We run into each other at various industry conferences – a group of industry analysts, consultants and bloggers focused on enterprise software. Rarely though 20 of us are we in a room for a whole day – many of us have competitive business models, others honestly cannot stand each other. So, it is even more unusual we would (mostly) agree about – and even admire what was on display.
Few vendors have the guts to be open to such a smart and opinionated bunch as Workday was during its Technology Day yesterday. Like a marathon tennis match with plenty of volleys and lobs and aces, the back and forth was something to watch. As you can see from the Twitterstream and blog posts from the day a wide set of angles were covered – object models, user interface design, change management processes, analytics and integration tools (in a SaaS market where both are still weak), stuff from the labs – tablet and voice interfaces, mobile applications – and more…
