By R "Ray" Wang on February 4, 2015
Launch Of SAP S/4 Provides Catalyst For Organizations To Update Their Next Gen Apps Strategy The February 3rd, 2015 New York City SAP S/4 launch event brought a positive closure for customers seeking the next generation apps strategy from SAP. At a high level, the SAP S/4 HANA offering offers: a new suite of applications […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 4, 2014
Departure of CTO Signals Change In Long Term Direction In a press release this morning, SAP announced a management reorganization and the departure of Vishal Sikka, SAP’s executive board member of products and innovation and CTO (see Figure 1). The reorganization puts Bernd Leukert as Vishal’s immediate replacement to lead global development. The role of […]
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By Dennis Moore on January 4, 2013
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 $8.5 billion and a constrant stream of innovation. Lots of IT failures recently, […]
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By Dennis Moore on October 21, 2012
Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past week: Lots of activity in the mobility world – Apple seems to have set the date for the iPad mini (this Tuesday, 23 October), Google promoting the Chromebook, rumors of new Google Nexus devices, Microsoft Windows 8 Surface tablet details announced and pre-orders […]
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By Dennis Moore on October 15, 2012
Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past few weeks: Workday opens up to a huge, successful IPO ($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 […]
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By Dennis Moore on September 15, 2012
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 […]
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By Dennis Moore on August 20, 2012
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 […]
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By Dennis Moore on July 30, 2012
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) […]
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By Dennis Moore on July 22, 2012
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Two IPOs come out strongly after Facebook IPO disappointment – Kayak and Palo Alto Networks. Google Nexus 7, with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, is becoming the first general purpose worthy competitor to the Apple iPad. Workday files for IPO, using JOBS Act to avoid […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on July 25, 2011
Welcome to an on-going series of interviews with the people behind the technologies in Social Business. The interviews provide insightful points of view from a customer, industry, and vendor perspective. A full list of interviewees can be found here. Zach Nelson – President and CEO, NetSuite Biography Zach Nelson has more than 20 years of […]
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