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A Look Back at 2010

A Look Back at 2010

By Michael Fauscette on December 28, 2010

As father time creeps toward rebirth I’m spending some time looking back at this year. It’s something of a tradition now (okay, I’ve done it for 2 years, that’s sort of a tradition) to take this time between Christmas and New Years to reflect on our predictions for the year and how things came out. […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2010, Cloud, mobile, partners, predictions, SaaS, Social, subscription, technology, Technology / Software

Chatter is 2010’s Signal Event

Chatter is 2010’s Signal Event

By Denis Pombriant on December 1, 2010

Image via CrunchBase Well that was interesting, 2010 that is.  When I started doing a year in review column there was an emphasis on quantifying accomplishments—tangible things that somehow added up to the year in review.  But with the economy still lurching and not many major accomplishments, I thought I’d try something different this year. […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2010, chatter, CRM, salesforce, technology, von Hippel

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q3 CY 2010 Enterprise Software Vendors Solidify Performance Turnaround

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q3 CY 2010 Enterprise Software Vendors Solidify Performance Turnaround

By R "Ray" Wang on November 19, 2010

The super majority (26 of 27) of publicly traded software vendors in the Software Insider Index® delivered turnaround stories for Q3 Cy 2010 year-over-year (YoY) performance.  SaaS vendors and middleware vendors led the charge with solid double digit gains against tough comps.  Performance of on-premises apps vendors reflected the easy comps from a dismal 2009 […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2010, Amdocs, Ariba, Blackboard, CA, CA Technologies, Computer Associates, Concur, Deltek, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Epicor, IFS, IFS North America, Informatica, JDA Software, Kenexa, Lawson, Manhattan Associates, netsuite, Pervasive Software, Progress Software, QAD, Quarterly Financial Tracker, RightNow, RightNow Technologies, Saba, salesforce.com, sap, SII, SII®, SoftwareAG, subscription revenues, SuccessFactors, Taleo, two-tier ERP, Ultimate Software, VMware

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q2 CY 2010 – SaaS Vendors Still Show Massive YoY Growth

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q2 CY 2010 – SaaS Vendors Still Show Massive YoY Growth

By R "Ray" Wang on August 20, 2010

The majority of 22 publicly traded software vendors demonstrated solid year-over-year (YoY) quarterly growth from Q2 2009 (see Figure 1).   Every SaaS vendor in the Software Insider Index® drove 14% to 26% growth (see Figure 2) despite the pick up in on-premises license sales.  Highlights for the 2010 CY Q2 2010 results: On-Premises Trends JDA […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 2010, Amdocs, Ariba, Blackboard, CA Technologies, CDC Software, Computer Associates, Concur, Deltek, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Exact Software, IFS, JDA Software, Lawson, Manhattan Associates, netsuite, on-premise, on-premises, oracle, Q2, QAD, Quarterly Financial Tracker, RightNow, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, SII, SII®, software as a service, SuccessFactors, Taleo, Ultimate Software

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q1 CY 2009 – Software’s Back With Double Digit Gains In License Growth

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q1 CY 2009 – Software’s Back With Double Digit Gains In License Growth

By R "Ray" Wang on May 27, 2010

The majority of 21 publicly traded software vendors managed to show year-over-year (YoY) gains over the dismal beating from calendar year (CY) Q1 2009.  SaaS vendor maintained their double digit gains while on-premise vendors mostly showed positive traction (see Figure 1) and (see Figures 2).  Highlights for the 2010 CY Q1 2010 results: Big gains […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2010, Amdocs, Ariba, Blackboard, CA Technologies, Computer Associates, Concur, Deltek, IFS, JDA Software, Lawson, Maconomy, Manhattan Associates, netsuite, on-premise, oracle, Q1, QAD, Quarterly Financial Tracker, RightNow, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, SII, SII®, software as a service, SuccessFactors, Taleo, Ultimate Software

Monday’s Musings: Next Generation CIO’s Face 11 Skill Shifts In A Disruptive World

Monday’s Musings: Next Generation CIO’s Face 11 Skill Shifts In A Disruptive World

By R "Ray" Wang on January 18, 2010

The Era Of CIO Dictatorships Ends With 2009

Less than 5 years ago, the mighty CIO controlled his or her organization’s destiny by shepherding multi-million dollar projects and ruling with a fist. Business leaders had to pay homage to the IT team and they hated it.  The economic crisis, advent of the cloud and SaaS, and […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 2010, application development, Architecture, business drivers, Business Models, Business process, change, CIO, Cloud Computing, disruptive, disruptive technologies, enteprise architecture, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, future of business, information management, Infrastructure, macro conditions, next gen cio, pace of technology adoption, procurement, project management, SaaS, security, skill shifts, software as a service, Sourcing, user strategy, vendor management, workplace dynamics

Tuesday’s Tip: 10 Cloud and SaaS Apps Strategies For 2010

Tuesday’s Tip: 10 Cloud and SaaS Apps Strategies For 2010

By R "Ray" Wang on December 22, 2009

Keep In Mind Basic Rules Still Apply Regardless Of Deployment Option

The proliferation of SaaS solutions provides organizations with a myriad of sorely needed point and disruptive solutions.  Good news – business users can rapidly procure and deploy, while innovating with minimal budget and IT team constraints.  Bad news – users must depend more on their […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 2010, Apps Strategy, archiving, best of breed, boomi, Business process, business process transformation, business requirements, CastIron, Cloud Computing, customer bill of rights, customer data integration, data governance, data integration, disruptive, disruptive technologies, EMC, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, Epicor, Epicor 9, erp, EscrowTech, google, Google Apps Engine, hybrid, ibm, IBM Blue Cloud, IBM Optim, Infor, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Informatica, InnovaSafe, innovation, integration, iron mountain, Lawson, Lawson Software, line of business, market strategy, market trends, master data management, mdm, Microsoft Azure, NCC Group, netsuite, OpSource, oracle, PaaS, pervasive, Pervasive Software, Platform as a service, RainStor, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, SaaS escrow, SaaS Integration, SaaS strategies, salesforce.com, sap, SnapLogic, software as a service, software bill of rights, software escrow, Storage, Tuesday's Tip, User Experience, workday, zoho | 4 Responses

Tuesday’s Tip: 2010 Apps Strategies Should Start With Business Value

Tuesday’s Tip: 2010 Apps Strategies Should Start With Business Value

By R "Ray" Wang on December 8, 2009

Begin Apps Strategy Projects With Bite-Sized Entry Points
Complexity often plagues today’s apps strategies.  With tight budgets, limited resources, and little time, organizations need to find bite-sized entry points. The need to meet ever changing complex business requirements requires a four-step, basic (A,B,C,D) approach:

Align your business requirements with the hierarchy of business needs. Every project […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 2010, Apps Strategy, business drivers, Business process, business process transformation, business requirements, business solutions, business value, CIO, commoditized business process, disruptive, disruptive technologies, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, entry points, erp, IT Strategy, KPIs, oracle, outcome focused, SaaS

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