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By Brian Sommer on January 31, 2010
Are the big gains from ERP, quality programs, shared services and other techniques and technologies losing their ability to deliver big benefits? What else can companies do to further their operational excellence goals?
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, India & Services, Outsourcing, Professional Services, sap, software. applications, Think About IT, Web/Tech
By Brian Sommer on January 26, 2010
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.
Posted in Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, SaaS, SaaS and Beyond, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Think About IT
By Brian Sommer on December 16, 2009
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?
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Financial Software, Implementing Technology, Notable Research, sap, Software development, Software Vendors, software. applications
By Brian Sommer on November 27, 2009
Wow – The Financial Force.com product line may have the rosiest future of all the products showcased at the recent Dreamforce.com show in SFO. Read why here.
Posted in Software | Tagged CEO Interview, Current Affairs, erp, Financial Software, Future of Application Software, Mergers & Acquisitions, Selling & Marketing Software, Software Marketing, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market
By Brian Sommer on November 26, 2009
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.
Posted in Business, Software | Tagged Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, PPM - Project Portfolio Management, SaaS and Beyond, Software development, Software Vendors, software. applications
By Brian Sommer on November 19, 2009
Don’t think of Salesforce’s Chatter as bunch of social networking techologies for business people to use. If you do, you’ve missed the real potential for businesses to operate in real-time.
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, SaaS and Beyond, Software Events, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Think About IT
By Brian Sommer on October 28, 2009
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.
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, netsuite, oracle, Professional Services, PSA - Professional Services Automation, SaaS and Beyond, sap, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Think About IT
By Brian Sommer on October 22, 2009
I recently had a chance to speak with John Bodrozic, President and co-founder of Meridian Systems. Meridian sells a number of solutions in the project portfolio management and infrastructure lifecycle management space (e.g., Prolog, Proliance, Prolog Converge) . Their products help property owners, property managers, construction firms, architects, engineers, etc.
I asked John specifically about [...]
Posted in Business | Tagged AECOM, CEO Interview, Current Affairs, infrastructure lifecycle management, Meridian Systems, on-premise, PPM, PPM - Project Portfolio Management, project portfolio management, Prolog, SaaS, SaaS and Beyond, software as a service, Software Vendors, software. applications
By Brian Sommer on October 20, 2009
I was getting a briefing last week from a software executive. We got to a point in the conversation where the discussion was focusing on existing products. I moved the conversation to a different space, though. If you’re getting a pitch from a vendor, you should move the conversation, too!
Still Market Relevant – When the [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analytics, Analytics - Performance Management, erp, Financial Software, Future of Application Software, Notable Research, on-premise, quadrant, SaaS, SaaS and Beyond, Selling & Marketing Software, software as a service, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Vital Analysis
