Ruminations on ROI Versus TTV
Last few weeks I have had some very interesting meetings and discussions. If you follow my writings, presentations, etc. you know that I don’t believe in the need for ROI (Return on Investment) calculations for — well, most of the stuff we buy for Enterprise Software. In my view, ROI is something that is either: Asked by [...]
Real Business Transformation
I managed a few minutes out of my schedule last week to stop by the Yammer Tour event in San Francisco. I was in San Francisco doing a keynote for sugarCRM’s user event and luckily the events overlapped. As I…
I, For One, Welcome our New Social Data Overlords
Historically, the trouble I’ve always had with social media was the precision deficit surrounding the interpretation of its influence. It always seemed to me that if you could get, say, Chris Brogan to talk about anything, you were successful with social media. Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration, and social media has really never been my [...]
Getting Value from Your Social Projects?
According to the latest IDC Social Business survey approximately 41% of businesses surveyed have already implemented an enterprise social software solution. In a market (social platforms) that is growing ~38% CAGR over the next 5 years, quite a few of…
Business Software is in need of some leaps and bounds!
Most business software is created to help you do what you do today, in the same manner, but hopefully better, faster, and with less effort. Efficiency is the siren call. But alas, the usefulness and ROI of upgrading have a…
Communicating the Value of Social Business
For those who have been working in the social computing sphere the last few years, either externally or internally, it’s become abundantly clear to us that all business is becoming Social Business. For the rest of us who aren’t there yet, major change is still evident: The Web itself has become pervasively social as we’ve [...]
Tuesday’s Tip: How To Compare Total Ownership Costs
Apps Strategy Options Abound And Organizations Need Accurate Comparison Methodologies
Recent inquiries from blog readers and client engagements highlight a growing need to compare the cost of apps strategies. Common comparison scenarios often include:
Tuesday’s Tip: When To Go With A Two-Tier ERP Strategy
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 [...]
Why isnt enterprise software more like BMW? And National Hurricane Center?
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…
