Oracle the Partner-Friendly Partner, Round Two: E2Open, Oracle, and Transportation Management
One of the largely unheralded changes at Oracle this year has been its sudden willingness to partner at a strategic level with other enterprise software companies. This departure from previous strategy has been noted here before, as has its implications for the enterprise software community. (Great if you’re an ISV looking for a strong partner [...]
Customers : Major Force In Innovation!
While trying to find answers for questions like what kinds of innovation will best help us to emerge from recession stronger than we went in, to gain market share, or to thrive in new and exciting markets, the GT report finds that the U.S. is the easi…
BPM, Collaboration and Social Networking #brf
Although social software and BPM is an underlying theme in a lot of the presentations that I give, today at the Business Rules Forum is the first time that I’ve been able to focus exclusively on that topic in a presentation for more than 3 years. Here’s the slides, and a list of the references [...]
SAP’s new Sustainability Performance Management tool could be a real game-changer!
Sustainability reporting is a bit all over the place. Standards, such as they are, are many, not widely agreed on, and are loosely observed.
One of the better sustainability reports to emerge this year was SAP’s. Unlike the staid PDF documents most companies put out, SAP’s is a website which allows reasonably deep linking ( here’s [...]
It’s Holiday Prediction Time Already
When you get your third request to discuss the outlook for 2010 for our industry, it must be “Holiday Prediction” time. With no further ado, and with two months left in the year, here are my predictions for the enterprise software world for 2010. The…
A case for rethinking the data model – reporting from SAP TechEd
Yet another TechEd is over, again definitely worth the time and effort. Mike and Stacey did amazing work yet again, my good blogger and SAP Mentor friends were a treat as always, and the management of SAP displays an amazing…
Never run a conference at a venue that can’t provide water dispensing machines, instead of bottled water
I attend a lot of conferences.
The two most recent ones I was at were both run by SAP. The first was the International SAP for Utilities conference in Munich, the second was the SAP TechEd conference in Vienna. Both events were very interesting for a variety of reasons but both conferences left a nasty [...]
What’s in store for 2010? 9 Trends, Quick Take
I just got an inquiry from a client, and rather than just answer it in private, I thought why not share my thoughts here, because you might find them interesting. Its a little early for a predictions post, but I can follow up later. Why only 9 trends? Because the list isn’t finished and you’re [...]
Is Supplier Management Key to Addressing Recent Ethical Lapses? (Part 1)
The recent allegations that the SEC and FBI have leveled against two former IBM and McKinsey executives have really made me think about the role that supplier management might have in addressing potential ethical lapses with suppliers and whether it’…
