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- SAP's slow hand A1S play
- Late yesterday, Henning Kagermann, CEO of SAP hosted Zoli Erdos, James Governor, Prashanth Rai, Charlie Wood, Jason Wood and myself for a pre-launch discussion about A1S. During the meeting, Kagermann emphasized the company's cautious approach to the SaaS market. On the one hand, SAP is readying itself for a volume...
- Tags: Transformation, SAP AG, A1S, Zoli, Roi/Tco, Business Structures, Software As A Service (SaaS), Outsourcing, Web 2.0, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Emerging Technologies, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Internet, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
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- Ballmer needn't fear the Mac...just yet
- Ballmer needn't fear the Mac...just yetThe most important statement...."I’ve not seen any recent comparative studies about Mac v PC TCO"So basically you're just spouting a load of subjective opinion.RE: Ballmer needn't fear the Mac...just yetEat moar Apples.TCO analysis would have been usefulYou state that productivity counts, yet discount a business...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Desktops, Apple Macintosh, TCO, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Ballmer needn't fear the Mac...just yet
- Boutique analyst firm Freeform Dynamics took a run at standardizing on Macs but the switch was not worthwhile. They're now back in the Windows fold. Their report starts by posing a series of questions about business benefit. They found that when pressed, business users were hard put to come up...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Startup essentials: Dr. Pepper, coffee and accessories
- Startup essentials: Dr. Pepper, coffee and accessoriesWater. Orange Juice. Red Wine.Title says it all :-)RE: Startup essentials: Dr. Pepper, coffee and accessoriesSorry Zoli - I felt you'd strayed too far off topic with that one ;) I even exempted my watercooler :) :)Why, do you prefer white wine? ...
- Tags: Startup Essentials, accessory
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- Startup essentials: Dr. Pepper, coffee and accessories
- One of my Irregular chums started a GoogleGroup thread about what you need in a job that requires you work from a home office. The same can be said for the 1-3 person startup. The conversation immediately became a discussion of the merits or otherwise of different coffee making facilities...
- Tags: Dr., Beverage, Accessory, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Video: The week in Green tech
- At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson describes the acceleration of computer and genetic technology through Moore's law, and then outlines nature-inspired methods for building nanotech. He also explains why decoding DNA from the ocean is important to green tech's future. ...
- Tags: Biofuel, Green Technology, Video, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Is nuclear a good carbonless solution?
- At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., Paul Deninger of Jefferies and Company moderates a panel discussion about whether nuclear technology will be a viable solution in the future. Elise Zoli of Goodwin Procter adds that nuclear is a cost-efficient energy alternative to coal.
- Tags: Solution, Green
- Videos 2008-09-17
- 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
- Zoho's millions
- Â It's not often I get excited by adoption numbers but the fact Zoho has passed the million user landmark represents an outstanding achievement and a cause for celebration. Zoli Erdos, chief hand waver and Irregular chum has all the details. I was more interested in the...
- Tags: Network Management, Zoho, Sales Strategy, Public Relations, Network Administration, Networking, Sales, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- 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
- LinkedIn, Technorati, FireFox 3 and Slideshare: we all fall down
- To Zoli Erdos' tongue in cheek crack at LinkedIn, Technorati and FireFox failures I can confidently add Slideshare. Although it doesn't make the cut for speed of failure following funding, ($3 million raised in May), it is behaving very badly today. I have a penchant for crashing...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, LinkedIn, Technorati, Twitter, Web Browsers, Internet, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- 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
- Sharing your login is a criminal offence
- It looks like security-as-a-service is going to be one of the themes I cover here next week, and meanwhile I'm mulling a new post about SaaS and software pricing. So it seemed like a good moment to relay a comment that I heard from one of the panelists speaking back...
- Tags: Software, Commoditization, Pricing Strategy, Software As A Service (SaaS), Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Marketing Research, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Management, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Does it blend? Zoho and Google
- The announcement earlier today that Zoho has added an import capability for those using GoogleDocs to its Writer apps is great news. It is something I asked for a short while ago and is an excellent example of how an agile cloud computing vendor can respond to a need when...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Commoditization, Abundance, Zoho Writer, Business Services, Tools & Techniques, Software As A Service (SaaS), OpenOffice, Management, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdict
- I've hung back on posting my thoughts on Business ByDesign for several reasons. When I wrote my pre-Sapphire08 conference story, it was clear this would dominate the Irregulars' questions. I needed to get through meeting with all the key executives and view the latest iteration of the product to gain...
- Tags: SAP AG, Brian Sommer, Design Effort, EDI, Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Sales Channel, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Zoho's pivot and macro capabilities: tipping point?
- Today's addition of VB Macro and pivot table support to Zoho Sheets is possibly the most important step forward for the Zoho suite of business applications. These two capabilities are top of list for keeping Microsoft Office customers loyal. Pivot tables are extensively...
- Tags: Business Application, Microsoft Visual Basic, Zoho, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Microsoft Office, Financial Accounting, Office Suites, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Zoho's Chinese bet
- Zoho today announced it has entered a white label distribution deal with Baihui for distribution of its applications in China. Today, the deal includes Writer, Sheet, Show and CRM under Baihui's branding. Assuming the deal works well, then it is understood the arrangement will be extended to include other applications....
- Tags: China, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Branding, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Zoho can come second and still win
- Earlier in the week I spoke with Raju Vegesna, evangelist with Zoho about the upcoming Zoho CRM for Enterprise. Larry Dignan has all the key facts and correctly surmises: Let's be clear about Zoho's motives: It wants to take on Salesforce.com's CRM, which Zoho portrays as bloated. I...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., CRM, Zoho CRM, Com, Raju, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- A fresh Firefox install: drastic but cathartic
- A fresh Firefox install: drastic but catharticuse FF3 - beta4 is ultra stable 'n super fast!try FF3 beta4. Once you try it, there's no turning back.. u'll simply love it! Even though it's beta, it's just as stable as a production release. Super fast 'n no memory problems..also I love...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, bookmark, FF3
- Discussion threads 2008-03-29
- Zoho releases invoicing service (sort of)
- Zoho releases invoicing service sort ofPerhaps try it again, after coffee:-)Dennis, I wonder if the sudden and unexpected release caught you off-guard in a pre-coffee moment :-) Joke apart, when you told me you found major bugs, these were not exactly what I had in mind... let's look at...
- Tags: Zoho, ZohoInvoice
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
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