IT Savvy Means Getting An Edge From IT
As IT’s importance grows inside organizations, with more competition and concerns about ROI and BVIT, pressures on resourcing, offshoring strategies and heightened sense of expectations from IT by business, all enterprises undergo such changes and an a…
IT Failures blog recognition
This blog received two new honors: runner up in the project management category at the Computer Weekly IT blog awards and number six ranking in the Technobabble 2.0 list of analyst blogs.
Aravo’s Tim Albinson Responds to Spend Matters
Editor’s note: Aravo’s Tim Albinson asked if he could have the chance to issue a formal response to this post from earlier today. After I agreed to turn over the virtual pen, he sent me this.
Jason,
Thanks for the great write-up — you do an ex…
Focus on Analytics and BI: Understanding The Interplay Between SAP, Microsoft, SAS, IBM, and Oracle
There’s no more an important and convoluted marketplace than business intelligence and analytics, a hodge-podge of tools, solutions, applications, technology, and other “stuff” that often defies analyst taxonomies and baffles customers.
This places an additional burden on trying to sort through the recent coverage about the SAS Institute duking it out with IBM, a recent deal [...]
Open APIs Mature Into a Next-Generation Business Model
I’ve been bullish for several years now on the potential of using open APIs as a new channel to the online business world, in particular using them to scale up new business relationships quickly and cost-effectively. Internet technology has made this possible for for a decade or more, but it’s taken a while for awareness [...]
Complexity vs. goodness in IT failure
Failed IT often arises from two primary causes: unclear strategic goals or inability to bring together the moving parts that comprise project execution.
Simple is always better, but harder to sell
The classic “Apologies for the long letter, I did not have time to write a short one” surely applies to development of Enterprise Software. So I’ve spent my time with Thingamy, too much some would say, exactly enough I say….
Aravo’s $27 Million Funding Round: A Few Thoughts on Its Market Implications
Earlier this morning, Aravo announced a $27 million funding round led by Cisco. While you can read the details of the funding round in the above-linked Spend Matters column — along with some thoughts from the transaction’s lead engineer, Aravo’s CEO…
Spend Ramblings: Aravo Raises $27 Million From Cisco and Others
Later this morning, Aravo will announce that it has closed on its latest round of funding. For observers of our industry, this should provide significant validation that the demand for innovative procurement and supply-chain software remains healthy….
Gartner-AMR tipping the scales even more
Gartner is acquiring AMR. Congratulations to my friends there including Tony and Bruce. Tony has always been a gentleman, Bruce a worthy ambassador for the entire analyst community. But… …what in the heck is Gartner doing buying a primarily vendor…
