Enterprise Software : The Moments Of Pause
Image via Wikipedia SAP announced major executive board level changes on Sunday. Léo Apotheker moves out out as CEO and in comes Bill McDermott, head of the field operations, and Jim Hagemann Snabe, head of product development, who will now share the top job. Interestingly, SAP promoted Vishal Sika, chief technology officer (CTO) to the [...]
First impressions of Google Buzz: Smart, useful, long road ahead
Earlier this afternoon Google Buzz went live after a comprehensive launch event streamed live over YouTube. Buzz is a brand-new social tool that helps users to share updates, links, photos, videos, and more with the online world at large. Aimed at consumers and eventually enterprises, Buzz is Google’s most serious Social Web play yet. Find out why with my detailed breakdown and analysis.
The rise of the energy manager role
One of the topics which I responded to on the recent IBM Eco Jam was “IT’s Central Role In Managing Energy & Carbon”. This topic was raised by another analyst (again IBM has asked me not to mention participants by name but if the analyst in question sees this and wants me to name him/her, [...]
6 billion moving forward – 150 million holding us back
There was another flurry of media/analyst/blogger activity around SAP yesterday as Dr. Hasso Plattner explained the way forward after Leo Apotheker resigned. I did not attend that press conference. Just like I did not the 5+ hour media circus around…
Taking Back Control of Professional Services and IT Spend
Over the weekend, my wife shared with me that one of her high-school friends was interviewing for a category/vendor-management position focused on professional services and IT spend. The job would report up to the CPO of the organization (rather than…
Thinking Is My Job: Blogging Those Thoughts Is Now My Passion
I started my career as a programmer writing payroll applications in machine language to run in 4K memory. Over more years than most women would admit, I’ve focused my career on the application of information technology to HRM in order to achieve breakthroughs in business outcomes. Rather than being satisfied with cheaper payroll operations or faster [...]
SAP E-Sourcing Watch: The Rumors of Frictionless’ Death May be Exaggerated
There has been much chatter in the market of late about the eventual migration away from Frictionless (also described internally at SAP and with partners as the “bridge” platform). I recently had the chance to catch up with Marko Navala, who not long…
