PaaS Ecosystems & ERP: The Next (and Hugely Important) Frontier
ERP software and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) are on a collision course. Who’s ecosystem will reign supreme?
Worldwide cost of IT failure (revisited): $3 trillion
These are the most reasonable numbers I have seen on the global economic impact of IT failures.
Flashback kicks the myth of Apple invincibility squarely in the jewels
One of the critical areas we believe is too-frequently neglected in today’s business operations planning is security and risk. With the amount of data flitting between hundreds of global locations and millions of servers -to how much risk are your operations, today, being exposed? How many local and regional regulations are you flouting? How [...]
Ultimate’s Predictive Analytics
Ultimate Software recently showcased a new predictive analytics tool they have produced. The results they produced were worth noting and can deliver value to other firms as well.
When 100% Growth Is Not Enough for Startups
A couple of weeks ago I passed on the opportunity to invest in a SaaS application company that has been growing around 100% YoY for the past couple of years and can now be considered a solid expansion story. While the company’s overall story was good, it was not great. As I have been talking [...]
Microsoft Dynamics CRM and the Siebel “Moat”
One of the many interesting milestones that came out of Microsoft’s recent Convergence conference was the “announcement” that Microsoft has successfully weaned itself from its massive Siebel CRM deployment, in favor of the home team, Dynamics CRM…
