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Burning Platform: Wall Street and Enterprise Software

Burning Platform: Wall Street and Enterprise Software

By Vinnie Mirchandani on December 4, 2020

Brian Sommer and I have recorded 12 episodes in this series – see index here. For the next few episodes, I will be joined by guest analysts and industry observers. Rob Kugel, SVP & Research Director of Office of Finance…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Burning Platform, Enterprise Software (IBM, Enterprise Software (other vendors), M&A in Technology, microsoft, New Normal COVID-19, oracle, sap

The Analyst Cam: Zoho Workplace

The Analyst Cam: Zoho Workplace

By Vinnie Mirchandani on October 17, 2020

As we have moved to virtual vendor briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short segments (with permission from vendors), as part of my Analyst Cam series. Zoho launched Workplace last month – it is a suite of 9 applications to…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Analyst Cam, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software (IBM, microsoft, oracle, SaaS, sap

SAP's Integration Urgency

SAP’s Integration Urgency

By Vinnie Mirchandani on March 3, 2020

Talking about the heady days in the late 90s, one of SAP’s best salespeople had reminisced: “It was a truly transformational time for the technology industry. We replaced thousands of departmental and mainframe systems. We put MSA, M&D, and many…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software (IBM, microsoft, oracle, SaaS, sap

Python, React (web), Angular, machine learning, and Docker will be the five most popular tech skills in 2020.

AI Skills Among The Most In-Demand For 2020

By Louis Columbus on December 15, 2019

TensorFlow is the most popular tech skill of the last three years, exponentially increasing between 2016 and 2019 based on Udemy’s Udemy sees robust demand for AI and data science skills, in addition to web development frameworks, cloud computing, and IT certifications, including AWS, CompTIA & Docker. SAP expertise is projected to be the fastest-growing […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged AI, Amazon AWS, Angular, Artificial intelligence, aws, Business process management, chatbot, CompTIA, Deep learning, Django, Docker, Ethereum, Information security process, ISO/IEC 27001, Kotlin, Louis Columbus' blog, LPIC- Linux, machine learning, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dynamics 365, neural networks, OpenCV, Oracle SQL, Python, QGIS, React (web), React Native (mobile), Risk management Robotic Process Automation, sap, Scrum (Agile), Splunk, TensorFlow, Udemy, uipath | 1 Response

A perspective on the SAP Capital Markets Day

A perspective on the SAP Capital Markets Day

By Vinnie Mirchandani on November 13, 2019

I am a customer and market analyst and tend to not attend too many earnings calls or Wall Street presentations. But I made time to listen to the SAP presentation yesterday. It was a coming out event for the 2 new co-CEOs, Jen Morgan and Christian Klein and there has been much speculation (with a […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged sap

How To Make Complex CPQ Selling Simple With Visual Configurators

How To Make Complex CPQ Selling Simple With Visual Configurators

By Louis Columbus on October 14, 2019

Bottom Line: Realizing visual configurators’ full potential starts by enabling engineering, production, and sales to become real-time collaborators in creating new products. 2D, 3D, Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Virtual Reality (VR) visual configurators are proliferating across the Configure, Price, and Quote (CPQ) landscape today. Manufacturing marketing teams say they are the most effective […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Configure, CPQ, eLogic, Engineer-to-Order, Louis Columbus' blog, Price and Quote, Product Configuration, sap

The Best IoT Companies To Work For In 2019 Based On Glassdoor

The Best IoT Companies To Work For In 2019 Based On Glassdoor

By Louis Columbus on September 3, 2019

Employees would most recommend the following companies to their friends looking for a job in IoT:  IGEL, SAP, ARM, Fortinet, Google, Microsoft, Bosch, Samsara, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Dell Technologies, Red Hat, Cisco Systems and Trend Micro. These 14 companies are the highest rated by employees working for them based on a comparison of Computer Reseller News’ Internet of Things 50, 2019  with their respective Glassdoor scores as of today, Sunday, August 18, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged arm, Bosch, Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Fortinet, google, IGEL, iiot, industrial internet of things, Internet of Things, IoT, iot best companies to work for, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, Red Hat, Samsara, sap, schneider electric, siemens, Trend Micro

What Needs To Be On Your CPQ Channel Roadmap In 2019

What Needs To Be On Your CPQ Channel Roadmap In 2019

By Louis Columbus on August 24, 2019

Bottom Line:  Adding new features to your CPQ channel selling platform directly benefits your resellers and channel partners, driving greater revenue, channel loyalty, and expansion into new markets. Personalization Is Key To CPQ Succeeding In Channels Sustaining and strengthening relationships across all indirect selling channels succeeds when dealers, multi-tier distributors, resellers, intermediaries, and service providers […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Configure, CPQ, eLogic, Engineer-to-Order, Louis Columbus' blog, Price and Quote, Product Configuration, sap, SAP Hybris, SAP Product Configuration

How To Improve Supply Chains With Machine Learning: 10 Proven Ways

How To Improve Supply Chains With Machine Learning: 10 Proven Ways

By Louis Columbus on May 20, 2019

Bottom line: Enterprises are attaining double-digit improvements in forecast error rates, demand planning productivity, cost reductions and on-time shipments using machine learning today, revolutionizing supply chain management in the process. Machine learning algorithms and the models they’re based on excel at finding anomalies, patterns and predictive insights in large data sets. Many supply chain challenges are […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged analytics, Artificial intelligence, Centrify, erp, Infor, Inspectorio, Louis Columbus' blog, machine learning, sap, Supplier relationship management, supply chain management, Supply Chains, Zero Trust Privilege

The Best Cloud Computing Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2019 Based On Glassdoor

The Best Cloud Computing Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2019 Based On Glassdoor

By Louis Columbus on March 29, 2019

Sysdig, Fivetran, Nuxeo, Cloudian, Mendix, StreamSets, Zscaler, Zoho, SAP, OutSystems, Kony, and Netskope are the most likely to be recommended by their employees to friends looking for a cloud computing company to work for in 2019. Cloud platform and development companies dominate the highest rated cloud businesses when indexed by the percent of employees who would recommend their company to a friend. Taken together, the 12 CEOs […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, Cloud computing jobs, Cloudian, Computer Reseller News’ 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors of 2019, Fivetran, Glassdoor, Kony, Louis Columbus' blog, Mendix, Netskope, Nuxeo, Outsystems, sap, StreamSets, Sysdig, zoho, Zscaler

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