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 October 16, 2012
Key Themes Include Mobility, User Experience, and Innovation Over 1100 IFS customers convened October 15th to 17th, 2012 in Gothenburg Sweden for the IFS World Conference. The conference brought together the world of projects, service and asset, manufacturing, and supply chain. The conference highlighted the: Massive move to mobile. IFS continued their push into their [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 2, 2012
Marketing and Advertising Budgets Are The New Land Grab Constellation Research, Inc. predicts that the global advertising market (paid search, display, and classified) will hit $125B by 2015. While IT budgets continue to stay flat, marketing budgets are up. Warc’s recent Global Marketing Index (GMI) entered positive territory in March 2012. Consequently, the heat [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged $KANA, acquisition, acquisitions, adobe, analytics, Apps Strategy, B2B, B2C, best of breed, best practices, BI, Big Data, BigData, brand monitoring, Business Analytics, business intelligence, Business process, business process outsourcing, Chief Customer Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, CMO, CoIT, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, CRM, CustExp, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer relationship management, CXP, Dell, Digital Marketing Transformation, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Eloqua, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, From Transaction To Engagement, google, HubSpot, IT budgets, marketing, marketing agencies, Marketing Automation, Marketo, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, oracle, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, sales, sales force automation, salesforce.com, SAS, SAS Institute, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, social marketing insights, socialytics, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Unica, user strategy, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on July 5, 2012
Used Software Pioneers Gain A Small Victory In A Shrinking On-Premises Software World The surprise July 3rd, 2012 judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union for UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp rules that “An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licenses allowing the use of his programs [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, Arrow, Avnet, best practices, bill of rights, CDW, Cloud, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, contract negotiations, contract strategy, Court of Justice For The European Union, customer bill of rights, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, EU, EU Anti Competition, EU Commisioner For Competition, European Union, Exhaustion Rule, Infor, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Ingram Micro, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license resells, license returns, News Analysis, procurement, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, software bill of rights, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software trends, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, user strategy, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on May 13, 2012
SAP’s In The Midst Of Massive Transformation Just four years ago, nervous attendees dealt with a tumultuous global market entering financial crisis. SAP’s management team decided to raise maintenance fees to shore up its margins amidst a drought of innovation. Customers revolted en masse. Policies changed due to user group and global influencer pressure. [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 29, 2012
Versytec Acquisition Addresses Growing Demand For JD Edwards Support Denver, Colorado based Spinnaker Management announced on March 6th, 2012 its acquisition of its competitor Versytec. For those who remember their third party maintenance (3PM) history, Versytec was among the first firms to announce third-party maintenance services within a year after PeopleSoft acquired JD Edwards in [...]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #techoptimization, 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, best practices, bill of rights, budgets, business value, business value framework, BVF, CEO, CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Chief information officer, Chief procurement officer, CIO, CMO, Constellation Research, contract negotiations, contract strategy, COO, cost reduction, CTO, Customer Support, deployment options, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, Enterprise Irregular, Enterprise Irregulars, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, JD Edwards, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, lithium, maintenance, maintenance fees, Maintenance Hike, News Analysis, R "Ray" Wang;, rimini street, rwang0, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, software trends, Spinnaker, Spinnaker Support, technology budgets, Technology Optimization, third party maintenancce, Third Party Maintenance, user strategy, users, Versytec |
By R "Ray" Wang on March 19, 2012
Forward And Commentary Software ownership costs continue to escalate as vendors accelerate their efforts to capture support and maintenance revenues. Some vendors have gone to the extreme to eliminate third-party options for their customers. This best practices report examines three strategies to free up unnecessary costs to fund innovation and new projects. A. Introduction On [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #techoptimization, 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, best practices, Bil of Rights, bill of rights, BMC, budgets, business value, business value framework, BVF, CEO, CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Chief information officer, Chief procurement officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CMO, Computer Associates, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, contract negotiations, contract strategy, COO, cost reduction, CRM, CTO, Customer Support, deployment options, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, E-Commerce, Emerging Technologies, enterprise, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, Enterprise Irregular, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, Epicor, erp, ibm, Infor, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Jive, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, lithium, maintenance, maintenance fees, microsoft, oracle, QAD, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Report, Research Summary, rimini street, rwang0, sap, SAS Institute, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social media monitoring, social support insights, socialbusiness, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software mainteance, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, software revenue recognition rules, software trends, Spinnaker, technology budgets, Technology Optimization, Third Party Maintenance, user strategy, users, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on March 1, 2011
Forward And Commentary Legacy optimization remains a key component for funding future innovation. Two-tier ERP emerges as one strategy to optimize existing systems while adding innovation. The report capitalizes on the recent Software Insider survey of 235 companies looking at future strategies. A. Introduction Organizations continue to face an onslaught of business requirements that their [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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