By Jason Busch on March 15, 2010
Earlier today, Oracle announced the formal launch of its On Demand suite of procurement products. These solutions, which Oracle labels as Oracle Procurement On Demand should be no surprise to Spend Matters readers (check our recent coverage here and…
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged innovation, oracle, Oracle iProcurement, PeopleSoft, sap, supply risk
By Paul Greenberg on March 15, 2010
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I ordered an iPad last Friday right after Apple finished updating their site so that I could. Just to set the record straight, I’m not a fanboy though I have 2 iMacs, an iPhone and a Macbook Pro 13″ with a solid state drive. But, then again, I’m writing this post on [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged apple, Customer Collective, iPad, Marc Benioff, salesforce.com, sap, Social Media, sugarcrm, Uncategorized
By Josh Greenbaum on March 9, 2010
The author of the column in the Economist that I cited in my last post has written a kind response, defending his position against my slings and arrows. On one account he is firmly correct: the article he cited is findable, especially after the correct name of the business journal was published on the Economist’s [...]
Posted in Business | Tagged CEO, Co-CEO, Creative destruction, Economist, Management, sap, Stock
By Zoli Erdos on March 9, 2010
If you think I am here to spill the beans, you’re wrong. On a purely speculative level, if there is some news to come, and if there is an embargo related to it, then I respect that. And it’s all a big IF.
So no, I am simply dusting off an old post I wrote [...]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged accounting, all-in-one, AppExchange, Atlassian, bbd, Business ByDesign, business software, crm, enterprise software, google, google apps, lightweight software, netsuite, On Demand, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, small business suite, smb, sme, software as a service, zoho
By Phil Wainewright on March 9, 2010
One of the most interesting phenomena to arise when you bring as-a-service providers together is the instant sense of camaraderie and a shared outlook. Barriers come down and people start to discuss their challenges and experiences, relieved to discover that others are encountering similar questions. It’s especially noticeable at gatherings in Europe, where opportunities to [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged basics, Business Model, Business-to-Business, E-Commerce, europe, SaaS, sap, software as a service
By Josh Greenbaum on March 8, 2010
Sometimes the Economist gets is right, sometimes it gets it wrong. Last week one of the last of the authoritative business magazines put its foot in its mouth with a lightweight and poorly considered column about the value of co-CEOs, with a specific reference to SAP’s recent appointment of Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CEO, Chief executive officer, Co-CEO, Hasso Plattner, Larry Ellison, Management, oracle, sap, Uncategorized
By Paul Greenberg on March 3, 2010
(Just a brief note. I’m writing this with a TERRIBLE cold and I don’t feel particularly sharp. In fact I feel about as sharp as a bar of soap – proof positive is this awful analogy).
I’m not a Kremlin watcher when it comes to most large companies, though I do admit to an unhealthy curiosity [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged Business, crm vendors, Industry Analysis, sap, SAP Insider, Sustainability, Thought Leadership
By Jason Busch on March 2, 2010
I usually have a more op/ed than reporting take on analyzing the news, but I thought I’d use this post to highlight some of the findings of Gartner’s latest Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant, authored by Debbie Wilson, to kick off the inevitable comm…
Posted in Business | Tagged AMR Research, Ariba, gartner, Industry Analysts, Jason Busch, Magic Quadrant, oracle, sap, Strategic sourcing
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
