The Product Maintenance Paradox!
There was a mild tremor in the IT market few weeks back when Siemens threatened to terminate its annual maintenance contract with SAP owing to high price being charged by SAP. I have noted four years back that around half of Oracle’s total revenue of…
Shouldn’t services firms have their own ERP?
I caught up this week with Morris Panner, CEO of OpenAir (now part of NetSuite). One aspect of our wide-ranging conversation concerned the continuing evolution of businesses, the economy, etc. towards a greater services orientation. Drawing on that, we discussed how services firms need their own version of ERP.
Here are just some of the [...]
Software: Maintenance Revenue: High Margin or High Risk?
Excellent analysis today from Cowen and Co. analyst Peter Goldmacher. I can’t find it posted on their site (got it via e-mail), so I’m including the key extract below for those who might be interested. Enjoy! Software: Maintenance Revenue: High Margin or High Risk? Consensus View: Applications maintenance, fees for technical support and product update [...]
its easy to spot a purist
If anyone counts as a ring leader for emerging global microbrands it is Hugh MacLeod. Hugh is a creative, a prankster, high end management consultant and wine merchant all rolled into one. What is a global microbrand?
The Global Microbrand is nothing new; they’ve existed for a while, long before the internet was invented. Imagine a [...]
Bees (The Golden Company)
It’s been awhile since I blogged about CCD and bees but I’ve not stopped paying attention. Yesterday in Twitter James (@monkchips) posted a link I wanted to share with everyone.
“We want to give them support right now, as you probably know they are having a bit of trouble; worryingly they are dying out at an [...]
Doing it for less…
Years ago it was all about how much, how big and how bright your “thing” was and money was flowing out of every IT shop in the world – it was also during this time that I was constantly looking at Open Source and any and every solution I could find to do my job [...]
Linking performance to pay. The G20 and HCM software.
(photo CC 2.o attribution, thanks to g-hat!)
World leaders are gathering in Pittsburgh to discuss banking reform and other pressing matters. According to the Guardian, the discussions are likely to be rocky.
European leaders appeared to be on a collision course tonight with Barack Obama and Gordon Brown after Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, warned that [...]
