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VMForce – What CIOs and others really need to think about

VMForce – What CIOs and others really need to think about

By Brian Sommer on April 27, 2010

Salesforce.com and VMWare made an announcement today that could auger big changes for Integrators, Outsourcers, Universities, IT professionals and CIOs. What was the fuss about VMForce?

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud, CRM, Current Affairs, Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, Outsourcing, Professional Services, SaaS, SaaS and Beyond, Selling Professional Services, Service Providers, Software development, Software Events, Software Vendors, software. applications, Think About IT

SaaS best-of-breed vs. SaaS suites: Who's likely to win?

SaaS best-of-breed vs. SaaS suites: Who’s likely to win?

By Brian Sommer on April 5, 2010

Bigger software suites are emerging in the SaaS world, much like they did in the on-premise (and office automation) world. Best of breed SaaS applications may soon be operating at a cost disadvantage. Will suites prevail again?

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, erp, Future of Application Software, Managed Hosting, SaaS, SaaS and Beyond, Selling & Marketing Software, software as a service, Software Marketing, software. applications, The Applications Market, workday | 1 Response

Where next for Shared Services and Operational Excellence?

Where next for Shared Services and Operational Excellence?

By Brian Sommer on January 31, 2010

Are the big gains from ERP, quality programs, shared services and other techniques and technologies losing their ability to deliver big benefits? What else can companies do to further their operational excellence goals?

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, India & Services, Outsourcing, Professional Services, sap, software. applications, Think About IT, Web/Tech

The Changing Software Partner Ecosystem

The Changing Software Partner Ecosystem

By Brian Sommer on January 26, 2010

Resellers of SMB ERP products and other application software partners are experiencing a changing solutions world. Presenters at the Progress Software Global Partner Conference gave some great insights into these changes.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, SaaS, SaaS and Beyond, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Think About IT | 1 Response

ERP Rigidity - What Agresso Found Out - Key Factors

ERP Rigidity – What Agresso Found Out – Key Factors

By Brian Sommer on December 16, 2009

When you absolutely must change or upgrade your ERP solution, do you know what sort of risk you put your company in? Why are these systems so hard to change?

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Financial Software, Implementing Technology, Notable Research, sap, Software development, Software Vendors, software. applications

The Future of Financial Force.com - How Salesforce.com Benefits, too

The Future of Financial Force.com – How Salesforce.com Benefits, too

By Brian Sommer on November 27, 2009

Wow – The Financial Force.com product line may have the rosiest future of all the products showcased at the recent Dreamforce.com show in SFO. Read why here.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged CEO Interview, Current Affairs, erp, Financial Software, Future of Application Software, Mergers & Acquisitions, Selling & Marketing Software, Software Marketing, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market | 1 Response

When the Cloud Meets Agile Development

By Brian Sommer on November 26, 2009

With new, powerful cloud platforms available, shouldn’t newer software developmental techniques like Agile apply to these environments as well? CA thinks so and has created a new toolset for this.

Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, PPM - Project Portfolio Management, SaaS and Beyond, Software development, Software Vendors, software. applications

Dreamforce post#2: Chatter, Events, REA and the Future of Management

Dreamforce post#2: Chatter, Events, REA and the Future of Management

By Brian Sommer on November 19, 2009

Don’t think of Salesforce’s Chatter as bunch of social networking techologies for business people to use. If you do, you’ve missed the real potential for businesses to operate in real-time.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, SaaS and Beyond, Software Events, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Think About IT | 1 Response

Cloud-to-Cloud Integration - Another Big ERP Challenge!

Cloud-to-Cloud Integration – Another Big ERP Challenge!

By Brian Sommer on October 28, 2009

NetSuite’s new Open Connect integration should make ERP buyers and vendors re-think interfaces and integration across application suites. Everyone needs to re-think what cloud-to-cloud integration, in multi-tenant apps, really means.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, netsuite, oracle, Professional Services, PSA - Professional Services Automation, SaaS and Beyond, sap, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Think About IT

Sustainability: Hard for business, harder for ERP vendors

Sustainability: Hard for business, harder for ERP vendors

By Brian Sommer on October 22, 2009

ERP vendors don’t get sustainability. They think it’s about collecting all of a user’s electric and gas bills to determine their carbon footprint. They think it’s a reporting exercise. If they can develop a spreadsheet with more rows and columns than the next ERP vendor, then they have achieved some sort of market leading, product excellence crown of achievement.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Carbon footprint, Carbon offset, cost accounting, Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, product costing, product design, software. applications, Sustainability, Think About IT

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