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Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos

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Publisher / Editor @ CloudAve and Enterprise Irregulars. Industry Observer, Blogger, Startup Advisor, Program Chair @ SVASE (Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs). In his "prior life" spent 15 years immersed in the business of Enterprise Software, at management positions with SAP, IBM, Deloitte, KPMG and the like.

Nothing Stops the Box Bunny

Nothing Stops the Box Bunny

By Zoli Erdos on October 7, 2012

OK, so I ‘m abandoning my pictorial post schedule, as Box-mania just broke out, and I feel compelled to jump in.  But the skipped  NetSuite post is coming soon… I’ve been following Box longer than probably most observers and some of the old memories are worth sharing – from an admittedly subjective point of view. […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged @levie, Aaron, application software, Box, Box.net, boxworks, collaboration, conferences, df12, Dreamforce, Entrepreneurship, File sharing, Filesharing, Infrastructure, netsuite, salesforce.com, sharepoint, startups, TechCrunch | 2 Responses

A Pictorial Tale of Two Conferences (and more)

A Pictorial Tale of Two Conferences (and more)

By Zoli Erdos on October 3, 2012

Recently I’ve attended two conferences two weeks apart in San Francisco, and the difference in style is shocking.  One did not even feel like a conference, rather a Festival – Woodstock, Mardi Gras, SXSW – your pick:-)  The other a decidedly more “closed” traditional corporate conference, so much so, that fellow commentators actually compared it […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Box, Box.net, conferences, df12, Dreamforce, festival, Moscone, Moscone Center, netsuite, OOW, oow12, opennes, oracle, salesforce.com, San Francisco, SuiteWorld, workday | 4 Responses

Apple, Peak and Cockroaches

Apple, Peak and Cockroaches

By Zoli Erdos on September 26, 2012

You probably think I am out of my mind – well … hm… no comment.  But yes I agree it’s close to madness  to discuss Apple’s decline right on the heels of a record-breaking iPhone 5 launch and a stock price that despite some correction is still a rocketship.  But bear with me for a […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged android, apple, google, Google Maps, iOS, iPhone, ipod, samsung, Steve Jobs, Tim Cook

Why Cloud ERP?  Cutesy Video

Why Cloud ERP? Cutesy Video

By Zoli Erdos on August 13, 2012

The cutesy video above was created by SAP, the first part talking about the benefits of Cloud ERP, the integrated approach in general, and while the last minute turns into a SAP Business ByDesign pitch, it could very well be viewed as overall industry promotion, applicable to archrival NetSuite, and to some extent Workday, and […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged application software, Business ByDesign, Cloud ERP, netsuite, SaaS ERP, sap, SAP ByD, Video, workday

NextGen Enterprise Irregulars or Jambalaya @rwang0 style

NextGen Enterprise Irregulars or Jambalaya @rwang0 style

By Zoli Erdos on June 25, 2012

It’s rare to see more than 3-4 Enterprise Irregulars together, unless it’s a major conference – but then we’re all focusing on business, barely having time for each other.  Perhaps that will change, since Naomi Bloom made it her life mission to meet all of us in person in the next few years.  So when […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Barbecue, BBQ, Enterprise Irregulars, party | 1 Response

SAP Assembles Powerful Cloud Portfolio with Ariba, SuccesFactors Acquisitions

SAP Assembles Powerful Cloud Portfolio with Ariba, SuccesFactors Acquisitions

By Zoli Erdos on May 22, 2012

Emphasis on  “assemble”, as opposed to develop.  For years SAP and Oracle fought a religious war of acquire/assemble vs develop in-house.  SAP’s view was (even under the current Co-CEOs) that you can only get to a coherent, seamlessly integrated suite by development.  Apparently they have changed religion, borrowing a chapter or two from Larry Ellison’s […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Business ByDesign, Larry Ellison, Lars Dalgaard, netsuite, sap, sapariba, sapphirenow, SuccessFactors | 3 Responses

NetSuite Welcomes SAP as Customer, even while SAP Swaps it for ByD

NetSuite Welcomes SAP as Customer, even while SAP Swaps it for ByD

By Zoli Erdos on May 15, 2012

NetSuite History, Wayne’s World style NetSuite is no stranger to aggressive marketing,  and SAP has clearly been their #1 target for a while starting from pranks like the SAP for the Rest of Us Party during SAPPHIRE 2006 to staging a shootout at the anti-SAP Conference or releasing edgy videos a’la Mac vs Windows and […]

Posted in Business | Tagged application software, Business ByDesign, netsuite, sap, SAP ByD, sapphirenow, software as a service, SuccessFactors, SuiteWorld, two-tier ERP, Zach Nelson

How to Lose Your Work in Gmail in One Simple Step

How to Lose Your Work in Gmail in One Simple Step

By Zoli Erdos on May 1, 2012

Google Apps mail background send fails, but the pending email is nowhere to be found. You either stay logged in and keep the browser open infinitely, or lose your work.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged application software, email, Fail, gmail, google, google apps

Naomi Bloom, one of the Top 10 Most Powerful HR Technology Experts

Naomi Bloom, one of the Top 10 Most Powerful HR Technology Experts

By Zoli Erdos on April 3, 2012

Congratulations to our very own Naomi Bloom for being named by Human Resources Executive as one of the Top 10  Most Powerful HR Technology Experts in the world. In writing their profiles, HR Executive asked the Top 10 to answer the same questions.  Here’s how Naomi responded: What should HR leaders be thinking about? When […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged award, HR Executive, Human resources, Industry analyst, Naomi Bloom, Top 10, top list | 2 Responses

Welcoming the Newest Enterprise Irregular

Welcoming the Newest Enterprise Irregular

By Zoli Erdos on March 19, 2012

We have not adopted a new Member for a long time.. so it was really high time to do something about it.  To be honest, I can’t say our new member is the smartest of the pack (at least not yet), but she is sure the cutest:  Anneka Roxanne Patel arrived today, at 7lb 9oz. […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged baby, Sameer Patel, youngest ei

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