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- Cheap jibe sullies SAP's SaaS strategy
- Cheap jibe sullies SAP's SaaS strategyYou got it TOTALLY wrong!"The message this sends is that Wookey?s initiative doesn?t have the wholehearted support of SAP?s board."No, that's not it at all. [b]The message this sends is that Force.com from Salesforce.com is not a viable competitor in the large enterprise.[/b] Are you...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, Leadership, SAP AG, software-as-a-service, SaaS strategy
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- Does Larry Ellison have the best SaaS strategy?
- Does Larry Ellison have the best SaaS strategy?it takes a flexible mindsetlots of ex-enterprise software alumni have tried the SaaS route and not all are successful from a product standpoint. In that sense, I think there is value to non-traditional backgrounds, which leads to out of the box thinking when...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Larry Ellison, software-as-a-service, SaaS strategy
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
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- Google: Firms can get rid of Office in a year
- In other words, Google Appsare still at that 1 to 2 percent mark.Good Riddance!It won't be missed.Man, so true, MS Office is a big hairball of baroque features to format for8.5x11. MS Office will be on a downward slide from here on out.In terms of what is need for the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- SMART Selling in the SaaS world
- Thanks BrianGreat blog post Brian. I am the CEO of a new Real Estate SaaS company an we have now been post-launch for 3 months. It's a slow process and we have been struggling to try and find the right road map. This has given me more clarity and a...
- Tags: Real estate, Operational accounting, software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple
- 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. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., PC, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- News to know: Oracle; Sidekick; Win7 party; Google; Yahoo Hack day
- 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. Jason Hiner: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Internet, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Management
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- Compuware buys Gomez for $295 million; Bolsters SaaS footprint
- A crappy company with a crappy visionSo long as Karmanos is running the show, and he is no matter what Bob Paul thinks, this company will suffer. In Karmanos you have a narcissistic egotist whose vision of computing architecture is rooted in the 1980's. Even before this Gomez acquisition there...
- Tags: Strategy, software-as-a-service, Gomez Advisors Inc., Karmanos, Compuware Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Two Perspectives of the HR Technology show
- Some positive surprises - strong attendance Last week, Dr. Katherine Jones and I attended the HR Technology show. Katherine is one the best known HR analysts out there and covered the space for Aberdeen Group for a number of years. Together, we sat down with 21...
- Tags: Human Resources Inc., Katherine, Herewith, HR Tech, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing
- Some facts and inferences should be updatedAccenture's Consulting revenue dropped 12% and Outsourcing grew by 1%http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Accentures-Future-Remains-Bright-ACN-IBM-HPQ1005.aspxSome of the issues you highlighted around process innovation, dated technology, etc will continue to remain. However, the nimbler players will also adopt the benefits of innovations like SaaS and Cloud platform.Underlying platform is an...
- Tags: Managed hosting, Business process outsourcing (BPO), Programming languages, outsourcing, BPO, COBOL, outsourcing company
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing
- Watch this space for future problems! There’s a lot going on in the outsourcing world lately. Things like: - Perot Data Systems being acquired by Dell - ACS getting bought by Xerox Add to these deals,...
- Tags: Solution, BPO, Outsourcing Company, Customer, BPO Deal, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, Managed Hosting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Practice Fusion will guarantee your stimulus cash
- It's an audacious strategy Practice Fusion is trying, one that goes against the grain not only of traditional vendors but of its main SaaS rival, AllScripts, which recently signed a deal with a major New York hospital chain to assure distribution. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Healthcare, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Dell and Perot: What this means
- Look at more than the upside to any acquisition Dell and Perot are getting married. This acquisition puts approximately 23,000 Perot services employees in with Dell. (see Larry Dignan's detailed post on the transaction ) (here's an InfoWorld post, too) From the macro view,...
- Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Perot, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know
- A TECH PREVIEW with broken bits...Is not a tech preview, its a marketing ploy. Sorry but I ahve to take MS to task on this entire roll out of Office. Its becoming quite clear to testers myself included that MS has a lot of features/functions that are up...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Web application, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely
- HP Software sees a lot of sprawl on the horizon with virtualization and cloud computing. Those are the two primary key takeaways from my conversation with Jamie Erbes, Chief Technology Officer for HP Software & Solutions. Erbes right has an interesting track record. She arrived at HP...
- Tags: Software, Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., HP Software, IT Department, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Purchasing & Procurement, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Sage dresses SoSaaS in cloud clothing
- AgreedSo true! A single-tenant SaaS! What next? A desktop cloud app! But I guess unless there's a certifying/standardisation authority, anything can be labelled to be a SaaSy cloud app!SoSaaS is not Half-SaaSedI can't argue with your comment, Phil, on the Sage announcement. It just proves once again (to paraphrase what...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Sage dresses SoSaaS in cloud clothing
- Taking the same old software and dumping it in the cloud doesn't make a SaaS strategy. Vendors who do this show an abject failure to understand what SaaS and cloud computing are all about. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- SAP and SME's: an update
- I've just returned from spending a day immersed in SAP at a London hotel with European and South African SME customers, channel partners and the Business ByDesign team. It's been fascinating. While the focus was on ByDesign, I met with All-In-One customers. It provided a useful...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Customer, SAP AG, McDermott, Smb/Sme, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Cloud may complicate SOA load balancing act
- Shine your own light in the cloudLori is correct to suggest that the cloud can obscure what you see. Cloud offerings tend to be basic, covering CPU, bandwidth and storage, and are very much of a 'one-shape-fits-all' nature. This is a consequence of building the offering on multi-tenanted...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Lori, SOA
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- 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
- Microsoft Office 2010: The odyssey continues
- Sequels never can match the thrill of the original. But the good ones offer a compelling story of their own, develop familiar characters, and introduce something new and exciting. Last week Microsoft gave developers a backstage pass to preview Office 2010, due out in the first half of next year....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Sheri McLeish
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
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