VMForce – What CIOs and others really need to think about
Salesforce.com and VMWare made an announcement today that could auger big changes for Integrators, Outsourcers, Universities, IT professionals and CIOs. What was the fuss about VMForce?
The Changing Software Partner Ecosystem
Resellers of SMB ERP products and other application software partners are experiencing a changing solutions world. Presenters at the Progress Software Global Partner Conference gave some great insights into these changes.
Panaya – A different kind of ERP third party maintenance provider
ERP update costs got your firm stuck on old releases? Panaya may have cloud-based way to help your firm stay current in a less costly and less risky manner.
ERP Rigidity – What Agresso Found Out – Key Factors
When you absolutely must change or upgrade your ERP solution, do you know what sort of risk you put your company in? Why are these systems so hard to change?
When the Cloud Meets Agile Development
With new, powerful cloud platforms available, shouldn’t newer software developmental techniques like Agile apply to these environments as well? CA thinks so and has created a new toolset for this.
A Tale of Two Software Worlds: Old ERP vs. SaaS
Dreamforce’s attendance really puts a strong data point on how attractive SaaS is becoming. Other vendors this week have provided additional data points that point to a troubling time ahead for laggard ERP vendors.
Before you do that BPO, Audit, Consulting or other services deal, check out these costs
How service providers spend money on T&E is your business. You’ll pay for it one way or another. Check out these numbers and the questions you should pose to your next service provider.
Cloud-to-Cloud Integration – Another Big ERP Challenge!
NetSuite’s new Open Connect integration should make ERP buyers and vendors re-think interfaces and integration across application suites. Everyone needs to re-think what cloud-to-cloud integration, in multi-tenant apps, really means.
Customer Intimacy wins in SAP SI’s and Channel Partners
Yesterday, several bloggers at the SAP TechEd conference in Phoenix had an opportunity to speak with Zia Yusuf, EVP, Global Ecosystem & Partner Group of SAP.
I asked Zia what characteristics typify the best SAP partners. He rattled off five qualities that the best systems integrators and channel partners possess. These qualities and my comments on [...]
SMART Selling in the SaaS world
What we all could learn from Sonar6
Post #3 from the HR Technology show
SaaS (software as a service) is supposed to cost less. At least that’s what all the vendors tell me. It’s also supposed to be easier to use and easier to implement. I’ve often wondered if these lower cost ideals are really true. Why [...]
