Oracle Cloud Apps 13: A pivot point?
Oracle Cloud Applications Release 13 – its bi-annual cloud applications release – announced last week solidifies the company’s position as the industry’s broadest suite – across ERP, HCM, CRM and SCM domains. Oracle has been at work on this for over a decade now, and it shows that competitors like SAP and Infor who want to […]
SAP Smooth and Relaxed?
Let me start off by saying I am really pleased I went to SapphireNow this year. I saw what I called the “dawn of intelligent applications” with Leonardo. I liked CEO Bill McDermott promising to do more for customers about toxic contract terms. I liked that the partner booths appeared much smaller than few Sapphires ago – […]
Product Management, Hopping and Localization.
(Taking some liberty with the facts). Imagine for a moment you are the product manager for augmented /autonomous driving at Volvo. You have got every different type of snow and ice covered. You have figured out how to find parking at IKEA, at the back of the store where you collect the Billy Bookcases on the mind of its own trolley. (You […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Maybe this will spur SAP?
I honestly cannot remember the last time SAP showed in the lower left quadrant – for niche players – in a Gartner MQ. But in the latest MQ for “Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for Midsize, Large and Global Enterprises” , it does. That has to be a concern because SAP has been positioning S/4HANA, […]
Stoicism and Product Management
Tim Ferriss has made Stoicism hip and accessible. That is a good thing. I came across Ryan Holiday via Tim’s podcast, and it rekindled a long lost interest in things Greek philosophy. I have quoted liberally from Ryan’s Daily Stoic. Thanks Ryan and Tim. Buy Ryan’s books and read them. I reckon Epictetus would have been […]
To the max.
Building product, once you get beyond the brain wave stage, really requires customer input. Not all customer input is made equal though. What makes a massive impact is when you find that customer that shares your goals, your vision,and brings that dose of realism and practicality to the party. Treasure those customers. They don’t come […]
Rimini Street: 50 shades of grey
Rimini Street has announced general availability of support for a wide range of database platforms, including IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, the SAP Sybase family. They have previously supported Oracle and SAP HANA databases and a wide range of applications from those vendors. The range of products they can support is impressive. They have been […]
