By Phil Wainewright on March 19, 2010
From the customer’s perspective, it’s all the same. If it’s provided over the Internet on a pay-for-usage basis, it’s a cloud service. Within the industry, we argue about definitions more than is good for us. Customers look in from the outside and see a much simpler array of choices.
Why is this important? It matters to [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged Business applications, ByD, Cloud Computing, ecosystems, erp, europe, Marketplaces, Platform as a service, SaaS, sap, SAP Business ByDesign, Utility computing
By Brian Sommer on March 17, 2010
The SaaS vs. On-Premise cost differential turns out to be quite significant. Large enterprises are starting to embrace SaaS applications for more than cost reasons.
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Current Affairs, E-Commerce, erp, Notable Research, SaaS, SaaS and Beyond, software as a service, Think About IT, Total cost of ownership, workday
By Zoli Erdos on March 17, 2010
Need more proof that being co-CEOS is an awkward situation? Watch this SiliconAngle video between 0:20 and 0:35
Of course you can watch the whole thing… and read these reports of the press event:
Oracle Who? SAP Co-CEOs Slam Oracle – They Are The Old Way
SAP State of The Union: The CEOs Talk Oracle, SaaS [...]
Posted in Business | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, CEO, Co-CEO, erp, Humor, oracle, SaaS, sap
By Zoli Erdos on March 9, 2010
I’m at the Google Campfire One event where they’ve just announced the Google Apps Marketplace. The site is live now, feel free to browse. The speculation is now over, this is Google’s answer on whether they will enter the Business Applications market – they just did, with an entire ecosystem of Partners.
The new Marketplace fills [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged AppExchange, crm, echosign, echosystem, erp, force.com, freshbooks, google, google apps, google apps marketplace, marketplace, netsuite, partners, SaaS, salesforce.com, smb, sme, zoho
By R "Ray" Wang on March 8, 2010
Who Says Support Has To Be Bundled With Maintenance?
About a decade back, vendors would offer support and maintenance as two separate line items on their contracts. Support would run about 5 to 10% the license fee and so would maintenance. Keep in mind, average support and maintenance fees were under 15% back then. Here’s a [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, choice, contract negotiations, contract strategy, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, erp, maintenance, maintenance fees, Maintenance Hike, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics Convergence, MIcrosoft Dynamics CRM, MIcrosoft Dynamics ERP, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics SL, predictability, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, software as a service, Software Ecosystems, software escrow, Software Insider, Software Insider Index, Software Insider Index®, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, SoftwareInsider, support, Technical support, value
By R "Ray" Wang on March 2, 2010
Single Instance ERP Harder And Harder To Justify
The holy grail of an ERP implementation used to be the single instance deployment. However, market forces, a move to adopt new disruptive technologies, slow pace of innovation from incumbent vendors, and high maintenance fees have changed many organization’s perspectives. Add a slew of rapidly changing business requirements [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged agresso, analytics, Apps Strategy, AspenTech, baan, best practices, BPCs, Business Models, business requirements, business value, Cincom, CIO, Deltek, disruptive, disruptive technologies, enteprise apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, Epicor, erp, geographic requirements, IBS, IFS, industry requirements, Infor, innovation, Intentia, IQMS, JD Edwards, Lawson, Lawson M3, Lawson S3, Maconomy, maintenance fees, MAPICS, Meridian Systems, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Mincom, modernization, netsuite, next gen cio, next gen IT leaders, OpenAir, oracle, PeopleSoft, Planview, Plex, purpose built, QAD, R "Ray" Wang;, regulatory compliance, reporting, ROI, rwang0, SaaS, SAP B1, SAP Business All-In-One, shelfware, single instance erp, Software Insider, SYSPRO, SyteLine, tax requirements, Tenrox, two-tier ERP, Ultimate Software, Uncategorized, Unit4, workday
By Thomas Otter on February 27, 2010
My blogging mojo had left the building for a while, but for better or worse it returned today.
When I speak to enterprise software vendors they often moan about Excel. They say it is not secure, and that most spreadsheets contain errors. They preach about the dangers of information silos, of decisions made on old and [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged design, enterprise software, erp, excel, Facebook, microsoft, oracle, salesforce.com, sap, shelfware, software as a service, Spreadsheet, ui, usability
By Vinnie Mirchandani on February 26, 2010
Marc Benioff asks “Why isn’t all enterprise software like Facebook?”. And Charles Zedlewski of SAP responds a better question should be “Why isn’t all enterprise software like amazon?” Hey, it is good that enterprise software is looking to more consumery…
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Consultants, enterprise software, erp, Facebook, innovation, Marc Benioff, microsoft, oracle, ROI, salesforce.com, sap, usability
By Phil Wainewright on February 16, 2010
Published here for the first time, my interview last summer with SAP CTO Vishal Sikka may shed some light on the company’s intentions for SaaS and cloud after its tumultuous management shake-up last week.
Posted in Software | Tagged collaboration, enterprise software, erp, On Demand, sap, social computing, software as a service, Uncategorized, Web 2.0
The IT Industry’s Shame
By Vinnie Mirchandani on March 9, 2010
The last few months have been joyful. I have had a chance to mingle with a number of innovators as I wrote my book. Many are focused on the Grand Challenges the word faces – environmental, engineering etc. It is…
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Consultants, Enterprise resource planning, erp, Industry Commentary, IT Projects, Organization, Project failures, technology | Leave a response