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IBM Software M&A: The Not-So-Hidden Agenda

The full impact of IBM's recent acquisitions won't be felt for sometime, but there's a quick analysis worth making about Big Blue's appetite for acquiriing enterprise software companies. IBM is an interesting fourth force at the top of the enterprise software market, being the only one of the big Four...

Tags: IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2006-08-10

Oracle Swift Boats SAP

Oracle launched its latest spot attack ad this week in its ongoing war with SAP -- and hit a new low in the process. The obviously creativity-challenged Oracle’s ad has a simple message: "CA runs SAP." It’s a swift boat moment for a company whose marketing is so broken it...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, advertisement

Blog posts 2006-06-21

Looking for the Interface of the Future? Ask Nintendo

It seems that if you're not sick and tired of your enterprise software interface, it's only because you're not using it enough. That's the subtext of endless investments in interface design, new software releases, and countless speeches by industry executives of late, the most recent being a lengthy discourse on...

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, enterprise software

Blog posts 2006-06-08

SAP: On the Knife Edge, Exactly Where They Want To Be

After two days at SAP's Sapphire user conference, I struggled with finding the big picture amidst a plethora of announcements, strategic and tactical, that have spanned the gamut from acquisition Frictionless, to ecosystem (a new $125 milliion venture fund), to a new interface Muse, to updated versions of their ERP,...

Tags: SAP AG

Blog posts 2006-05-18

IBM's Lotus Notes for SAP Strategy: How About A Little Trash Talk Among 'Friends'

IBM and SAP talk a lot about how much they love each other, at least when it comes to DB2 (one of the “Oracle killers” in the SAP arsenal) and the billions that SAP work brings in for IBM’s Global Services consulting group. But behind the love is...

Tags: IBM Corp., SAP AG

Blog posts 2006-05-16

Additional Resources

Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP)

With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...

Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-12-02

See You in the Cloud

This post marks the end of my relationship with ZDNet -- though not the end of my blogging career by a long shot. I'll still be blogging -- can't seem to give it up now that it's in my blood -- but over on my own Wordpress site, where the...

Tags: Blog, Blogging, Internet, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Openbravo to push open source ERP more aggressively in US

One open source project is giving thanks for reaching the one million download milestone and believes the worldwide financial crisis will only accelerate its growth. Openbravo, a purveyor of a popular open source ERP application and newly acquired open source POS solution for the small to medium-sized enterprises, predicts...

Tags: ERP, Openbravo, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-12-01

SAP slapped with 'sell' rating; Pushback from customer base cited

Societe Generale analyst Richard Nguyen hit SAP with a sell rating on Wednesday citing increased odds of a fourth quarter profit warning and signs that customers are pushing back on the software company's attempt to upsell them following a maintenance price increase. Nguyen's report--he downgraded SAP shares...

Tags: SAP AG, Nguyen, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-26

News to know: Macs on sale, YouTube goes wide, Twitter, Cisco

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: A rare occurrence: Macs on sale Jason D. O'Grady: Apple retail stores to match prices Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out! ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Telemarketing, AJAX, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Digital Media, Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Breaking: SAP User Group fires CEO

The American SAP User Group is understood to have fired Steve Strout, the organization's first full time CEO. Sources close to ASUG say that an email was sent by the ASUG board to all members suggesting that the board had become dis-satisfied with Strout's performance and want 'alternative leadership' who...

Tags: SAP AG, Steve Strout, Corporate Governance, E-mail, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-25

News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Microsoft Dynamics: solid customer stories, quietly confident

Last week I attended Microsoft's Convergence conference in Copenhagen. This is where Microsoft's business application customers tip up to hear what's new and get their annual infusion of feel goodness. While there was little by way of hard news other than it putting NAV2009 into general availability, customers seem happy...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Customer, Microsoft Corp., CRH, Corporate Communications, Retail, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-24

SAP: Pushing against the economy

SAP's Co-CEO, Leo Apotheker, hosted a panel discussion this past Friday afternoon, exploring reasons to maintain IT investment during difficult economic times. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Leo, Software-as-a-service Threat, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Roi/Tco, Tools & Techniques, Smb/Sme, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-11-24

SAP's Apotheker: 'Happy John Wookey joined us'; Business hasn't gotten worse

SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker said Friday that John Wookey, a former Oracle executive, is "a great software man" who will help the enterprise software giant push its software as a service meets on-premise applications strategy. Separately, Apotheker noted that business hasn't gotten worse from the outlook the company gave on...

Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Financial Services, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-21

iPhone update kills 12 security bugs

Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

News to know: Dell; Army bans USB drives; Salesforce; Microsoft

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand 'challenging' Sam Diaz: Salesforce bucks trend for Q3; shares rising. Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., USB Flash Drive, Internet, Open Source

Blog posts 2008-11-21

ISV Quotes for the Intel® Xeon® Processor 7400 Series

Read testimonials touting the benefits of Inte's Xeon Processor 7400 Series froms some of today's leading technology companies. Including quotes from: Citrix, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Parallels, Red Hat, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Transitive, Virtual Iron, and VMware.

Tags: Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2008-11-21

Government's star witness undercuts prosecution in suicide case

Ashley Grills testifies that she, not Lori Drew, created MySpace profile for 'Josh.' Drew, she says, wanted to use the profile to 'humiliate' the girl who committed suicide. by Richard Koman

Tags: MySpace, Ashley Grills, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-20

It's green report card season: Proclamations from IBM, SAP, Toshiba and Xerox

Some scintillating corporate sustainability reading for your perusal today, folks. In all seriousness, the last few weeks have seen several of the biggest of the big high-tech vendors publish their latest environmental reports or corporate responsibility statements. Here's a list of some of the most recent, along with a brief...

Tags: Sustainability, Xerox Corp., Card, Corporate Responsibility, Greenhouse Gas, SAP AG, Toshiba Corp., IBM Corp., Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-20