The Realignment of the Enterprise Software Market: Oracle vs. Everyone, Microsoft in Ascendance, and Watch out for Infor
Larry Ellison makes no bones about it, he’s willing and able to compete to the death, or at least to the near death, with any and all who stand in his way. So, despite the billions of dollars in joints sales between Oracle and SAP, HP, and IBM, Ellison has been directly, and at times, [...]
The Cloud Keeps Companies and Software Young by Simplifying Complexity
Two of my fellow Enterprise Irregulars, Michael Krigsman and Naomi Bloom recently published dynamite posts that got me thinking. Michael’s post asks whether Salesforce (and by extension, the rest of the Cloud world) can retain its youthful Mojo, or whether they will, “sacrifice customer delight to features, functions, process, and conformity for its own sake [...]
NetSuite: The quiet momentum
In the last week, you have read plenty about salesforce and its Dreamforce event and SAP and its influencer event. NetSuite had a small gathering for a few of us in town for those big events. And while that event got little ink, frankly it deserves plenty for momentum at the company. NetSuite has managed [...]
The new age of sexy enterprise software – Part 1: Salesforce.com gets mojo
This past week, three events took place that will unexpectedly transform the boring world of enterprise software into an exciting, competitive, and fun place. Part 1 tells starts the story.
SAP Goes On-demand
While the reigning crown prince of on-demand held court at Dreamforce last week, a pretender to the throne threw down the gauntlet and made its first full-court, concerted press into the future perfect of the enterprise software market. Day two of SAP’s analyst summit was an all-day marathon of product roadmaps, demos, and discussions that [...]
Salesforce.com Dreams Big – and Forcefully Part I
Marc Benioff is a consummate showman. He is able to get audiences roaring and is fearless on stage about saying what he wants to say and even unafraid of showing his own weaknesses – the safe ones to show at least. Â He is funny and when yo…
A bit of 1771, an alternative Babbage quote, Roosevelt, Kennedy and Reagan.
Note: This is my personal view. Andrew McAfee has come out quite strongly against wikileaks and Assange’s principles and motives in particular. We disagree. However, like Andrew, I’m a fan of computer and political history and I often use ancient quotes to make an argument. This post will be no different, and I may ramble [...]
