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- Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant
- Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...
- Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- What happens when TCO meets the cloud
- What happens when TCO meets the cloudWhere will the mouse wielding monkeys go?Who will they be able to turn to bear their invoices, click on things and reboot until it "works" for half an hour again?RE: What happens when TCO meets the cloudVinnie is right on that SaaS vendors need...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Software as a Service (SaaS), Linux, TCO, Vinnie
- Discussion threads 2009-07-30
- TIBCO Silver: RAD and governance for enterprise clouds
- TIBCO is announcing a beta release of Silver, its RAD environment for global 2000 companies that are developing for cloud computing environments. The beta is expected to be released at the end of the month. Representatives from TIBCO discussed the merits of the company's approach to this...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., RAD, SAP AG, Silver, VInnie, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Weekend stuff: learning with Suw via Twitter
- I often hear how Twitter is the magic bullet to so many things and as a hardcore enterprisey type and despite my personal Twitt-addiction, I'd usually say: 'Pft.' Today taught me a couple of things that may yet change my mind. Suw Charman-Anderson, a UK colleague randomly...
- Tags: Twitter, Suw Charman-Anderson, Vinnie, Social Networking, Branding, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Corrupting consolidation
- The last week or so I've had a number of conversations with colleagues attempting to figure out how and why the enterprise software mega-players continue to get away with premium pricing during the worst recession in living memory. Why is it that Oracle can show its best...
- Tags: Consolidation, Vendor, Wall Street, Vinnie, Agresso, Financial Planning, Strategy, Open Source, Finance, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-03-29
- IT management and home crisis similarities
- Vinnie ties the two behavioral matters together to see what must be done A couple of weeks ago, fellow Enterprise Irregular and sometime competitor and collaborator Vinnie Mirchandani penned a piece for InformationWeek. Vinnie did a great job of showing IT leaders what they must do in...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Vinnie, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- RightNow puts its money where its mouth is
- Vinnie is going to love this. RightNow made the following announcement: RightNow Technologies today bolstered its world-class software-as-a-service SaaS capabilities with a money-back guarantee. “If we don’t meet our on demand ‘up-time’ commitment to our customers, we will give them their money back.†Greg Gianforte, chief...
- Tags: RightNow Technologies, Vinnie, Software As A Service (SaaS), Service Level Management, Call Centers, Managed Hosting, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, It Operations, It service Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-03-12
- SaaS vendors face FUD wars over viability
- What will happen to your data if your software as a service vendor goes belly-up? That question is becoming more relevant as the economic downturn progresses. Enterprise Irregular Vinnie Mirchandani sums up that question well and happens to note that traditional on-premise software vendors are bringing the...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Vinnie, Phil Wainewright, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Lawson success but no saas here
- It didn't escape my Irregular colleagues' attention that Harry Debes, Lawson CEO went on a tear about the viability of the saas model. Anshu Sharma chose not to comment in public but I leave it to astute observers to detect the steam coming out of his ears. ...
- Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Vinnie, Cheryl, Purchasing & Procurement, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- Office 2.0: an Irregular mashup
- The upcoming Office 2.0 conference is one of the first in the fall calendar that keeps people like me in more airports than I care to think about. It's also one for which I have fond memories. Office 2.0 started out as an idea put out into the Enterprise Irregulars'...
- Tags: Innovation, Conference, Office 2.0, Mashup, Unconference Session, Ross, Susan Scrupski, Zoli Erdos, Vinnie Mirchandani, Vinnie, David Tebbutt, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Where are the expense management startups and Dirty SaaS?
- My Irregular chums have been fiercely debating the need and merit of a sensible expense management solution that combines the best of online purchasing with accounting and the ability to re-bill (where appropriate.) It all started when there was a discussion around Concur and Rearden Commerce...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Receipt, Microsoft Corp., Zoli Erdos, Vinnie, MDI, Microsoft Excel, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?
- Every technology company has three main constituencies: Employees, customers and shareholders. Does that last category overwhelm the first two? Should it? These questions are worth asking--at least when it comes to putting technology companies in context. Vinnie Mirchandani and I had this back and forth about Wall...
- Tags: Shareholder, Technology Company, Wall, Vinnie, Construction, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Why should investors dictate at BEA?
- Last week, Larry Dignan said this of BEA: BEA is playing a dangerous gameâ€"especially if you believe no other company wants it at that price. BEA may be a leading middleware company, but the writing is on the wall: Girth wins in enterprise software. Oracle and BEA makes...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., M&A, Investor, Vinnie, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Oracle's anonymous supporters
- Vinnie Mirchandani's note that Oracle Fusion will be delayed drew anonymous responses from Oracle IP addresses. Example: No major enhancements were planned for the acquired products? This is not true, Why you are commenting on something that you don't have all the facts to comment on? This is not...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Vinnie, Sales Strategy, Blogging, Sales Force Management, Sales, Internet, Dennis Howlett
- 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 â€" 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
- Show me the Web 2.0 money
- In all the hoopla around Web 2.0/Enterprise 2.0 applications and services I'm left with an uncomfortable question. Where's the money for the application creator? mySQL has only just broken even after years of pioneering open source with only 1:1,000 downloads leading to any revenue for mySQL. Zoho Office on Facebook is getting...
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- A MAGIC framework for innovation
- Following up on my post about Jerry Bowles' take on social media and adapting an architecture of participation also know as collaboration in the enterprise, Vinnie Mirchandani wrote a post titled, CIO View of Tech Innovation: The MAGIC Framework. Vinnie writes that CIOs want the building blocks to further their...
- Tags: Magic, innovation, Vinnie
- Blog posts 2006-08-23
- Bad things can happen if you don't listen to Vinnie
- Bad things can happen if you don't listen to VinnieTotally off topic...The little story about Vinnie brought mirth and joy into my life. I'm just mystified that you could grow up in or near White Plains and not know "the deal".J.JaToday's Vinniedont need to get into no stinkin car -...
- Tags: Blogging, Vinnie, White Plains
- Discussion threads 2006-01-04
- Bad things can happen if you don't listen to Vinnie
- Well, it's not that bad things can happen. It's just that good things might not happen. In his Scott Adams moment about the six elements of an attactive blog, Vinnie "the deal architect" Mirchandani writes "I thought it would be fun to outline 6 elements on what the average...
- Tags: Vinnie
- Blog posts 2006-01-04
Additional Resources
- Chatter: Amplified
- Last evening, fellow ZDNet'ers Mike Krigsman, Dion Hinchcliffe, Tom Foremski, Brian Sommer along with fellow Enterprise Advocate Vinnie Mirchandani and I sat down with Parker Harris, co-founder Salesforce.com to get a deep dive into the rationale behind Chatter, what it's really about and where it's going. ...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-19
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