Qualtrics: Not just a shiny new object for SAP
I want to be respectful of the NDAs SAP requested during the recent analyst summit but wanted to share early thoughts that crossed my mind as we were introduced to SAP’s new acquisition. We saw keynotes at the Qualtrics X4 conference, had a walk through of the show floor, a q&a with the management team […]
The coming Enterprise Software Hurricane
In interviewing SAP customers for the upcoming book, I ended up classifying them broadly into four groups. I termed the first three: a) Risk-takers who are trying out new Leonardo ML or IoT projects, developing new functionality with its Cloud Platform, moving to S/4HANA in the cloud; b) Modernizers who are moving to S/4 on […]
Polishing brand ERP
Kudos to Cindy Jutras for her study “Real Facts About ERP Implementation”. Her survey showed that two-thirds of respondents graded their ERP implementation as “successful” or “very successful.” The survey found 31% thought their ERP project was at least a partial success, while 2% thought they were “not very successful.” Only one out of 315 thought their […]
Time for more vertical integration in enterprise software
As SaaS vendors took off in the early 2000s, I was encouraged by their business model. They had collapsed software, hosting, application management and upgrades into one contract. But in recent years I have seen a reversal and a lot of fragmentation. So, vendors are leveraging AWS or Azure for their infrastructure. Is that showing […]
Software Maintenance "Empty Calories"
At a conference in 2006, I presented a Top 10 list of technology expenses which to me represented “empty calories”. Top of that list was Software Maintenance with the likes of Oracle, IBM and SAP Unbelievably, in the dozen years since, a vast majority of on-prem customers have not moved to the cloud and the value […]
Oracle’s stretch goal for its applications?
Mark Hurd tells Bloomberg “In fact, the highest application percentage of any company in any segment is sort of mid-20s. This generation will see a leader that’s much more material than that, and I volunteer us to do it.” I would love to see that. Listening to Mark Hurd at Oracle OpenWorld I wrote “After two decades of […]
A brief history of the 21st century: The Enterprise Tech chapter
People in our industry like to call themselves futurists. My glasses don’t allow me to look that far out. My books have, however, forced me to become a pretty fair historian. In The New Polymath I looked at Renaissance Men and Women like Leonardo da Vinci over the centuries. In Silicon Collar, I looked at automation and impact on jobs […]
Where Cloud Computing Jobs Will Be In 2019
$146,350 is the median salary for cloud computing professionals in 2018. There are 50,248 cloud computing positions available in the U.S. today available from 3,701 employers and 101,913 open positions worldwide today. Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), Deloitte and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have the most open cloud computing jobs today. Java, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Software […]
Inforum – peeling an onion
I wrote last week that I was looking forward to getting an update on Infor’s verticals – hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, retail and others. At Inforum in Washington this week, I only got a detailed briefing about the Retail vertical. So, in the couple of days I spent at Inforum this week I kept thinking this is […]
Signs of Spring in Enterprise Software
By Vinnie Mirchandani on February 4, 2019
The country is seeing a welcome break from the polar vortex. Temperatures remind us of Spring. Well, may not quite – winter is not done, but there is clear hope. It’s easy when you look at Wall Street’s reaction to Workday or ServiceNow results to forget reality. The reality is that there are over a […]
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