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IPO candidate NetSuite fires a shot at SAP

IPO candidate NetSuite fires a shot at SAPStone age software replaced by NetSuite, Projity and SalesforceZach and the NetSuite folks have a multi-tenant solution. SAP's move in the market should be seen with skepticism. Lets see if they can serve the SME market with the ease of deployment of a...

Tags: SMB/SME, Microsoft Project, Software as a Service (SaaS), IPO, software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., small and medium enterprise, SME Market, Projity, SAP AG

Discussion threads 2007-01-27

Google's latest moves also put the pressure on Apple

Google's latest moves also put the pressure on AppleHuh? More software makes Apple less popular?A point that everyone seems to be missing is that every piece of "software as a service" over the internet increases Apple's appeal. The standard knock against Apple is that a Mac user doesn't have...

Tags: SMB/SME, Web browsers, Apple Safari, Google Inc., small and medium enterprise, Apple Inc., SME Market

Discussion threads 2006-08-29

Time for another desktop Linux discussion?

Time for another desktop Linux discussion?why?here's the million dollar question. WHY do we want linux to break into the desktop? we already get too many idiots coming onto our boards telling us linux should be more like windows and that we should stop supporting OSS and push towards proprietry. at...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, desktop Linux, SME Market, Linux, desktop, Linux desktop

Discussion threads 2006-02-02

Additional Resources

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

NetSuite's Zach Nelson on competition, cost, the Next Big Thing

Last week I met with Zach Nelson, CEO NetSuite in circumstances very similar to those when I recently met with SAP. There are obvious comparisons: SAP provided a hands on individual demonstration of Business ByDesign, NetSuite limited its demo to some pre-canned scenarios demonstrated by...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Zach Nelson, SAP AG, Financial Planning, Smb/Sme, Branding, Marketing Research, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-28

ClarkConnect becomes ClearOS

ClearOS looks promisingWe have been using ClarkConnect as our office all-in-one sercver, CleaOS' predecessor and have been quite happy with it. This new move with what seems to be a fresh new look and new management and clear business direction can make it a serious contender in the SME market.

Tags: SMB/SME, ClearOS, Clarkconnect

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]

Andrew, thanks for doing a real interviewThese days, when most bloggers just link to a PR wire story for their source, ZDNet surprises us with an actual interview. An interesting interview to boot! There is still hope for online journalism. Thanks Andrew.RE: AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the...

Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, INTERNET, cloud computing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

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

Friday rant: Software maintenance; it's all Manny's fault

I love it when a CPA comes out batting for the buy side. In Business Week, Gene Marks CPA points the finger of blame for software maintenance firmly in the direction of Meir M. "Manny" Lehman: It all began in the 1960s, when Lehman predicted that changes in software...

Tags: Software, Grandchildren, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-08-21

Gartner financial apps MarketScope

Earlier today I saw Oracle crowing about getting a top slot in Gartner's Marketscope for financial applications. They weren't the only ones. SAP took a similar top slot. But then all the others Gartner looked at: Epicor, Lawson, Microsoft, Exact, Infor, Sage and Unit 4 Agresso scored 'positive.' Odd you...

Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Financial, On-demand, Gartner Inc., Sage, KashFlow, Managed Hosting, Smb/Sme, Cloud Computing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-08-17

Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh

Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh wow companies want you to buy stuff from them...details at 11I'd be interested in knowing how they arrived at the correlation between......older PCs and malware. I can't see why an older system would be any more likely to get malware than a brand...

Tags: SMB/SME, Cyberthreats, Intel Corp., small and medium enterprise, PC Refresh, PC

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

What really happened with SAP Business ByDesign?

Many of us who have been following the SAP Business ByDesign saga have used a combination of first hand accounts, intuition, inference and plain guess work to figure out what's been going on with the product. Or is it service? As far as I can gather, those commenting in detail...

Tags: Team, SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, BYD, Engineers, Team Management, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-22

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

CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7

CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7Who are these companies and who cares what their CIO's sayNever heard of any of these companies, and I could care less what any of their CIO's say on this subject.Why not ask the CIO of a Fortune 500 company?This is no surprise.It would...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, SMB/SME, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, new OS, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

IDC: Windows still leading server market, but revenues down 29 percent

IDC: Windows still leading server market, but revenues down 29 percentI'm willing to bet.......that while those sales figures dropped across the board the actual installation of new servers didn't drop nearly as much.How is it measured ?Estimated sales blah blah blah. How do they estimate ? My company buys servers...

Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, RHT, server, Linux, International Data Corp., Microsoft Windows, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

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

SAP keynote: Leo Apotheker's appeal for clarity

Leo Apotheker, co-CEO at SAP has just concluded his keynote speech with a call for 'clarity' in enterprises of all sizes. "The past 10 months have indeed been a turning point for all of us...it is time for clarity...time to be clear...We all face a new reality and it's not...

Tags: Software, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-12

A Guide to WAN Application Delivery for the SME Market

Today's Small-to-Medium sized Enterprises SME are undergoing the same IT evolution as their large enterprise counterparts, only on a smaller scale. For SMEs, WAN reliability, flexible scalability, performance and ease of management are as essential to their WAN infrastructure as they are to a large enterprise. SMEs are able to...

Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Ecessa, Smb/Sme, WANs, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2009-02-10

Gmail grows up with offline e-mail access

Gmail grows up with offline e-mail access Big brother email...NO thanks I stay away from google and friends at the gov...eMail server already = cloud..and Google isn't needed.By definition, an email server is accessible on the web. So anyone who already runs a mail server -- Exchange or something...

Tags: E-mail servers, cloud computing, server, e-mail, e-mail server, offline e-mail access, Google Inc., E-Mail Access, Google Gmail

Discussion threads 2009-01-28