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Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett has been providing comment and analysis on enterprise software since 1991 in a variety of European trade and professional journals including CFO Magazine, The Economist and Information Week. Today, apart from being a full time blogger on innovation for professional services organisations, he is a founding member of Enterprise Irregulars and an investor in a European start-up. Prior to, Dennis was technology and tax partner in a British firm of Chartered Accountants for 10 years. Prior to that held various senior finance roles across a broad range of industries.

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Dennis Howlett analyzing the issues faced by senior business practitioners who work with enterprise software.

  • In defence of using China

    By Dennis Howlett | February 3, 2012, 9:14am PST

    Is it just cost advantage that drives tech companies to China? It is a fraction of the whole story.

  • NetSuite looks to a bright 2012

    By Dennis Howlett | February 2, 2012, 3:09pm PST

    Q4 2011 was another record year for NetSuite. What does 2012 look like? if the company delivers on its forecast then NetSuite will be nudging $300 million in revenue

  • SAP: avoid wearing The Wrong Trousers

    By Dennis Howlett | January 30, 2012, 6:30am PST

    How may people really understand what SAP is doing with HANA? Probably a lot more than we might give credit. But technology is not the story here. It’s about the business.

  • Why is SAP bullish about 2012?

    By Dennis Howlett | January 25, 2012, 8:00am PST

    SAP’s 2012 outlook is extraordinarily bullish when set against a tough economic outlook. What do they know that others seem to be missing? It’s more about what they are doing.

  • TIBCO tibbr welcomes the problem solving enterprise

    By Dennis Howlett | January 25, 2012, 6:01am PST

    Social business has been a tough sale. How about problem solving? If that’s of interest then the latest version of tibbr might be interesting.

  • Wintel: beginning of the end or end of the beginning?

    By Dennis Howlett | January 19, 2012, 8:20pm PST

    Wintel are on the cusp of seeing their business models disrupted. Can they survive and thrive or are we looking at a fresh chapter in Microsoft and Intel’s history - one that sees their role...

  • CIO IT budgets flat in 2012 say Gartner but...

    By Dennis Howlett | January 18, 2012, 12:57am PST

    It will be no surprise Gartner is reporting that CIO’s believe their 2012 IT budgets will be flat. What’s interesting is the way in which top business priorities match topics du jour....

  • How good were SAP's 2011 results?

    By Dennis Howlett | January 16, 2012, 11:23am PST

    Were SAP’s Q4 2011 results as good as the company said? The devil is in the detail but there are plenty of questions to be asked today.

  • Rimini Street crushes it in Q4 2011

    By Dennis Howlett | January 11, 2012, 7:13am PST

    Rimini Street does it again, blowing out all previous records. It now has a bulging $400 million sales backlog.

  • What might SAP learn from Apple?

    By Dennis Howlett | January 4, 2012, 6:30am PST

    I imagine many colleagues reading that title will gasp. Stick with me. What follows is a highly simplified assessment that may or may not come true. Before proceeding, why pen this piece? Why not...

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