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- Wookey: SAP's future is on-demand
- Wookey: SAP's future is on-demandPossibly wonderful... possibly evil.Saas, Cloud, "on-demand," all have wonderful possibilities.At the same time, I fear the "power" that now rests in the hands of the provider. (I'm not talking about any provider specifically, I'm just speaking in general.)Let's break this down to it's core fundamentals.A. ...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Managed hosting, Business Class, Internet Service Provider, on-demand, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP)
- With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...
- Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Oracle previews Fusion user experience
- John Wookey, senior vice president of application development, laid out Oracle's applications strategy, including the ephemeral Fusion Project, this morning at OracleWorld. He started off by reassuring the audience that Oracle is committed to deliver a great next generation platform, but also to improve products customers are running today. In...
- Tags: Fusion, Oracle Corp., Wookey, John Wookey
- Blog posts 2006-10-25
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- 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
- Cheap jibe sullies SAP's SaaS strategy
- Is SAP as serious about SaaS as John Wookey claimed in his widely reported speech last week? A comment by SAP CTO Vishal Sikka, trashing Salesforce.com in an interview published this week, suggests not. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Strategy, Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- News to know: Palm CEO; Barry Diller; iPhone upgrade; Iomega; MS Money
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm injects Apple DNA: Colligan out as CEO; Rubinstein in Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Barry Diller: The Internet 'Absolutely'...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Iomega Corp., Palm Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- European SaaS vendors: not quite comfortable in their skins
- This week in Amsterdam, our own Phil Wainewright was compering and moderating panels for the annual SIIA On Demand conference. If you've not met Phil he is the overseas person's image of the 'perfect English gentleman.' He did a great job herding the cats aka the saas industry's spokepeople and...
- Tags: Channel Management, Dennis Howlett, Google Inc., Management, Marketing, Retail, Strategy
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- SAP's John Wookey: the task ahead
- Phil Wainewright has provided a first take on John Wookey, SAP executive VP's saas strategy session at SIIA Europe. As Wookey outlined the strategy, I could not help but feel 'about time.' SAP has been dancing around the whole saas/on-demand topic for some time. On the one hand it came...
- Tags: On-demand, SAP AG, Frictionless Commerce, Phil Wainewright, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Wookey: SAP's future is on-demand
- SAP executive VP John Wookey set out the software giant's commitment to embracing on-demand applications at a conference in Amsterdam today, outlining how it will enable delivery of on-demand to large enterprises in its existing customer base. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: On-demand, SAP AG, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- SAP snags Coghead
- SAP has acquired the assets of Coghead minus any of its customers following Coghead's demise. As Rafe Needleman says over at CNet, this paves the way for others to swoop in and sweep up stranded customers although there is some doubt whether this will work. I received a 'safe harbor'...
- Tags: SAP AG, Coghead, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Firewalls, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Networking, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- SAP plans to cut 3,000 jobs; 2009 seen as challenging
- SAP said Wednesday that it will cut 3,000 jobs as 2009 will "remain challenging" and offer "limited visibility." The layoffs are designed to save 300 million to 350 million euro starting in 2010, the company said in a statement. After the job cuts, SAP will have about...
- Tags: Revenue, Job, SAP AG, Operational Accounting, Software As A Service (SaaS), Finance, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- 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's Apotheker: 'Happy John Wookey joined us'; Business hasn't gotten worse
- SAP's Apotheker: 'Happy John Wookey joined us'; Business hasn't gotten worseJohn WookeyOracle's loss, SAP's gain. While I worked in John Wookey's organization at Oracle, I was consistently impressed with his honesty and heart for his employees. He somehow got crossways with Larry a couple years ago, and was fired. Maybe...
- Tags: SAP AG, Happy John Wookey, Apotheker, John Wookey
- Discussion threads 2008-11-26
- SAP slapped with 'sell' rating; Pushback from customer base cited
- Societe Generale analyst Richard Nguyen hit SAP with a sell rating on Wednesday citing increased odds of a fourth quarter profit warning and signs that customers are pushing back on the software company's attempt to upsell them following a maintenance price increase. Nguyen's report--he downgraded SAP shares...
- Tags: SAP AG, Nguyen, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- News to know: Kumo; Zune; Storm; Google
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Would you 'Kumo' it? Phil Wainewright: When to spend cash in a SaaS business Brian Sommer: Taleo's November to forget ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- SAP's Apotheker: 'Happy John Wookey joined us'; Business hasn't gotten worse
- SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker said Friday that John Wookey, a former Oracle executive, is "a great software man" who will help the enterprise software giant push its software as a service meets on-premise applications strategy. Separately, Apotheker noted that business hasn't gotten worse from the outlook the company gave on...
- Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Financial Services, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- News to know: CES preview, Google tracks flu, NebuAd sued, Ad porn blocker
-  Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: CES 2009 Preview: All quiet on the gadget front Sean Portnoy: Third-quarter HDTV sales pace slows, plasmas show new signs of life ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Video, Beta, Matthew Miller, Corporate Communications, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- SAP Makes A Dramatic Move: Ex-Oracle Exec John Wookey To Head up SAP’s New On-demand Market Effort
- SAP Makes A Dramatic Move: Ex-Oracle Exec John Wookey To Head up SAP’s New On-demand Market EffortNot going to be easyIt is not easy, and many companies have already failed trying, to rearchitect a legacy software company and its technology for on demand. He will need to overcome organizational issues,...
- Tags: Sales force management, Sales strategy, cloud computing, on-demand, Dramatic Move, Ex-Oracle, Head Up, John Wookey, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2008-11-11
- 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
- Will Oracle answer these questions?
- Will Oracle answer these questions?In declineYears of no raises and other HR changes have demoralized the workers, sorry, the 'human capital' at Oracle; innovation is discouraged, CYA is the order of the day. Perhaps AL after Larry, there will be a purge and a reawakening, but it may be...
- Tags: Leadership, Enterprise software, Oracle Corp., fusion
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
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