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The Return of Business ByDesign and the Future of the On-Demand ERP Market

The Return of Business ByDesign and the Future of the On-Demand ERP Market

By Josh Greenbaum on July 23, 2010

It’s tough being SAP’s forthcoming Business ByDesign in an unforgiving market. Having been launched and then pulled back, re-designed and then offered back to a market that is a little more jaded, a lot more cautious, and desperately trying to sort out what’s happening in this global recession, the ByD team is facing an almost […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged bbd, Business ByDesign, ByD, Enterprise resource planning, netsuite, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, Shai Agassi, smb | 2 Responses

Event Report: Sapphire 2010 Brings Customers Back To A Sense Of Normalcy

Event Report: Sapphire 2010 Brings Customers Back To A Sense Of Normalcy

By R "Ray" Wang on May 19, 2010

Co CEO’s Stabilize The Company Both SAP Co-CEO’s Bill McDermott (Orlando) and Jim Hagemann Snabe (Frankfurt) took stage on May 18, 2010, in a simulcasted keynote.  While Bill highlighted SAP’s future vision and commitment to customers, Jim focused on communicating the SAP product strategy to match the corporate vision.  Customers, partners, and influencers sought an […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged bbd, bill mcdermott, Business by Design, Business Objects, ByD, Cisco, Clear Standars, Cloud, ecosystems, EhP, EMC, event report, intel, iPad, Jim Hagemann Snabe, On Demand, On Device, on-premise, oracle, real-time, RIM, SaaS, sap, SAPPHIRE, sapphirenow, sustainable, Sybase, Syclo, unwired, Vishal Sikka, VM Ware

Redux: Will Google Enter the Business Applications Market?

Redux: Will Google Enter the Business Applications Market?

By Zoli Erdos on March 9, 2010

If you think I am here to spill the beans, you’re wrong. On a purely speculative level, if there is some news to come, and if there is an embargo related to it, then I respect that.  And it’s all a big IF. So no, I am simply  dusting off an old post I wrote […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged accounting, all-in-one, AppExchange, Atlassian, bbd, Business ByDesign, business software, CRM, enterprise software, google, google apps, lightweight software, netsuite, On Demand, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, small business suite, smb, sme, software as a service, zoho | 1 Response

SAP Business ByDesign Update: Multi-tenancy, In-Core Memory DB and More

SAP Business ByDesign Update: Multi-tenancy, In-Core Memory DB and More

By Brian Sommer on December 11, 2009

The story of SAP’s Business ByDesign product continues to unfold. It looks like SAP is going to move this product forward more in 2010. Since its debut, the product continues to improve – read this post to find out how.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged bbd, Business ByDesign, ByD, Cloud, Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, netsuite, SaaS, sap, software as a service, Software Vendors

SAP BusinessByDesign versus NetSuite OneWorld shootout

SAP BusinessByDesign versus NetSuite OneWorld shootout

By Vinnie Mirchandani on December 11, 2009

Ray Wang and I were recruited to judge a “shootout” at the Sapience conference Helmuth Guembel had organized in Cambridge this week. Mark Siller, Project Manager Steinbeis-Transferzentrum demoed the OneWorld product along with Mini Peiris, VP of Product Marketing at…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged bbd, Business ByDesign, ByD, Cloud Computing, netsuite, SaaS, sap, software as a service

SAP Business byDesign: Taming the multi-tenant beast

SAP Business byDesign: Taming the multi-tenant beast

By Michael Krigsman on December 11, 2009

SAP over-hyped its mid-market software as a service (SaaS) product, called Business byDesign, leading to a mediocre reputation in the market but current status looks pretty good.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged and SOA, bbd, Business ByDesign, ByD, CIO issues, interview, IT issues, PaaS, sap, software as a service | 1 Response

SAP Business Influencers Summit - A Clear Path Forward?

SAP Business Influencers Summit – A Clear Path Forward?

By Paul Greenberg on December 10, 2009

I have to admit that I enjoy going to conferences and summits as an analyst, journalist or paid speaker.  I’m treated well by the vendors who bring me, my expenses are covered (and if a speaker, a fee too of course) and I know a lot of the staff who of whichever vendor it is […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged bbd, Business ByDesign, ByD, CRM - Traditional, CRM Strategy, Enterprise 2.0, Industry Analysis, salesforce.com, sap, SAP Business Influencers Summit, sapsummit, smb, sme, Social CRM, Technology Reviews, Thought Leadership | 1 Response

The Need for Timely Software – SAP TechEd 2009

The Need for Timely Software – SAP TechEd 2009

By Michael Coté on November 1, 2009

There was no giant news at SAP TehcEd Phoenix a few weeks ago, but in the nooks and crannies there were some previews of things to come and the drawn-out proving of SAP’s notion of “timeless software,” or “pace layering,” as James likes to call it. But, a technology company can’t be judged entirely by […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged bbd, Business ByDesign, ByD, conferences, enterprise software, erp, sap, SAP NetWeaver, sapteched, sapteched09, SOA

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