Oracle has been briefing analysts about its SaaS strategy. And apparently these plans go beyond simply buying NetSuite, which is...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Journal, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- NetSuite aims to connect to Salesforce.com's cloud
- NetSuite on Thursday announced a set of connectors from third party developers that will hook up its enterprise planning software suite with Salesforce.com's CRM apps. The idea: Allow Salesforce.com customers to integrate NetSuite applications into their arsenal of software as a service applications. The effort is dubbed SuiteCloud...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., Zach Nelson, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- What Microsoft still does not understand
- What Microsoft still does not understandCan we please End this zero cost distribution myth already. Bits are electricity. It takes money to make them. It takes money to move them. It takes money to store them. I wouldn't compare IBM and Microsoft. Because...1. MS doesn't manufacture computerts2. MS is not...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, F/OSS, Microsoft Corp., software, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
- SAP touts modular approach; Launches Business Suite 7
- Updated: SAP on Wednesday introduced Business Suite 7, which carries a modular design so companies can pick and choose features. Typically, enterprise suites are an all-you-can-eat affair where you pay for everything from payroll to inventory to supply chain. Why is SAP making this...
- Tags: SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Roi/Tco, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Strategy, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Sales, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Software, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- Manes: in today
- Manes: in todayGood advice in any climateI have a lot of respect for Manes. Her analysis and explanations are always worth a read.I'm really glad that she's writing more about "don't sell SOA" but she's a bit late to the party. Selling SOA (or OO, or EAI, or any of...
- Tags: SOA
- Discussion threads 2009-02-02
- Xactly Corporation Improves Database Performance by 20% to 25% With Upgrade
- Xactly Corporation was founded in 2005 to meet the needs of a broader market, leveraging the Software-as-a-Service SaaS model to provide affordable on-demand sales compensation solutions that allow companies of all sizes and budgets to improve business performance without complex software implementations and high costs. To support its software, Xactly...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sales Compensation, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Storage, Databases, Sales, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-02-01
- Oak Park, IL cancels PeopleSoft implementation
- Oak Park, IL cancels PeopleSoft implementationThey should of used Dynamics AX....Hey, Sounds like they need Microsoft Dynamics AX, vs. some dino of a package...Dynamics AX offers a stable, scalable, flexible business platform that goes beyond ERP, and office is very much a User Interface, reporting tool, and overall part of...
- Tags: Enterprise software, PeopleSoft Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-29
- We're all dead - get over it
- I've been scratching my head the last few days wondering why Bill McDermott, SAP's CEO of global field operations would flat out contend that: SAP is positioned to gain share in the business applications market as IT departments scrutinize every dollar spent, while predicting that...
- Tags: SAP AG, SOA, SAP Sales People, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- 'SOA' dead as of January 1st, analyst says
- 'SOA' dead as of January 1st, analyst saysSOA marketingWell, to a lot of people, there is a good deal of skepticism about SOA. We've seen a lot of sales pitches, but most of those seem to be centered around selling a Consultant as opposed to any other product. SOA could...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Companies, SOA
- Discussion threads 2009-01-06
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