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2014 Predictions

2014 Predictions: The Return (and Supply Chain Evolution) of the Private B2B Marketplace

2014 Predictions: The Return (and Supply Chain Evolution) of the Private B2B Marketplace

By Jason Busch on January 15, 2014

Back in the early 2000s, independent electronic B2B public marketplaces gave birth to the software to run them, which then gave birth to the brick and mortar companies that wanted to control their own destinies to use such software to run industry consortia marketplaces. But, they found the technology lacking in deep support for much […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2014 Predictions, supply chain

The Year Ahead

The Year Ahead

By Denis Pombriant on January 9, 2014

I’d like to say it’s going to be a good year in CRM and I firmly believe it, though I can’t offer a single all encompassing reason for my optimism though there are plenty of small things that begin to add up.  In an earlier time the metaphor might have been “straws in the wind.”  […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2014 Predictions, Apttus, CRM, Full Circle CRM, HubSpot, InsideView, lattice engines, Scout Analytics, TreeHouse Interactive, Xactly, Zuora | 1 Response

Thinking Ahead to 2014

Thinking Ahead to 2014

By Jeff Nolan on January 5, 2014

I always take predictions posts with a grain of salt because they reflect the aspirations of the author as much as a qualified and objective forecast of what will happen in year ahead. but to quote Bill Gates: We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 2014 Predictions

Roundup Of Cloud Computing And Enterprise Software Predictions For 2014

Roundup Of Cloud Computing And Enterprise Software Predictions For 2014

By Louis Columbus on January 5, 2014

Alan Kay’s saying that the best way to predict the future is to create it resonates through the best cloud computing and enterprise software predictions for 2014. Constraints that held start-ups back from delivering sophisticated new apps and services are disappearing fast.  The dynamics of one of my favorite books, The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen, are in full force across the […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2014 Predictions, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud computing enterprise adoption, Cloud Computing Forecasts 2011, cloud computing landscape, Cloud Computing Predictions, Enterprise resource planning, Forrester Research, IaaS Forecast, IDC SaaS Forecasts, Louis Columbus' blog, predictions, Public Cloud Computing, SaaS, SaaS Early Adopter Research, software as a service | 4 Responses

Kellblog’s 10 Predictions for 2014

Kellblog’s 10 Predictions for 2014

By Dave Kellogg on December 30, 2013

Since it is the season of predictions, I thought I’d offer up a few of my own for 2014, based on my nearly three decades of experience working in enterprise software with databases, BI tools, and enterprise applications. See the bottom for my disclaimer, and off we go.  Here are my ten predictions for 2014. Despite various ominous […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2014 Predictions, BI, Bubble, Cloud, EPM, Venture Capital

2014 shared services and outsourcing outlook Part I: It’s time for enterprises to stop being really good at irrelevant stuff

2014 shared services and outsourcing outlook Part I: It’s time for enterprises to stop being really good at irrelevant stuff

By Phil Fersht on December 30, 2013

In 2014, ambitious operations leaders must begin achieve a certain degree of maturity across their operations before they can really address achieving their desired outcomes

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2014 Predictions, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Cloud Computing, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, GBS 2013 Study, Global Business Services, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, IaaS and BPaaS, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, KPMG LLP, Outsourcing Advisors, Outsourcing Research, PaaS, procurement, SaaS, SMAC and Big Data, Sourcing Change Management, Sourcing Locations, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing

Troubling, Challenging 2014 ERP Predictions

Troubling, Challenging 2014 ERP Predictions

By Brian Sommer on December 17, 2013

The ERP segment is undergoing a lot of change. Change, though, can create some uncomfortable moments for some folks and ERP vendors, customers and integrators will definitely feel something next year. What are some of these challenges and who will need to adapt?

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #predict14, 2014 Predictions, Enterprise resource planning, erp, ERP Prediction, Naomi Bloom, Vinnie Mirchandani, workday | 2 Responses

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