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- 6 dirty tricks from enterprise vendors
- GET it in WRITING!If it is NOT in the contract then you made your first mistake.Well said.Contracts & Paper Trails are more precious than gold when something goes Tango-Ultra on you.I dont agree with #5Well I do, but to further clarify, *most* vendors will support at least 1-2 major revisions...
- Tags: Content management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), dirty trick, enterprise vendor, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- UN Agency Retools IT System Quickly and Efficiently With Web Portal Environment
- With 193 member nations, and programs worldwide, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UNESCO is a broad and diverse organization with a complex and disparate IT environment. Solutions are deployed locally, without regard to ease of use, security rules, or access management at the international level. Implementing an...
- Tags: IT Environment, Web, Information Technology, ERP, Microsoft Corp., Web Portal, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Novell delivers SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
- As the other Linux provider, Novell goes to great lengths to differentiate its offering from rival Red Hat. The company's expansive version 11 platform is no exception, and is said to promise unique advances in virtualization, management, interoperability, high availability and desktop computing. ...
- Tags: Desktop, Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, High Availability Extension, Open Source, UNIX, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the First
- Industry Giants -the New Adults on the Block Most of these might not be surprising to you but they are to me. With maybe the exception of Sage...and NetSuite....and RightNow and.....ah well. I guess they aren't really all that surprising. But to some degree, IBM and Cisco are surprising. ...
- Tags: Strategy, Application, NetSuite Inc., IBM Corp., CRM, Zach, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- 'IT has no inherent value'
- 'IT has no inherent value'Finally!After all these years the "pointy haired boss" gets outed.RE: 'IT has no inherent value'Wow, the title to this article is very misleading. Some IT projects do have inherent value and if the project pushers and the project benefit receivers both agree on an IT project...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, inherent value, IT HAS
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Global Manufacturer Signs Up for Service, Mitigates Portal Deployment Risks
- Executives at Timken were anxious to rebuild the company's entire portal to improve the efficiency of diverse, global content management. They selected Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as the company's portal solution and SAP as its enterprise resource planning solution. But, the Timken in-house IT staff needed help. Since Office...
- Tags: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Portals, Content Management, Web Technology, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-11-01
- Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)
- Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Google and Salesforce.com: Why don't they merge?
- Google and Salesforce.com: Why don't they merge?There are compelling arguments in favor ...as I speculated last year during all the chatter in the run-up to the original announcement of Salesforce's alliance with Google:http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=334But would Google be willing to pay so much? (it would have to be quite a bit more...
- Tags: Sales force management, Google Inc., Salesforce.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- Social networking, IBM, Microsoft etc: the Twitterverse debates
- Charles Cooper's article noting the rise of Twitter as part of the media fabric is a cue for surfacing a long conversation I had yesterday with some of my 800 Twitter followers. The pretext was my post about the end of software and the number of thanks folk posted on...
- Tags: Social Networking, Consultant, Network, Information Technology, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., E-mail, Knowledge Management, Groupware, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Data Management, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- SAP Application Server Consolidation on IBM System z: Opportunity, Metrics, and Case Studies
- SAP customers never run just one SAP system - they run many. Part of the reason is that each production SAP system is part of a "flock" of SAP systems with associated non-production systems. These associated non-production SAP systems are for purposes such as development, test, training, and quality assurance....
- Tags: Consolidation, Application Server, SAP AG, Server, IBM Corp., Pricing, Marketing
- White papers 2008-01-10
- Nine places where SOA is making a difference, right now
- What kind of a year was 2007 for SOA? Yes, there was plenty of disgust and eye-rolling at all the hype around this still-emerging concept. But at the same time, we started seeing more and more examples of companies putting the methodologies and associated tools and platforms to innovative uses....
- Tags: Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Comcast Corp., SOA, Portal, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- SAP's challenge to NetSuite, Workday and salesforce.com
- This week SAP finally introduced its on demand Business ByDesign suite, aimed at the mid-market (companies with 100 to 500 employees) and starting at $149 per per month per user but with a $54 a month option for a set of five users with limited usage of the software. ...
- Tags: Strategy, Salesforce.com Inc., NetSuite Inc., Customer, SAP AG, ERP, Workday, Business ByDesign, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-20
- BEIT Systemhaus GmbH Creates B2B Portal for Efficient Customer Inquiries and Optimal Service
- For many years, adp Gauselmann GmbH has been the mainstay of the Gauselmann Group's national business, which includes the development, production, and sale of gaming machines both with and without money prizes. The company wanted to create a modern, flexible, and fast portal solution that is available 24/7. The challenge...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., B2B, BEIT Systemhaus GmbH, Portals, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- Google Apps: hired or fired?
- While Josh Greenbaum offers robust support to Mary Jo Foley over her review of the Burton Group Report: “Google Apps in the Enterprise: A Promotion-Enhancing or Career-Limiting Move for Enterprise Architects?†I'm torn. The overall market is not as black and white as some commenters suggest.Even taking Google's limitations and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Collaboration, Microsoft Corp., Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-08-25
- A bumper crop of new mashup platforms
- While application developers tend to roll their eyes at the concept of end-user mashups, they remain one of the more promising new trends in software development this year. And while it's certainly true it's early days yet for mashups, the tools that enable them remaining rather limited, seems to...
- Tags: Wikis, Widgets, Web services, Web as Platform, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, Two-Way Web, The Long Tail, SOA, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SaaS, RSS, Right To Remix, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Products, Open APIs, Mashups, JSON, Governance, Global SOA, Gadgets, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Design Patterns, Customer Self-Service, Cost-effective scalability, Business Models, Ajax
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- CIO Panel at Software 2007 - Transcript
- At Software 2007 in Santa Clara, Calif., panel chair, Ernie von Simson talks to CIOs Neil Cameron of Unilever, Rob Carter of FedEx, Patricia Morrison of Motorola and Tony Scott of Disney. The CIOs share their "biggest gripe" with enterprise software companies. They also discuss the challenges behind implementing SaaS,...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- CIO Panel at Software 2007 - Transcript
- At Software 2007 in Santa Clara, Calif., panel chair, Ernie von Simson talks to CIOs Neil Cameron of Unilever, Rob Carter of FedEx, Patricia Morrison of Motorola and Tony Scott of Disney. The CIOs share their "biggest gripe" with enterprise software companies. They also discuss the challenges behind implementing SaaS,...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Quality, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Web 2.0, Emerging Technologies, Management, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- Cement Australia Transforms HR Services Online With IBM Lotus Technology
- Cement Australia is the nation's leading supplier of cement products and services with specialist expertise in lime, slag and fly ash. Cement Australia wanted to build an online portal to transform its Human Resources HR services. It wanted to reduce its reliance on paper documents and manual processes and provide...
- Tags: Human Resources, Australia, IBM Corp., Portals, Web Technology, Internet
- Case studies 2007-05-09
- SAP under the microscope post Agassi
- The departure of SAPs Shai Agassi may not change much for the enterprise software companys daily operations, but the company is likely to be examined more closely now that its software architect is gone. On Wednesday, SAP announced that Agassi...
- Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, SAP AG, Shai Agassi
- Blog posts 2007-03-29
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