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Amazon Web Services Leading Cloud Infrastructure as a Service App Development

Amazon Web Services Leading Cloud Infrastructure as a Service App Development

By Louis Columbus on May 14, 2013

  Evangelizing development on any cloud computing or enterprise platform is challenging, costly and takes a unique skill set that can educate, persuade, sell and serve developers at the same time. The companies who excel at this exude technical prowess and as a result earn and keep trust.  For Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon Web Services, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Data Driven, Dell, enterprise software, iaas, Infrastructure as a service, Louis Columbus' blog, Magic Quadrant, Rackspace, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NASDAQ:AMZN | Leave a response

End of the Beginning

End of the Beginning

By Denis Pombriant on May 14, 2013

In “IT’s Ethical Dilemma” I wrote about the challenge of having a new product and selling the old one.  If the new product offers benefits of better, faster, and cheaper — and what new product doesn’t? — then how is it ethical to sell the older, less performant, and probably more expensive one? Well, the answer [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, ethical dilemma, salesforce, software as a service | Leave a response

2013 ERP Market Share Update: SAP Solidifies Market Leadership

2013 ERP Market Share Update: SAP Solidifies Market Leadership

By Louis Columbus on May 13, 2013

During 2012 the worldwide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) market experienced sluggish growth of just 2.2%, yet Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), financial management and Human Capital Management (HCM) applications showed potential for breakout growth. Through the challenging times of the previous year however, SAP still retained worldwide market share leadership.  These and other insights were recently published in [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analytics, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Concur, Cornerstone OnDemand, Data Driven, enterprise software, erp, Infor, Intelligent Tech, Kronos, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics AX, netsuite, oracle, Sage, sap, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NASDAQ:MSFT, ticker=NASDAQ:ORCL, ticker=NYSE:SAP | Leave a response

10 Ways Cloud Computing Is Revolutionizing Manufacturing

10 Ways Cloud Computing Is Revolutionizing Manufacturing

By Louis Columbus on May 8, 2013

The best manufacturers I’ve visited this year all share a common attribute: they are obsessed with making themselves as easy as possible to work with from a supply chain, distribution and services standpoint.  Many are evaluating cloud-based manufacturing applications including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and several have adopted cloud-based applications across their companies. With so much interest, [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged acumatica, analytics, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, CRM, customer relationship management, enterprise software, erp, gartner, Intelligent Tech, iPhone, Louis Columbus' blog, Manufacturing, software as a service, Tech | 3 Responses

2013 CRM Market Share Update: 40% Of CRM Systems Sold Are SaaS-Based

2013 CRM Market Share Update: 40% Of CRM Systems Sold Are SaaS-Based

By Louis Columbus on April 28, 2013

Last year, four out of every ten CRM systems sold were SaaS-based, and the trend is accelerating. In the recent Gartner report  Market Share Analysis: Customer Relationship Management Software, Worldwide, 2012 published April 18, 2013 the authors provide insights into why the worldwide CRM market experienced 12% growth in 2012, three times the average of [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Cloud Computing, cloud computing forecast, CRM, customer relationship management, customer service, Data Driven, enterprise software, gartner, ibm, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, Neolane, oracle, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NASDAQ:MSFT, ticker=NASDAQ:ORCL, ticker=NYSE:CRM, ticker=NYSE:IBM, ticker=NYSE:SAP | 2 Responses

Research Summary: Constellation Cosmos – Cloud Bill of Rights for SaaS Apps, Actian and Netsuite Achieve Epic Status

Research Summary: Constellation Cosmos – Cloud Bill of Rights for SaaS Apps, Actian and Netsuite Achieve Epic Status

By R "Ray" Wang on April 17, 2013

Constellation Certifies Vendors On How Well They Perform To The Cloud Bill Of Rights The Enterprise Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights provides a tool for clients and vendors to change the tenor of contract negotiations from user subservience to an equal and collaborative long-term partnership.  This Constellation CosmosCertification for the Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights: [...]

Posted in Business | Tagged Actian Corp, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, Consellation Cosmos, Constellation Research, netsuite, Pervasive Software, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, SaaS Integration, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider | 1 Response

Lots of new functionality/little elapsed time: Workday and Adaptive Planning updates

Lots of new functionality/little elapsed time: Workday and Adaptive Planning updates

By Brian Sommer on April 16, 2013

 Workday and Adaptive Planning Updates For those of you defending cloud application solutions (against the on-premises fan-boys), here’s another bullet for your ammo belt: Speed. When a multi-tenant cloud vendor only has to support and regression test one version of the software, rolling out new releases is expedited. When the products are built on a [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Adaptive Planning, Cloud Computing, iPad, iPhone, software as a service, workday | Leave a response

Making Cloud Computing Pay

Making Cloud Computing Pay

By Louis Columbus on April 11, 2013

Relying on cloud computing strategies to free up dollars and time that can quickly be re-invested in product and service innovation emerged as the highest priority for respondents in a recent Rackspace survey.   While cost reductions were significant, the greatest contributions were seen in investments in innovation (48%), new product & service development (45%), [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Data Driven, enterprise software, Financial services, Intelligent Tech, Louis Columbus' blog, Manchester Business School, Microsoft Excel, Public Cloud Computing, Rackspace, Small & Medium Enterprises, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NYSE:RAX | 1 Response

21 Most Admired Companies Making IT A Competitive Advantage

21 Most Admired Companies Making IT A Competitive Advantage

By Louis Columbus on April 2, 2013

All enterprises, regardless of what they produce or the services they deliver, are really information businesses. The accuracy, speed and precision of IT systems means the difference between winning or losing customers, keeping supply chains profitable, and solidly translating new concepts into revenue-producing products and services.  The world’s best-run services businesses have customer-driven IT as [...]

Posted in Business | Tagged Accenture, Amazon, apple, byline=Louis Columbus, Cleveland Clinic, Cloud Computing, CRM, customer relationship management, Data Driven, enterprise software, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, google, Hospital Corporation of America, ibm, Innovation & Science, Intelligent Tech, Intermountain Healthcare, JP Morgan Chase, Kaiser Permanente, Louis Columbus' blog, Mayo Clinic, microsoft, mobile, nestlé, Proctor & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, SaaS, Schlumberger, software as a service, Target, Tech, Toyota, wells fargo | Leave a response

Getting A Head Start On Five Factors Reshaping E-Commerce

Getting A Head Start On Five Factors Reshaping E-Commerce

By Louis Columbus on March 25, 2013

The best e-commerce websites have an innate ability to quickly define customer expectations then exceed them by delivering excellent experiences. In the highest-performing e-commerce businesses mobile, social, globalization, cloud and legacy order management systems are all galvanized around that common goal: delight the customer and earn their trust. After reading Gartner’s report Market Insight: Three [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged analytics, Cloud Computing, customer relationship management, Data Driven, E-Commerce, enterprise software, erp, gartner, google, Louis Columbus' blog, mobile, SaaS, Social Media, software as a service, Tech | Leave a response

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