Michael Fauscette
Enterprise software analyst, blogger, author, speaker and executive at IDC focused on emerging trends in the enterprise, which currently includes social, mobile, cloud and the networked business. Formerly a software executive at a wide range of software vendors including Autodesk, PeopleSoft and MRO, Inc and three silicon valley software startups, I moved to the analyst side in 2006. The group I lead at IDC covers CRM, EA, PPM, PLM, SCM, cloud and SaaS, pricing and licensing, and software partners, channels and alliances. Frequently quoted by the press on topics related to enterprise software, social business, enterprise mobility, cloud computing and other emerging enterprise trends. My IDC Profile.
Top Tech Trends for 2017
For many years, like most analyst and/or analyst firms I know, I’ve published some sort of annual “predictions” at the start of the new year. This year, in my new role (I can still say “new” for the rest of January, my 1 year anniversary isn’t till tomorrow) I’ve put together a small team (Rob […]
Project-based Software Company Deltek Acquired by Roper Technologies, Inc.
The news hit the wire yesterday that business software company Deltek was being acquired by Roper Technologies, Inc. Taken private by Thoma Bravo in a deal that closed in 2012, Deltek managed to continue its growth, acquire several new products for it’s portfolio of software focused on project based businesses, and set an aggressive path to reinvent […]
Dreamforce 2016 Post Two: The Recap
Dreamforce 2016 was as action packed as expected. To close this one out, I’ll recap the announcements and dig deeper into a few subjects that I mentioned in my 1st post. Salesforce Einstein was the big topic of course, but there were several other interesting announcements and even a few surprises. Before getting into the […]
Dreamforce 2016 – Post One
As I’m headed into another Dreamforce event I plan to keep you updated on the happenings this week. As usual Dreamforce promises to be a whirlwind of activity and a high energy event. I attend a lot of conferences and while it can be a grind sometimes, Dreamforce is usually a high point in the […]
Managing Business Content
The term “Digital Transformation” means a lot of different things to businesses today. It has to do with technology and the use of technology, sure, but it is also about new ways of operating, new strategies and new ways of creating innovation. The foundation to the digital transformation is the Internet and one of the […]
Intelligent Applications
Businesses implement software for many different reasons, and to solve, or maybe more accurately help solve, a wide range of business problems. There are some common expectations though across many types of software. Automating business processes was a very prominent theme in the 1990’s, and even though it’s not the most prominent theme today, it […]
Oracle’s Latest “Deal”
Which one of these statements is true? If you play “Stairway to Heaven backwards it’s a prayer to Satan” Oracle buys Netsuite. If you swallow gum it takes 7 years to digest. You guessed it? Well, this morning the wires are a buzz with tales of the next big Oracle acquisition, Netsuite. This is an […]
Data Driven Software Buying Decisions
We live in an information flooded world fueled by a constant state of “connected”. Businesses have tried for quite a long time to become “data driven”, so with the avalanche of data and ubiquitous connectivity you would think that supporting business decisions would be a routine approach at most companies. But, as all of you […]
Verizon Buys the “Door to the Internet”
Okay, it’s that old entrance that no one really uses anymore, but still, it’s news. I guess that’s not fair, apparently a billion people still go through that door every month including 600M on a mobile device. There was a time when…no, you don’t need another nostalgic post on Yahoo, it’s been done, and done, […]
Data Integration
In a recent G2 Crowd survey (May 2016, N = 347), 62.2% of the respondents reported that integrating data across multiple platforms was having an impact / high impact on their current business strategy. That answer was a tie for 2nd in the overall survey for impact on strategy, with only improving customer experience scoring […]
