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Brian Sommer

Brian Sommer

Brian is in a unique position to diagnosis the winners and the losers in technology and services. He was the longest running (10 years) and most senior director of Andersen Consulting's (now Accenture's) global Software Intelligence unit - a position that required him to pick the best possible software solutions for hundreds of clients globally. He advised the firm on ERP software market forecasts and helped establish manpower planning estimates by vendor for deployment globally.

Brian continues to remain close to technology buyers and sellers. When he left Andersen Consulting, he co-created a dot-com with blogger and former arch-enemy at Price Waterhouse, Vinnie Mirchandani. That firm helped broker efficient services contracts between software buyers and systems integrators. Since then, he's created TechVentive, Inc. - a company that helps technology firms better understand their markets - and Vital Analysis - the research and publishing arm of TechVentive.

Brian still travels the world and publishes an impressive number of articles, research reports and blog posts annually to help software and services buyers make better business decisions. He can be reached at: brian @ vitalanalysis.com

About Software & Services Safari

Many writers explore just one tech sector. Brian looks at the entire tech ecosystem to better understand the often conflicted relationships between software vendors, integrators, outsourcers and more.

  • Consistency and Software: What the SMB Needs

    By Brian Sommer | December 27, 2011, 10:02am PST

    SYSPRO recently demonstrated its integrated business process management and ERP solution to analysts. Bringing BPM and ERP to the SMB market could be a very good thing on a couple of levels.

  • There’s an Analytic app for that

    By Brian Sommer | December 26, 2011, 4:39pm PST

    Are analytic applications evolving? The Unit4 approach suggests some new angles in the sector’s evolution. It’s sort of ERP meets BI that meets a PaaS ecosystem.

  • What a Large Enterprise CIO Would Think of the SAP Cloud Position

    By Brian Sommer | December 14, 2011, 12:29pm PST

    SAP’s Cloud Strategy has taken some big turns. But, will it be a boon for all businesses?

  • More HR Tech - PageUp People

    By Brian Sommer | December 12, 2011, 8:49am PST

    Wanting leaders and creating them are two different things. Read how PageUp People helps employers who help groom employees for great careers.

  • More HR Tech - HireVue

    By Brian Sommer | December 12, 2011, 8:45am PST

    Will or should your next job interview be via video? What would that entail and whose solution would enable it?

  • More HR Tech - RiseSmart

    By Brian Sommer | December 12, 2011, 8:40am PST

    Big firms that must let go large numbers of workers would do well to use this solution. It’s humane and it saves money.

  • More HR Tech - Dovetail Software

    By Brian Sommer | December 12, 2011, 8:37am PST

    Dovetail takes a lot of the routine, redundant and time consuming work of HR away - it also makes HR more self-service.

  • More HR Tech - Sonar 6

    By Brian Sommer | December 12, 2011, 8:35am PST

    One of my favorite HR firms to check in with - Sonar 6.

  • More HR Tech - TALX

    By Brian Sommer | December 12, 2011, 8:30am PST

    TALX provides a lot of the content that makes HR employment decisions happen. The reach of the firm has grown materially over the years.

  • More HR Tech - SHL

    By Brian Sommer | December 12, 2011, 8:26am PST

    SHL finds the people with the best chances for succeeding in a given firm, culture and role. Find out more here.

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