Dennis Moore
Enterprise Software veteran, with over twenty years' experience on every side of of business, from user and buyer to VP, CEO and Board Member roles; from Procter & Gamble to Oracle, SAP and OQO. Founder of the OracAlumni Network.
Aactively tracks the trends and strategies of the enterprise software world, shares his news digest and analysis at Next Gen Enterprise.
Firefox MASSIVE FAIL – frequent, incompatible upgrades and instability
For years, I have been a dedicated Firefox user. Before Chrome, Firefox was a browser that really met my needs. Firefox was faster and more flexible than Internet Explorer. Firefox was innovative, supporting tabs, add-ons, standards, and multiple platforms. Over the years, I customized my Firefox environment to meet my needs, with add-ons that made […]
Database Billboards: Times and Cars and Oracle Competitors Gone By
Driving up or down 101 these days, you can’t avoid the new SiliconView billboard – it’s a double-sided electronic billboard, so you can see it whether you are going north- or south-bound, and most of us on 101 are driving slowly enough that we get to see several iterations of the billboard content as we […]
Essential Android Apps for Business – all FREE!
I have been an Android user ever since the first day the first Motorola Droid was available for Verizon back in 2009. Over the years, I’ve accumulated some experience using Android on phones and tablets, and certain apps have made this experience better for me at work. Here’s my list of essential Android apps for […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2013-01-04
Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past two months (or so): Salesforce.com had a strong Q3. NetSuite had a strong Q3. HP did not. Workday had its IPO. It’s doing well, with a market cap just over $8.5 billion and a constrant stream of innovation. Lots of IT failures recently, […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-10-21
Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past week: Lots of activity in the mobility world – Apple seems to have set the date for the iPad mini (this Tuesday, 23 October), Google promoting the Chromebook, rumors of new Google Nexus devices, Microsoft Windows 8 Surface tablet details announced and pre-orders […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-10-15
Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past few weeks: Workday opens up to a huge, successful IPO ($WDAY) reestablishing the enterprise software and solutions market as an attractive investment space. Microsoft gears up to launch Windows 8. Upgrade to Windows 8 for $70. Upgrade to iOS6 and Android Jellybean 4.1 […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-09-15
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past few weeks: Dreamforce, Dreamforce, Dreamforce: Coming this week to San Francisco, Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce show will feature somewhere in the neighborhood of 100K attendees (including 30K in the cloud and 70K on premise), including me. San Francisco will feature massive lines at restaurants, no available hotel […]
Conference tips for #Salesforce.com #Dreamforce #DF12 and other #EnSW conferences
I had an interesting discussion on Twitter with a few folks (@mkrigsman, @charlieisaacs, @merv, @lningram, @rwang0, and @dandarcy) regarding tips for attendees for the upcoming Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. As pointed out on the tweetstream, many of these conference tips are relevant for just about any conference, so I thought I’d share them here. […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-08-20
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past few weeks: Many more details emerge about Microsoft’s upcoming “Surface” tablet. Will Microsoft Office compatibility, plus Windows 8’s distinctive user experience (formerly known as “Metro”) be enough to overcome iOS and Android tablet momentum? HP and Microsoft continue to take hits – are they as […]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-07-30
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Apple sales slip as phanboyz wait for a new iPhone. Apple is still, however, generating almost as much cash as the Obama administration is spending on wasteful programs 🙂 More details emerge about Windows 8 and Microsoft’s strengthening product portfolio. Will skeuomorphic (iOS, Android) […]
