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By R "Ray" Wang on May 28, 2013
Constellation Sees An Alarming Increase In Inquiries Constellation has received an alarming increase in inquiries about an unethical vendor sales practice coined as “trolling for indirect access”. Indirect access is when a vendor claims that a client is accessing their perpetually licensed software in an unintentional manner or inappropriately licensed manner. One vendor uses a [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 6, 2013
Greater Adoption In Social Business Signifies A Move To Consolidate Platforms Constellation’s buy-side clients tend to fit in the market leader or fast follower categories when it comes to organizational personas of disruptive technology adoption. Since 2010, respondents have progressed through the DEEPR framework and the latest results from 2012 indicate that most survey respondents [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 28, 2013
The Why Behind Big Data Starts By Asking What’s The Business Outcome So organizations have lots of data. New techniques have emerged to correlate big data. Enamored by the potential of big data, leaders are now reinvesting in technologies to find hidden nuggets of insights with the business goals of: Mitigating regulatory risks Identifying operational [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 5, 2013
SAP Plans A Standard Support Maintenance Fees Hike Of 5.5%For New Customers For new customers, SAP announced its intent to raise its standard support maintenance fee from 18% to 19% effective July 15, 2013. The standard support option was reintroduced in January 14, 2010, after much pressure from user groups. A few key takeaways: Price [...]
Posted in Business | Tagged 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, Chief procurement officer, Constellation Research, contract negotiations, contract strategy, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, erp, license fees, license management, license policy, maintenance, maintenance fees, Maintenance Hike, News Analysis, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, sap, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software pricing, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on January 3, 2013
The Inside Story On Oracle Fusion Apps At The End of 2012 Constellation sat down with Steve Miranda, Oracle’sExecutive Vice President of Oracle Applications Product Development to discuss the state of Oracle Fusion Apps in a no-holds barred honest conversation about what’s working, what’s not, and what to look forward to in 2013. R “Ray” [...]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Apps Strategy, Architecture, Business Outcomes, business platforms, business solutions, business technology, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Service Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, CMO, collaboration, collaboration software, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, COO, Corporate Vision, Corporate Vision And Strategy, CTO, Customer Experience, customer relationship management, customer relationship management (CRM), customer service, Data to Decisions, Data2Decisions, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, erp, IT Strategy, Market Maker 1:1, Next generation apps, Oracle Apps Unlimited, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Fusion Apps, Oracle Public Cloud, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, saas bigots, SaaS strategies, salesforce.com, sap, Software Insider, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, Steve Miranda, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on August 22, 2012
The Real Deadline To Consider Third Party SAP Maintenance Is September 30th In conversations with hundreds of SAP customers, many have not realized that they must act in the next 30 to 45 days if they want to move off of SAP customer specific maintenance from extended maintenance. Despite the support window ending in March [...]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #techoptimization, 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, business value framework, BVF, CEO, CFO, Chief information officer, Chief procurement officer, Constellation Research, contract negotiations, contract strategy, customer bill of rights, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, R "Ray" Wang;, rimini street, rwang0, sap, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, SoftwareInsider, Spinnaker, Technology Optimization, third party maintenancce, Third Party Maintenance, Tuesday's Tip, Used Soft, used software, UsedSoft, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on March 29, 2012
Versytec Acquisition Addresses Growing Demand For JD Edwards Support Denver, Colorado based Spinnaker Management announced on March 6th, 2012 its acquisition of its competitor Versytec. For those who remember their third party maintenance (3PM) history, Versytec was among the first firms to announce third-party maintenance services within a year after PeopleSoft acquired JD Edwards in [...]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #techoptimization, 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, best practices, bill of rights, budgets, business value, business value framework, BVF, CEO, CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Chief information officer, Chief procurement officer, CIO, CMO, Constellation Research, contract negotiations, contract strategy, COO, cost reduction, CTO, Customer Support, deployment options, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, Enterprise Irregular, Enterprise Irregulars, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, JD Edwards, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, lithium, maintenance, maintenance fees, Maintenance Hike, News Analysis, R "Ray" Wang;, rimini street, rwang0, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, software trends, Spinnaker, Spinnaker Support, technology budgets, Technology Optimization, third party maintenancce, Third Party Maintenance, user strategy, users, Versytec |
By R "Ray" Wang on March 19, 2012
Forward And Commentary Software ownership costs continue to escalate as vendors accelerate their efforts to capture support and maintenance revenues. Some vendors have gone to the extreme to eliminate third-party options for their customers. This best practices report examines three strategies to free up unnecessary costs to fund innovation and new projects. A. Introduction On [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #techoptimization, 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, best practices, Bil of Rights, bill of rights, BMC, budgets, business value, business value framework, BVF, CEO, CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Chief information officer, Chief procurement officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CMO, Computer Associates, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, contract negotiations, contract strategy, COO, cost reduction, CRM, CTO, Customer Support, deployment options, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, E-Commerce, Emerging Technologies, enterprise, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, Enterprise Irregular, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, Epicor, erp, ibm, Infor, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Jive, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, lithium, maintenance, maintenance fees, microsoft, oracle, QAD, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Report, Research Summary, rimini street, rwang0, sap, SAS Institute, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social media monitoring, social support insights, socialbusiness, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software mainteance, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, software revenue recognition rules, software trends, Spinnaker, technology budgets, Technology Optimization, Third Party Maintenance, user strategy, users, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on January 16, 2012
Public Outrage Grows Over Lax Privacy Polices At Popular Social Networking Sites Recent actions by social networking leaders in the market place have brought new attention to a user’s privacy rights. Despite the fact that these sites provide a freemium service to users, abuse and arrogance of a user’s privacy rights combined with user ignorance [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, best practices, Big Data, bill of rights, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Sales Officer, CHRO, CIO, collaboration software, Constellation Research, COO, customer bill of rights, Digital identity, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, Electronic Privacy, Emerging Technologies, Engagement Apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, EU, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, future of work, google, GooglePlus, Identity management, linkedin, Matrix Commerce, Monday's Musings, Next Gen Customer, Privacy, Privacy Rights, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social campaign tracking, social commerce, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social event management, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on December 27, 2011
Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs Provides Prioritization Of An Individual’s Needs In 1943, Abraham Maslow put forward his paper A Theory of Human Motivation. Eleven years later in 1954, Maslow went into detail on his hierarchy of needs in his book titled Motivation and Personality. The framework outlined five needs from the most fundamental or “deficiency [...]
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