By R "Ray" Wang on May 6, 2013
The Gartner Market Share Analysis:CRM Software Report Raises Questions On Accuracy of Market Sizing Reports The recent Gartner report “Market Share Analysis: Customer Relationship Management Software, Worldwide, 2012” has generated some controversy among the enterprise software set. The report and other reports such as these, are often used for bragging rights by vendors and for [...]
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By Michael Krigsman on January 28, 2013
Enterprise software, long a complex domain only of interest to specialists, has become the darling of venture capital investors and start-ups. This post presents context and concludes with advice for CIOs on navigating the changing enterprise software landscape. Enterprise software eats the world (photo credit: Michael Krigsman) To get a sense of growing interest in [...]
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By Michael Fauscette on January 27, 2013
In a world of smartphones, mifi mobile hot spots, wifi hot spots and broadband home Internet most of us live an always connected life. Smartphones are extending this connectivity around the world and into place where it would have taken…
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By Michael Fauscette on January 4, 2013
As we move into 2013 it’s time to take a look back and see what major events shaped and changed enterprise software in 2012. It was an active year, particularly from the standpoint of continued consolidation in the enterprise software…
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By R "Ray" Wang on December 3, 2012
Pace of Innovation Exceeds Ability To Consume Rapid innovation, flexible deployment options, and easy consumption models create favorable conditions for the proliferation of disruptive technology. In fact, convergence in the five pillars of enterprise disruption (i.e. social, mobile, cloud, big data, and unified communications), has led to new innovations and opportunities to apply disruptive technologies [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on October 16, 2012
Key Themes Include Mobility, User Experience, and Innovation Over 1100 IFS customers convened October 15th to 17th, 2012 in Gothenburg Sweden for the IFS World Conference. The conference brought together the world of projects, service and asset, manufacturing, and supply chain. The conference highlighted the: Massive move to mobile. IFS continued their push into their [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on October 16, 2012
Think TED Meets Enterprise For The C-Suite – Constellation’s Connected Enterprise. Constellation’s flagship event, Connected Enterprise 2012, starts November 9th to 11th, 2012. This intimate innovation summit in Dana Point, CA (www.stregismb.com) is designed for senior business leaders who are attempting or successfully using disruptive technologies such as social business, cloud computing, mobile enterprise, big [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on October 1, 2012
Think TED Meets Enterprise For The C-Suite We are almost 30 days away from Constellation’s flagship event -Connected Enterprise 2012! This event from November 9th to 11th, 2012, celebrates innovation in the enterprise and the impact of disruptive technologies on business. Our theme for 2012 and 2013 centers on the “Art of the Possible”. This [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 24, 2012
Dreamforce Represents The Mecca For The “Art Of The Possible” In The Enterprise Whether Salesforce.com’s flagship conference at Moscone Center was the most attended conference (~48,000) or the most registered for event (~90,000), matters not. When examined in context of the magnitude of what was accomplished, the impact of this 10th annual event transcends attendance [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 14, 2012
In Epicor’s first major acquisition since Apax partners brought Activant and Epicor together, the near $900M Dublin, CA-based enterprise software announced its acquisition of Solarsoft from Marin Equity Partners. Based in the UK, Solarsoft focuses on MES, ERP, and distribution software in specialty verticals for over 2500 customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. [...]
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