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 [...]
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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 [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 9, 2012
Catch my colleague Yvette Cameron’s point of view here when published. She covers Future of Work for Constellation Research, Inc. Oracle Plays Catch Up With Public Cloud Ambitions On February 9th, Oracle announced its intention to acquire Dublin, CA based Taleo for $1.9B. Taleo is a cloud based talent management software provider with 5000 customers [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, American Airlines, Apps Strategy, Bersin & Associates, best of breed, Blue Cross blue Shield, business performance management, business technology, Chief HR Officer, Chief People Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, CoIT, Conde'Nast, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, contract negotiations, contract strategy, Dell, deployment options, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, erp, future of work, hp, Hyatt, JP Morgan Chase, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, News Analysis, next gen, next gen apps, next generation, Next generation apps, NextGen, oracle, Oracle Fusion Apps, Oracle Public Cloud, PaaS, PeopleSoft, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, saas bigots, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, software as a service, Starbucks, Starwood, Sutter Health, Taleo, Tesora, United, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on January 10, 2012
Business Leaders Often Poorly Prepared For Cloud/SaaS Contract Negotiations Business leaders often take great care in building their Cloud and SaaS strategy, only to have many of the benefits of flexibility and agility hampered by overlooking details in their cloud contracts. In conversations with over 200 cloud customers in 2011, key reasons include: A [...]
Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, best practices, bill of rights, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, CMO, Constellation Research, Consumer Tech, Consumerization of IT, contract negotiations, contract strategy, CTO, deployment options, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Irregular, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, R "Ray" Wang;, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership, software pricing, software revenue recognition rules, software trends, Tuesday's Tip |
By R "Ray" Wang on March 1, 2011
Forward And Commentary Legacy optimization remains a key component for funding future innovation. Two-tier ERP emerges as one strategy to optimize existing systems while adding innovation. The report capitalizes on the recent Software Insider survey of 235 companies looking at future strategies. A. Introduction Organizations continue to face an onslaught of business requirements that their [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 6, 2010
Recessionary Forces Challenge Organizations To Not Only Right Channel, But Also Personalize Organizations with e-commerce initiatives face a flurry of competitive forces that challenge existing assumptions put in place a decade ago. On the operational efficiency front, organizations must battle reduced product margins, shorter product life cycles, greater pricing transparency, and increased friction in multi-channel [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2011, Apps Strategy, B2B E-commerce, B2C E-commerce, billing, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CRM, deployment options, E-Commerce, E-commerce survey, ECommerce, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Integrated support, Interactive product catalogs, Multi-channel selling, next gen, next gen apps, next gen enterprise, next generation, Next generation apps, NextGen, order capture to order fulfillment, order completion to cash, order fulfillment ot order completion, order management, order management cycle, order to cash, Perfect Order, Research Report, SaaS, SaaS strategies, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social technologies, Stakeholder driven |
By R "Ray" Wang on June 28, 2010
BI Solutions Must Address The Information Management Matrix A confluence of changing business requirements and on-going vendor consolidation leads many organizations to rethink their business intelligence (BI) strategies. Many buyers face decisions to move beyond departmental solutions or to stay with an integrated apps based BI solution. Meanwhile, some buyers must decide whether or not [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Actuate, analytics, approaches and styles, apps strate, Apps Strategy, Aster Data, BI, BIRST, business intelligence, Capscan, data integration, data quality, Data warehouse, DataFlux, DataFlux (A SaaS Company), Datanomic, deployment options, DI, DW, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Epicor, Experian QAS, Greenplum, HP Neoview, ibm, IBM (including Initiate), Informatica, Informatica (previously Siperian), Information Builders, information management, information management matrix, initiate systems, Inquera, Kalido, Lawson, master data management, mdm, Melissa Data, Microsoft (DATAllegr0), MIcrosoft Dynamics ERP, MIcroStrategy, myDials, Netezza, next gen apps, next gen cio, next gen enterprise, Next generation apps, NextGen, Omikron, oracle, ParAccel, Pitney Bowes, pivotlink, Proferi, QlikTech, reporting, reporting paradigms, Research Report, SAP BusinessObjects (FirstLogic), SAP Sybase IQ, Satori, semi-structured data, Siperian, social enterprise apps, structured data, Talend, Terradata, Trillium, Uniserv, unstructured data, Vertica, visualization |
By R "Ray" Wang on April 22, 2010
Lawson External Cloud Services Represents A Big Step In On Demand ERP Options On March 31, 2010, Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) announced the Lawson External Cloud Services offering. The venerable St. Paul, Minnesota vendor plans to deliver the full ERP Suite including Lawson S3, Lawson M3, and Lawson Talent Management via Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon EC2, Apps Strategy, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CRM, deployment options, EC2, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise performance management, enterprise software, erp, HCM, HR, iaas, Infrastructure as a service, Intentia, Lawson, Lawson CUE, Lawson Global Users Group, Lawson M3, Lawson S3, Lawson Software, Lawson Talent Management, Lawson Test Drive, license policy, Mid market, News Analysis, Oracle Enterprise Manager, SaaS, saas bigots, SCM, social enterprise apps, software trends, Software Vendors, strategy, subscription pricing, supply chain, True SaaS, vendor strategy, virtualization |
By R "Ray" Wang on December 11, 2009
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Re-innovation Now At The Heart Of SAP’s Focus And Strategy
SAP has faced a rough two years. From the continuing market pressure on new license revenue, false-start launch of Business By Design (ByD), management restructuring, and issues with [...]
Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, Boston, Boston Park Plaza, Business Objects, Business process management, Business suite 7, channel programs, channels, compliance software, cost reduction, CTO, custom development, customer data integration, data governance, data integration, Delivered Innovation, deployment options, economic recession, ecosystems, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, erp, event report, Industry Event, innovation, Jim Hagemann Snabe, John Wookey, license policy, maintenance fees, Maintenance Hike, microsoft, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Silverlight, middleware platforms, oracle, partner ecosystems, partnerships, Peter Graf, product road maps, SaaS, sap, SAP Business By Design, SAP Business Suite 7, SAP Influencer Summit, SAP OnDemand Large Enterprise, software as a service, vendor events, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on November 18, 2009
Purchasing in Q3 reflected both economic downturn and summer doldrums. While on-premise vendors continued massive double digit declines in year-over-year new license revenue, SaaS vendors faced some pressures in keeping up with tremendous growth. However, long term economic outlook still favor SaaS players and early indications on Q4 budget flush indicate that SaaS and Cloud [...]
Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, Ariba, Blackboard, Cloud Computing, Concur, Deltek, deployment options, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, erp, i2, I2 Technologies, IFS, JDA Software, Lawson, Lawson Software, Manhattan Associates, netsuite, oracle, QAD, Quarterly Financial Tracker, revenues, RightNow, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, SII, SII®, software as a service, Software Vendors, Taleo, Ultimate Software, vendor financing |
