europe-west-2
Check out the optics- there is literally nothing more British than Scalextric – 60 years old this year – except perhaps mince on toast (weird meme that one). So Google today launched its London-based data center today. While not exactly a tightly held secret beforehand, the news was welcome. Google is making a significant […]
73% Are Using Internet Of Things Data To Improve Their Business
According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index, M2M connections will represent 46% of connected devices by 2020. 95% of execs surveyed plan to launch an IoT business within three years. These and many other insights are from the recently published Cisco Internet of Things (IoT) study, The Journey to IoT Value: Challenges, Breakthroughs, and Best Practices published […]
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 […]
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 […]
Oracle: Does good luck also come in threes?
1. Oracle does very well in the premier version of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for “Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for Midsize, Large and Global Enterprises”. Only Oracle’s ERP cloud and Workday are in the Leader’s quadrant, and Oracle’s NetSuite subsidiary just barely missed getting there. 2. Oracle had a very impressive cloud performance in […]
How Artificial Intelligence Is Revolutionizing Enterprise Software In 2017
81% of IT leaders are currently investing in or planning to invest in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Cowen predicts AI will drive user productivity to materially higher levels, with Microsoft at the forefront. Digital Marketing/Marketing Automation, Salesforce Automation (CRM) and Data Analytics are the top three areas ripe for AI/ML adoption. According to angel.co, there are […]
Are ERP vendors in touch with a changing services economy?
UNIT4 had an analyst day last week. FinancialForce is hosting its user conference this week. I missed both due to other commitments but I see lots of tweets from fellow analysts. Good to see both vendors, focused on service sectors, get the attention. The services sector has been on my mind for several gut-wrenching changes […]
How AWS And Azure Competing Is Improving Public Cloud Adoption
Public Cloud spending is predicted to grow at quickly, attaining 16% year-over-year growth in 2017. Cowen’s AWS segment model is predicting Revenue and EBITDA to grow 25% and 26.8% annually from 2017 to 2022. Microsoft Azure is viewed as the platform that customers would most likely purchase or renew going forward (28% of total vs. […]
Enterprise Cross-currents observations from this years event season
By Vinnie Mirchandani on May 30, 2017
Over the last few weeks I have had a chance to listen to Oracle, Workday, Microsoft, NetSuite, Plex, SAP, Salesforce at conferences or their analyst summits. Here are some common threads: a) We have entered the era of intelligent and autonomous applications Whether it was Workday’s Prism analytics or Worksheets or SAP’s Digital Boardroom it […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, erp, Industry Commentary, microsoft, oracle, SaaS