By Dennis Moore on July 15, 2012
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: SAP posts strong results in a preview of Q2, but warn employees to cut spending so that profitability will stop rising slower than revenues. Microsoft announces Bing Fund to invest in start-ups, while cutting many jobs in their on-line business driven by Bing. Oracle’s [...]
Posted in Business, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon, android, apple, Big Data, Cloud, Dennis Moore, google, hadoop, HANA, ibm, Infor, Informatica, iPad, IT, Java, jobs, Linux, microsoft, Nexus, Open source, oracle, Patent, Quest, RIM, samsung, sap, SuccessFactors, tablet, workday, Yahoo |
By Dennis Moore on July 6, 2012
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Dell is buying Quest Software. The “Toad” company. Oracle loses another court case, this one involving resale (in the EU) of “used” software downloaded over the Internet. This could have wide-ranging impact on all digital media, not just software. There are still a lot [...]
Posted in Business, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged .NET, 10gen, ABAP, adobe, Amazon, android, Apache, apple, Ariba, Big Data, Cassandra, citrix, Cloud, Cloudera, Dell, google, hadoop, HANA, Hitachi, Hortonworks, ibm, Infor, Informatica, IT, Java, jobs, Linux, Lucene, MapR, microsoft, MongoDB, netsuite, Open source, oracle, Patent, Quest, Red Hat, RIM, samsung, sap, Solr, Sybase, tablet, Tibco, Twitter, VMware, workday, Yahoo |
By R "Ray" Wang on February 22, 2010
Apps Users Seek Third Party Maintenance For Cost, Value, and Service Updated surveys from inquiries, client conversations, and user group meetings show a 113.8% increase in interest in third party maintenance (3PM) services from Q3 2009 to Q1 2010 (see Figure 1). Key factors stem from (see Figure 2.): Continuing cost pressures. Budgets continue to [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 3PM, Amdahl, anti-trust, Apps Strategy, Christine A. Varney, contract negotiations, contract strategy, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, Geac, Grace Consulting, ibm, industry trade groups, Infor, Infor Flex, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, intellectual property, ip, It's the relationship, It's the relationship stupid!, Joaquín Almunia, Lawson, Lawson Global Users Group, Lawson Software, Léo Apotheker, lessons learned, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, maintenance fees, Maintenance Hike, Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft Dynamics, Monday's Musings, netCustomer, OAUG, Quest, Quest User Group, rimini street, sap, SAP Enterprise Support, Seth Ravin, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software pricing, Software Vendors, Spinnaker, subscription pricing, SUGEN, support, Technology / Software, Third Party Maintenance, upgrades, user groups, users, vendor strategy |
