By R "Ray" Wang on January 14, 2013
In a global announcement in Palo Alto, New York and Frankfurt, SAP’s top executives Dr. Vishal Sikka, Rob Enselin, Jim Haggeman Snabe, and legendary founder and chairman Dr. Hasso Plattner announced availability of SAP’s Business Suite powered by SAP HANA. SAP has rewritten the Business Suite to work on SAP’s HANA platform and believes that [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 4, 2011
Organizations Seek Measurable Results In Disruptive Tech, Next Gen Business, And Legacy Optimization Projects For 2011 Credits: Hugh MacLeod Enterprise leaders seek pragmatic, creative, and disruptive solutions that achieve both profitability and market differentiation. Cutting through the hype and buzz of the latest consumer tech innovations and disruptive technologies, Constellation Research expects business value to [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2011, 2011 Predictions, analytics, android, appliance market, Apps Strategy, B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2B market strategy, B2C, B2C E-commerce, best practices, bill of rights, BPO, brand monitoring, Business 2.0, business drivers, business intelligence, business process optimization, business process outsourcing, business requirements, business strategy, business technology, business value, CEO, CFO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, cloud security, Cloud Wars, CMO, collaboration software, Constellation Research, Consumer Tech, contract negotiations, contract strategy, Convergence, cost reduction, CRM, CTO, custom apps, custom development, DaaS, Data deluge, data integration, data quality, data stewardship, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adoptions, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, erp, Facebook, future of business, Gov 2.0, gov20, Government Contracting, govtech, hybrid, hybrid deployments, ibm, information management, information management matrix, innovation, innovation insights, Internet of Things, IT budgets, IT services firms, IT Strategy, last mile solutions, Legacy Optimization, lessons learned, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, line of business, maintenance, maintenance fees, management strategy, market strategy, marketing, microsoft, next gen, next gen apps, next gen cio, next gen CIO’s, next gen enterprise, next gen IT leaders, next generation, Next generation apps, NextGen, oracle, p2p, PaaS, pace of change, pace of technology adoption, packaged apps, Point of view, Private Cloud, Private Clouds, procurement, R “Ray” Wang;, relationship managmeent, relationships, Research Report, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, SaaS escrow, SaaS Integration, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, sales strategies, salesforce.com, sap, service economy, services based industries, social business, Social Business Software, social campaign tracking, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social event management, Social Media, social media monitoring, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies, software appliances, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, Software Ecosystems, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, software revenue recognition rules, software trends, Software Vendors, Sourcing, stack wars, subscription pricing, subscription revenues, technology adoption, technology budgets, technology partnerships, technology platforms, third party maintenancce, Third Party Maintenance, trends, two-tier ERP, Unified Communications, upgrades, usability, use cases, used software, user strategy, value, vendor strategy, vmforce, VMware, Web 2.0 |
By R "Ray" Wang on January 2, 2011
Themes In 2010 Reflected The Buy Side Demand For Both Optimization and Innovation Technology buyers in 2010 focused most of their priorities on finding cost savings through legacy optimization, navigating a flurry of disruptive technologies, and designing/experimenting with new business model innovations. Consequently, the top 25 posts for 2010 reflected these 3 major themes: Legacy [...]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged activity streams, analytics, Apps Strategy, Business Analytics, business intelligence, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, Consumer Tech, contract negotiations, contract strategy, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, Epicor, Epicor 9, Legacy Optimization, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, master data management, mdm, Mergers And Acquisitions, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Services Platform, Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft Dynamics, MIcrosoft Dynamics ERP, Microsoft Dynamics GP, next gen, next gen apps, next gen cio, next gen enterprise, procurement, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, Research Summary, rwang0, SaaS, salesforce.com, Scout Labs, SCRM, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social technologies, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, Software Ecosystems, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software pricing, thanks, Third Party Maintenance, two-tier ERP, upgrades, user strategy, Vendor Selection, vendor strategy, VMware, Web 2.0, workday |
By R "Ray" Wang on August 8, 2010
SAUG Summit Delivered Great Networking Opportunities And Information Exchange
Over 550 attendees converged on Sydney August 3rd to 5th, 2010 for the annual SAP User Group Summit. Members were treated to 28 session, 7 keynotes, and 4 SAP 101 educational sessions. The smart design of the conference gave attendees ample opportunities to connect and share ideas [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 11, 2010
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:
Posted in Business | Tagged 3PM, adoption, Apps Strategy, CIO, Cloud, custom apps, customization, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, implementation, on-premise, optimization, packaged apps, renewal, ROI, SaaS, selection, single instance, single instance erp, software as a service, software ownership lifecycle, Third Party Maintenance, two tier, two-tier ERP, upgrade, upgrades |
By R "Ray" Wang on March 23, 2010
Confusion Continues With Cloud Computing And SaaS Definitions Coincidence or just brilliance must be in the air as three esteemed industry colleagues, Phil Wainewright, Michael Cote, and James Governor, have both decided to clarify definitions on SaaS and Cloud within a few days of each other. In fact, this couldn’t be more timely as SaaS [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Apps Strategy, Architecture, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, code modification, configuration, Consumption, creation, customization, DaaS, development as a service, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, hosting, iaas, Infrastructure, Infrastructure as a service, James Governor, maintenance, michael cote, next gen cio, next gen IT leaders, NextGen, orchestration, PaaS, phil wainewright, Platform as a service, product lifecycle, SaaS, server virtualized, software appliances, software as a service, software ownership, software version, tenancy, True SaaS, Tuesday's Tip, upgrades, vendor costs |
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 [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 6, 2010
High Cost Of Ownership And Changing Requirements Drive SAP Users To Seek Optimization Solutions As users await SAP to regain its mojo (see Dennis Howlett’s post) and implement it’s “Voice of the Customer” strategy in 2010, users must continue to reduce their cost of ownership and complexity (see Figure 1). In addition, rapidly changing business [...]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged 3PM, adobe, ALM, application extension and usability, application life cycle management, Apps Strategy, archiving, CIO, cost reduction, customer experience management, disaster recovery, DR, EMC, enterprise applications, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, ERP-Link, Friday's Feature, GuiXT, HA, Hayes Technology, high availability, Hyperformix, ibm, IBM Optim, IntelliCorp, license management, license policy, license returns, long term apps strategy, maintenance fees, Microsoft integration, Microsoft Office, optimization, partner ecosystems, RainStor, rimini street, sap, SAP Duet, secondary market, shelfware, software bill of rights, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software pricing, Storage, SusenSoftware, Synactive, The SAP Optimization List, Third Party Maintenance, Tidal Software, Tuesday's Tip, ue, ui, upgrades, usability, used software, UsedSoft, User Experience, user interaction, user strategy, users, virtualization, VM Ware, VMware, West Trax, Winshuttle |
By Josh Greenbaum on September 4, 2009
I just spent two days having my brain annihilated by information overload at Oracle’s Applications Analyst Summit, and, with 21 pages of notes, it’s going to be hard to sort through everything and come up with a concise post on what we learned. But here goes.
The first is that Oracle has been innovating more than [...]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged ecosystem, innovation, integration, oracle, orcl, tco, upgrades |
