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  • Future ERP

    Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world...

    Blog posts | October 19, 2009 7:00am PDT

  • TIBCO and SAP: place your bets

    Yesterday, Larry Dignan asked my opinion of persistent rumors that SAP is in the middle of taking a tilt at acquiring TIBCO. I rolled my digital eyeballs. How many times has this one gone around...

    Blog posts | August 11, 2009 4:00am PDT

  • HP connects IT investment, value, and transparency

    Last week, I attended HP's Software Universe 2009 conference to participate on a panel discussion around success strategies for deploying project portfolio management (PPM). I used the opportunity...

    Blog posts | June 22, 2009 3:39pm PDT

  • 'IT has no inherent value'

    Many IT projects are built on a house of cards, ready to come tumbling down in failure to deliver anything useful back to the organization.

    Blog posts | December 2, 2008 7:46am PST

  • The IT 'Devil's Triangle' [podcast]

    Three roles dominate virtually every significant IT project: technology supplier, system integrator or consultant, and end-user or customer. In this podcast, Brian Sommer explains this IT devil's...

    Blog posts | November 26, 2008 6:07am PST

  • The 'Social Media' Conundrum

    I'm fascinated by '30's depression era attempts to foster business innovation, not least because of the financial challenges that seem likely to dominate our coming years. Surprisingly I've found...

    Blog posts | October 1, 2008 8:06am PDT

  • IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?

    Intel chairman Craig Barrett, introduced as the company's chief ambassador, delivered the opening keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum this morning, highlighting technological innovation...

    Blog posts | August 19, 2008 10:17am PDT

  • Sorry, Gizmodo, VoIP over iPhone isn't going to be "huge"

    Gizmodo's Brian Lam (no, not the C-SPAN guy, that'd be Brian Lamb) notes a snippet from Apple's SDK-coming-out-part press conference in which one Mr. Jobs noted that any third-party iPhone...

    Blog posts | March 7, 2008 3:26am PST

  • Why so few Skype WiMAX phones? Here's the answer

    Brian Dolan of Fierce Wireless notes that Skype's gm of mobile and hardware devices Gareth O'Loughlin, is wondering just where all the Skype-compatible WiMAX devices are at this year's Mobile...

    Blog posts | February 13, 2008 1:02pm PST

  • Oracle's wall-to-wall software suite

    Oracle massive software suite, important components of which were assembled during the company's aggressive acquisition strategy (41 companies over the last 45 months), has yielded an impressive...

    Blog posts | November 17, 2007 3:17pm PST

  • ERP's armageddon

    Fellow Irregular Brian Sommer has penned a detailed assessment of the potential impact Workday could have on the ERP industry. Entitled: Workday = New Day for ERP? The report will be issued...

    Blog posts | August 29, 2007 3:19pm PDT

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  • NetSuite SuiteWorld Part 3: The Product Enhancements

    Part 3 - NetSuite made a significant number of product announcements at its recent SuiteWorld event. It's the volume and speed of their R&D group that other vendors should note.

    Blog posts | May 21, 2012 11:41am PDT

  • NetSuite SuiteWorld Part 2: Growth of the Platform Ecosystem

    Part 2 of NetSuite SuiteWorld big points: The Partner ecosystem of NetSuite is definitely gaining momentum. But, is the growth consistent with other major platform ecosystems? How is it differing?

    Blog posts | May 21, 2012 11:26am PDT

  • NetSuite SuiteWorld Part 1: The Big Points

    So what were the big takeaways from the NetSuite SuiteWorld conference last week? In the first of a three part assessment, see how the new commerce engine may be creating a new for new analytic...

    Blog posts | May 21, 2012 11:16am PDT

  • Buying Cloud Accounting Software?

    Accounting software can really change from time to time. Now, with cloud solutions popping up in abundance, the changes are everywhere. What are the key factors to consider? How should these new...

    Blog posts | April 23, 2012 8:52am PDT

  • Business, Social Business and Beyond...

    There are lots of businesses. Only a few have successfully found a way to be great social businesses, too. Sadly, even fewer still know how to listen to the the process improvement suggestions of...

    Blog posts | April 22, 2012 8:49pm PDT

  • Contract Negotiation - What changes are driven by SaaS?

    Thinking about signing on the dotted line for a SaaS solution? Guest columnist Tom Ryan tosses out a few points to ponder.

    Blog posts | April 16, 2012 8:47am PDT

  • Ultimate & Yammer - When social media meets HR

    When traditional HR technology is fused with newer social & collaboration technology, it's time to rethink how performance management will really get done.

    Blog posts | April 13, 2012 8:28am PDT

  • Making Sense of "Multi-tenancy" Claims

    Single-tenant, Multi-tenant, Mixed-tenant, Mega-tenant, Tenant-tenant, Loo-tenant, ..... It's ridiculous what lengths software vendors go to when they really want to confuse buyers.

    Blog posts | April 12, 2012 1:04pm PDT

  • On-Premise can't win (and neither can some cloud providers)

    The economics are getting clearer. Individual IT shops can't acquire and operate hardware with the same scale and economy as larger cloud providers. But, not all providers are the same. Some are...

    Blog posts | April 12, 2012 12:36pm PDT

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