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- In search of SAP Business ByDesign
- Mike Krigsman has a post that seeks to put ByDesign into a hopeful light. Based on his conversations I'm not surprised he came away with a glowing customer report. Customers I've spoken with have been rightfully delighted with what SAP is offering and the roadmap they're presenting. As...
- Tags: SAP AG, Mike Krigsman, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Sales Strategy, Data Centers, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Understanding SAP's Business byDesign SaaS strategy
- Understanding SAP's Business byDesign SaaS strategyyes, butyou heard some of the same comments I did at Sapphire. The CFO has the product on a tight leash in terms of qualifying new customers. They have old filters for a new computing paradigm. Not sure if they will ever find this model...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), cloud computing, Enterprise software, strategy, SAP AG, software-as-a-service, SAP Business byDesign SaaS strategy, SAP Business ByDesign
- Discussion threads 2009-05-16
- The inspiration for Business Suite 7
- A different germ for change Earlier today, at the Business Suite 7 (BS7) announcement, I speculated that SAP took some great performance and enhancement technology from its Business ByDesign BBD product line and related architecture and incorporated those into the new BS7 suite. ...
- Tags: SAP AG, Time Frame, Change Management, Leadership, Performance Management, Databases, Tools & Techniques, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- Lemons into Lemonade â€" Business Suite 7
- (mid-press conference post - subject to update) SAP today announced its Business Suite 7 today. Here’s a set of capabilities that extend the core ERP solution set. Specifically, what BS7 does apparently, is to take some the lessons SAP learned from the expensive development of its Business...
- Tags: SAP AG, BS7, SOA Ability, BOBJ Functionality, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Live and Let Die - Part 1
- We're heading into the forecasting homestretch now. You've seen what I'm thinking 'sup for 2009 with this post, this post, and this post. Now we move onto the final one or two or three (we'll see how long I can go writing each one before I get tired or sick...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Vision, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sales, CRM, SDN, BPX, Marketing Functionality, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- SAP Makes A Dramatic Move: Ex-Oracle Exec John Wookey To Head up SAP’s New On-demand Market Effort
- It’s hard to know which was more significant, the announcement that SAP is going to tackle on demand at the top of its market, or the name of the person â€" former Oracle apps exec John Wookey â€" who was picked to lead the effort. Off the top of my...
- Tags: On-demand, SAP AG, Cloud Computing, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Léo Apotheker’s Leadership Opportunity: SAP At the Crossroads
- Léo Apotheker is slated to take over the helm of SAP this January, and while many have worked with him, broken bread with him, and generally admired his business acumen and very successful career, there’s one problem with his ascension to the top executive position in the enterprise software...
- Tags: Leadership, SAP AG, Léo Apotheker, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft
- It’s leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...
- Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Time to blow up the software industry
- Time to blow up the software industrySoftware is designed for Libraries and Charter or Municiple School systems.Big competition in the Linux vs Windowes Enterprise software her; Unix and Novell for Agencies and Police Departments. The Court House use Proliant-Linux I heard.BBD - old wine in new bottleBBD is just old...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, E-mail providers, ROI/TCO, cloud computing, SaaS Model, SaaS IS, enterprise software, software, Google Gmail, BBd
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Is BBD hoist by SAP's on-premise petard?
- Is BBD hoist by SAP's on-premise petard?Business By DelaySAP locked 1,000 German engineers in an offsite location for five years to develop Business ByDesign. This follows the traditional model for building complex enterprise software-- your quotes from Leo regarding "perfection" reflect that mentality. Software-as-a-Service SaaS, on the other hand, allows,...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), BBd, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- News to know: Netflix; Google Health; Storm Worm; Fixing Vista
- Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: The Storm Worm would love to infect you Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Microsoft: Half of Exchange inboxes to be Microsoft-hosted in five years...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Worm, Vertical Industries, Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Healthcare, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Is BBD hoist by SAP's on-premise petard?
- On-premise vendors never have to run their own software*. This is by far the largest and least often anticipated handicap suffered by on-premise vendors when embarking on the on-demand model. [*OK, maybe some of them 'eat their own dogfood' by using it in-house. But they never really experience it as...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Business ByDesign, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdict
- Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdictYou make some good pointsThere is much in BBD that could be delivered as a standard accounting package to replace those mid-tier accounting packages like Great Plains the functionality for basic accounting is already there. Your point about putting this into the market is a valid...
- Tags: accounting, Irregular, Business ByDesign, accounting package
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdict
- I've hung back on posting my thoughts on Business ByDesign for several reasons. When I wrote my pre-Sapphire08 conference story, it was clear this would dominate the Irregulars' questions. I needed to get through meeting with all the key executives and view the latest iteration of the product to gain...
- Tags: SAP AG, Brian Sommer, Design Effort, EDI, Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Sales Channel, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- SAP's Business ByDesign: Explaining the Delays
- In the wake of the brouhaha surrounding the delayed rollout of Business ByDesign and the allegations of technical difficulties (the thread in the Enterprise Irregulars discussion was called BBD=DOA?), I spoke to Hans-Peter Klaey and Jeff Stiles, the two men at SAP responsible for bringing BBD, and the rest of...
- Tags: SAP AG, BBD, Sales Force Management, Performance Management, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- The Leo Apotheker Legacy Starts Now
- The news that SAP is delaying the roll-out of Business ByDesign â€" and that its last quarter, while decent, failed to meet analyst estimates â€" is the perfect preamble to this post: With Leo Apotheker slated to assume to mantle of SAP by the end of the year, his...
- Tags: On-demand, SAP AG, TCO, Sales, Leo Apotheker, Leo, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- SAP confirms Business ByDesign delay
- Updated: SAP on Wednesday confirmed a delay in its Business ByDesign software as a service suite. The company said: Since last September’s announcement of SAP Business ByDesign, the Company has been working closely with early customers and partners to validate and fine-tune the solution. As a...
- Tags: Euro, SAP AG, Data Model, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Making Things Safe for Business ByDesign II
- Following yesterday's post on the management changes at SAP and the pending departure of Peter Zencke, I got a call from SAP. Would I be available to discuss the issue with Peter ASAP? Here's some highlights from the conversation: As reported, Zencke is retiring from the...
- Tags: Peter Zencke, SAP AG, BBD, Team Management, Corporate Governance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- SAP's Succession Plans: Making Things Safe for Business ByDesign?
- SAP executed the beginning of a well-orchestrated and otherwise somewhat boring and boring is good management transition with the much-expected elevation of co-CEO Leo Apotheker to the more important title of heir-apparent. In the process, Henning Kagermann assumed the title of retiree-in-waiting, and all was good with the world. ...
- Tags: Peter Zencke, SAP AG, BBD, Corporate Governance, Sales Strategy, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Force Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
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