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Hammering at cost with open source

Irregular Bob Warfield riffs on Salesforce.com's decision to ditch Sun/Solaris in favor of Dell/Linux. In doing so, Bob makes the point that: ...for a SaaS company, the cost of service delivery is an absolutely critical factor.  Once you have software that runs well and scales horizontally on cheap commodity...

Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Open Source, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Time to blow up the software industry

Vinnie Mirchandani's post, Call to Steve Jobs: Please reshape the enterprise software market was bound to get a reaction out of my Irregular chums. 70 reactions to be precise as at the time of writing this post. That's the number of posts to our Google Group on the topic with...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Financial, Software Company, SAP AG, Vinnie Mirchandani, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Oracle Fusion delay?

Vinnie Mirchandani speculates that Oracle's Fusion applications will be delay through 2009 at the earliest. The first phase of Fusion applications was slated for next year. Vinnie correctly points out that Oracle's timetable was more of a "moonshot" than a pinpoint-accurate launch window when it was announced in January 2006....

Tags: Oracle Corp., Vinnie Mirchandani, Team Management, Construction, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-12

Cap Gemini's GAPEing void play: hit or miss?

Following the announcement of the Google and Cap Gemini tie up, Mike Krigsman, Vinnie Mirchandani, Phil Wainewright and I peppered Steve Jones Cap Gemini's head of SOA, and Michael Donner, VP, Global Head, Demand Generation – Outsourcing Services with questions about the deal. While each...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Google Gmail, Capgemini, Consulting, Spreadsheet, Vinnie Mirchandani, Cap, Co-existence Argument, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-09-11

'Don't automate, obliterate'

There's been a lot of talk lately about automating all the business processes we can get our hands on, seen as the path to getting rid of expensive human labor, and therefore productivity extraordinaire. But, what exactly are we automating? Vinnie Mirchandani writes a lot about keeping technology focused on...

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Blog posts 2006-02-15

Additional Resources

SAP 'Mittelstand' customers upset at new maintenance charges

Following on from yesterday's announcement of a hike in SAP maintenance charges, the German title Computerwoche implies that the powerful 'Mittelstand' group in the German SAP user group are far from happy. Under the title: "Higher maintenance costs upset SAP customers ," Computerwoche interviewed Gunther Rheinhart, executive member of  the...

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Mittelstand, Gunther Rheinhart, Auto-renew, Software As A Service (SaaS), Workforce Management, Outsourcing, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-17

European telcos squeal: should we care?

One of the ongoing discussions among the Irregulars centers around telecommunications costs. Many of us travel internationally and bemoan the astronomical sic charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators. Earlier today, I saw a statement from the GSMA, a global trade group  for the industry arguing...

Tags: Mobile, Industry, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecom & Utilities, Regulations, Telecommunications, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Government, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-15

First MISO, then GISMO, next GOAT?

First MISO, then GISMO, next GOAT?vinnie mirchandaniDennis,in terms of enterprise penetration and utility Oracle outstrips the other 3 but not on innovation or value for money..and that is even after burdening Apple with ATT's TCO. Oracle is spray painting slim slivers of innovation on products which are 10-30 years old...

Tags: Leadership, first MISO, Gismo, MISO

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Ticking bombs in enterprise land

I believe the enterprise software industry is heading for major problems. It started when I read Francine McKenna  where she talks about what she sees as a doomsday scenario for at least one of the Big Four audit businesses. Francine's focus is on questioning the effectiveness of current methods for...

Tags: Software, Audit, Francine, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Carl and Yahoo's dueling banjo routine gets old

See Carl Icahn blast Jerry Yang and Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock over a compensation plan to fend off a Microsoft bid. See Roy tell Carl he's manipulating facts and using allegations from a complaint that has no merit. See Larry's eyes glaze over. Anyone else sick of...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Size matters: Verizon Wireless buys Alltel; Will claim most subscribers

Verizon Wireless said Thursday that it will buy Alltel to beef up its network for about $28.1 billion. The deal surfaced on Wednesday via various press reports and Verizon Wireless just made it official statement. What's this deal about? Subscriber envy. Verizon Wireless wasn't...

Tags: Alltel Corp., Verizon Wireless, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Will Enterprise 2.0 be a wash?

Next week sees the start of Enterprise 2.0 in Boston. You'd think that given the line up of rock star speakers that it would be a magnet for eager buyers looking to find out what's likely to be new, fresh and shiny in the wonderful world of all things social....

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-05

The changing analyst landscape

The recent Institute of Industry Analyst Relations poll results produced some startling results. While the power hitters of Gartner, IDC and Forrester were well represented, it was the boutique groups that caught my attention. Redmonk, MWD and Freeform Dynamics all performed well across multiple categories, despite being minnows in the...

Tags: Analyst, Ray, Blogging, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Is SAP's weakness its real strength?

Conversations with Doug Merritt, a member of SAP's executive council and the person driving Business Objects as a platform for intelligence are always entertaining. Merritt represents the unconventional, disruptive element within SAP that was in evidence during Shai Agassi's tenure. For me, Merritt charaterizes the public face of fracture I...

Tags: SAP AG, Merritt, Phil, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Leadership, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-22

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

Run by Wall Street? A Cause or a Company?

Guest post: Anshu Sharma is author of Anshu's blog, which focuses on Software as a Service and the emerging SaaS Ecosystem. He is an Enterprise Irregular. In light of the Yahoo! - Microsoft fiasco, fellow bloggers Larry Dignan and Vinnie Mirchandani have been asking the question whether...

Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Vision, Wall, Management Team, Software As A Service (SaaS), Financial Accounting, Construction, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Management, Anshu Sharma

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Workday: a tipping point?

Larry Dignan is enthusiastic about Workday's 200,000 person deal it won to supply Flextronics with HR functionality, adding in the Chiquita 26,000 person deal as validation for what he suggests is a 'tipping point' for Workday. I'm a little more cautious. Next week, Workday will release update...

Tags: Workday, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Workday lands big Flextronics deal

Flextronics will install Workday's on-demand human capital management software for 200,000 employees. According to InformationWeek, Workday beat out SAP and Oracle for Flextronics business in what Mary Hayes Weier described as tipping point deal for SaaS. Workday also won a 26,000 employee deal with Chiquita. ...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Workday, Flextronics International Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Capital, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom

The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-13

HP to take out EDS: does it make sense?

We've heard these rumors before but this time it seems HP is in serious hunting mode with EDS as the target. Larry Dignan offers his take on the rationale behind the story. Fellow Irregular Vinnie Mirchandani adds to the debate suggesting both pluses and minuses: HP could use a...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-12