Is IBM Getting Out of Enterprise Performance Management?
I noticed that IBM sold off several EPM products — IBM Cognos Disclosure Management (CDM), IBM Cognos Financial Statement Reporting (FSR), and IBM Clarity 7 products — to a company called Certent. This, combined with a pretty weak performance in Gartner’s recent financial and strategic CPM magic quadrants — where IBM landed as Visionary and […]
SAP Leonardo: The dawn of intelligent applications
At SapphrieNow a few weeks ago, SAP’s Hasso Plattner painted the vision of “Intelligent Applications” to include Intelligent Transactions – automate high-frequency repetitive tasks Analytics – make data-driven insights available to everybody Collaboration – tap into the collective intelligence of knowledge workers Digital Assistant – provide the right answer at the right time SAP also […]
Amazon: The Company with a 100 CEOs Cannot Be Stopped
A company with a 100 CEOs can do anything. Amazon appears to be a unique success when it comes to not just the success it has achieved but the diversity of businesses it has succeeded in — from online retail to web services, and the march continues into many, many new lines of business. Almost […]
A Look at the Tintri S-1
Every now and then I take a dive into an S-1 to see what clears the current, ever-changing bar for going public. After a somewhat rocky IPO process, Tintri went public June 30 after cutting the IPO offering price and has traded flat thus far since then. Let’s read an excerpt from this Business Insider […]
6 Ways Cloud ERP Is Revolutionizing How Services Deliver Results
Cloud ERP is the fastest growing sector of the global ERP market with services-based businesses driving the majority of new revenue growth. Legacy Services ERP providers excel at meeting professional & consulting services information needs yet often lack the flexibility and speed to support entirely new services business models. Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) is quickly emerging as a must-have […]
The New 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrants for Cloud Strategic CPM (SCPM) and Cloud Financial CPM (FCPM) – How to Download; A Few Thoughts
For some odd reason, I always think of this scene — The New Phone Book’s Here – from an old Steve Martin comedy whenever Gartner rolls out their new Magic Quadrants (MQ) for corporate performance management (CPM). It’s probably because all of the excitement they generate. Last year, Gartner researchers John Van Decker and Chris […]
Artificial Intelligence Will Enable 38% Profit Gains By 2035
By 2035 AI technologies have the potential to increase productivity 40% or more. AI will increase economic growth an average of 1.7% across 16 industries by 2035. Information and Communication, Manufacturing and Financial Services will be the top three industries that gain economic growth in 2035 from AI’s benefits. AI will have the most positive […]
Why midmarket customers love Workday
Since its early days, I have heard Workday executives talk about having a highly scalable cloud so large companies would feel comfortable moving off their on-premise finance and human resources applications. So, it is not surprising that multinational customers like United Technologies can consolidate over 100 payroll systems across 80 countries on Workday, and many […]
Why have so many sourcing advisors failed with automation?
Remember when sourcing advisors has become the “new analysts” and dominated so many outsourcing discussions? Remember when it was the norm for clients to bring in the sourcing specialists whenever they needed a deal done, not only to get a good price, but also to make sure they selected the right partner and had a […]
Promise Phelon, CEO @ TapInfluence: Venture Backed CEO: Lessons Learned Inside and Outside of Silicon Valley (Video + Transcript)
In the future, we’re going to be seeing a lot more Silicon Valley companies employ people that live outside of the Valley. Promise Phelon, CEO of TapInfluence, is living this reality running the company from Colorado…a challenge she was more than happy to take on. So what’s it like to run a SaaS startup in […]
