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 Optimization
- #1 Monday’s Musings: Five Programs Some Vendors Have Implemented To Help Clients In An Economic Recession
- #3 Tuesday’s Tip: Software Licensing and Pricing – Stop paying for shelfware
- #11 Research Report: Customer Bill of Rights – Software-as-a Service
- #15 Tuesday’s Tip: 10 SaaS/Cloud Strategies For Legacy Apps Environments
- #23 Tuesday’s Tip: When To Go With A Two-Tier ERP Strategy
- #25 Friday’s Feature: Workday Release 10 Moves Users One Step Closer To ERP Replacement
Disruptive Technology
- #2 Tuesday’s Tip: Understanding The Many Flavors of Cloud Computing and SaaS
- #5 News Analysis: Lithium’s Acquisition of Scout Labs Ups The Ante in Social CRM
- #6 Research Report: How The Five Pillars Of Consumer Tech Influence Enterprise Innovation
- #10 Monday’s Musings: Why Next Gen Apps Must Improve Existing Activity Streams
- #12 News Analysis: Salesforce.com and VMware Up The Ante In The Cloud Wars With VMforce
- #13 Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q2 CY 2010 – SaaS Vendors Still Show Massive YoY Growth
- #16 Monday’s Musings: 10 Essential Elements For Social Enterprise Apps
- #18 Product Review: Epicor 9 Delivers Next Generation Apps Capabilities Today
- #19 Friday’s Feature: Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010
- #22 Research Report: Microsoft Partners – Before Adopting Azure, Understand the 12 Benefits And Risks
- #24 Monday’s Musings: The Hidden Value In SaaS Deployments
Business Innovation
- #4 Research Report: The 18 Use Cases of Social CRM – The New Rules of Relationship Management
- #7 Personal Log: The 7 Tenets Of Building A “Star Analyst” Firm
- #8 News Analysis: SAP Bets On Innovation With $5.8B Sybase Acquisition
- #9 Research Report: Rethink Your Next Generation Business Intelligence Strategy
- #14 Tuesday’s Tip: Applying The Five Stages Of Adoption Towards SCRM Projects
- #17 Best Practices: Five Simple Rules For Social Business
- #20 Monday’s Musings: Why Every Social CRM Initiative Needs An MDM Backbone
- #21 Research Report: The Upcoming Battle For The Largest Share Of The Tech Budget (Part 1) – Overview
Thank You For A Great 2010
By all counts, faithful followers of this blog drove tremendous growth. In 100 posts for 2010, this blog generated: