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News Analysis: Salesforce 1 Signals Support For Digital Business at #DF13

News Analysis: Salesforce 1 Signals Support For Digital Business at #DF13

By R "Ray" Wang on November 18, 2013

Salesforce Seeks To Tackle Digital Business At Dreamforce Over 125,000 virtual and physical registrants descend on San Francisco the week of November 17th for Dreamforce 13, a future of technology meets SXSW event.  One day in advance of the largest enterprise software event of its kind, Salesforce.com announces Salesforce 1 (see Figure 1).  The Salesforce […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Apps Strategy, Big Data, BigData, Box, Business Analytics, business disruption, business impact, Business Outcomes, Business Transformation, CDO, CEO, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Sales Officer, CIO, Cloud, CMO, CoIT, Concur, Constellation Research, CRM, CustExp, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer relationship management, CXP, Data to Decisions, data visualization, Data2Decisions, df12, df13, Digital Business, Digital Strategy, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, DocuSign, Dreamforce, dropbox, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, eVariant, Evernote, Exact Target, FileBoard, Financialforce, force.com, Force.com platform, heroku, hp, innovation, kenandy, linkedin, Marc Benioff, mobile, mobile enterprise, News Analysis, Next generation apps, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, salesforce.com, ScanBizCards, servicemax, socbiz, social business, Social Media, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, TAS group, user conference, vendor events, vendor strategy, workday, Xactly | 1 Response

2013 ERP Market Share Update: SAP Solidifies Market Leadership

2013 ERP Market Share Update: SAP Solidifies Market Leadership

By Louis Columbus on May 13, 2013

During 2012 the worldwide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) market experienced sluggish growth of just 2.2%, yet Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), financial management and Human Capital Management (HCM) applications showed potential for breakout growth. Through the challenging times of the previous year however, SAP still retained worldwide market share leadership.  These and other insights were recently published in […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analytics, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Concur, Cornerstone OnDemand, Data Driven, enterprise software, erp, Infor, Intelligent Tech, Kronos, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics AX, netsuite, oracle, Sage, sap, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NASDAQ:MSFT, ticker=NASDAQ:ORCL, ticker=NYSE:SAP

Applications that are Social

Applications that are Social

By Michael Fauscette on September 20, 2012

I’m spending the week at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference (more on that in a post coming shortly) and at the partner keynote on Tuesday I watched a product demo that got me thinking about this concept that I wrote about a…

Posted in Business | Tagged Concur, Concurforce, CRM, df12, Dreamforce, Financialforce, force.com, Salesforce Chatter, salesforce.com, socbiz, Social, social business

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-07-22

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-07-22

By Dennis Moore on July 22, 2012

Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Two IPOs come out strongly after Facebook IPO disappointment – Kayak and Palo Alto Networks. Google Nexus 7, with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, is becoming the first general purpose worthy competitor to the Apple iPad. Workday files for IPO, using JOBS Act to avoid […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, android, apple, BI, Big Data, BigData, Cloud, Concur, Dennis Moore, Ensw, google, hp, Infor, Informatica, IPO, Kayak, Linux, M&A, mergers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, MSNBC, netsuite, news, oracle, Palo Alto Networks, SaaS, salesforce.com, samsung, sap, Skire, SQL Server, SQLServer, Tripit, VMware, workday, Yahoo, yammer

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

Software Insider Index™ (SII): 2009 SII Top 35 Enterprise Business Apps Vendors™

Software Insider Index™ (SII): 2009 SII Top 35 Enterprise Business Apps Vendors™

By R "Ray" Wang on March 18, 2010

2009 Results In Major Revenue Declines For On Premise And Officially The Year Of SaaS
A review of last year’s financial performance should erase any doubts about the viability of SaaS as a deployment option and a business model.   Traditional on-premise business apps vendors took the brunt of the beating earlier in the year but […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Activant Systems, agresso, Amdocs, Ariba, Aspen Tech, Blackboard, CDC Software, Cincom, Computer Associates, Concur, Deltek, Epicor, Exact Software, IBS Software, IFS, Infor, Intuit, JDA Software, Kronos, Lawson, Manhattan Associates, Microsoft Dynamics, netsuite, oracle, QAD, Quarterly Financial Tracker, Red Prairie, Right Now, Sage Group, salesforce.com, sap, SAS Institute, Success Factors, Sungard, Taleo, Ultimate Software, Unit 4

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q4 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Continue To Trump On Premise Vendors In YoY Growth

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q4 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Continue To Trump On Premise Vendors In YoY Growth

By R "Ray" Wang on February 24, 2010

The Year Of SaaS Shows… And Yes, In This Economy. The recession continued to take its toll on software sales with a slight impact to the SaaS vendors.  Growth rates have come down from the high 30’s to the low 20’s.  But with “flat” the new growth metric in this down economy, results remain impressive.  […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Blackboard, Concur, customer bill of rights, Deltek, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, i2, I2 Technologies, IFS, JDA Software, Lawson, Lawson Software, Manhattan Associates, netsuite, oracle, QAD, Quarterly Financial Tracker, revenues, RightNow, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, salesforce.com, sap, SII, SII®, software as a service, Software Vendors, Taleo, Ultimate Software, vendor financing | 2 Responses

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q3 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Face Some Headwinds, On-Premise Still In The Tank

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q3 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Face Some Headwinds, On-Premise Still In The Tank

By R "Ray" Wang on November 18, 2009

Purchasing in Q3 reflected both economic downturn and summer doldrums.  While on-premise vendors continued massive double digit declines in year-over-year new license revenue, SaaS vendors faced some pressures in keeping up with tremendous growth.  However, long term economic outlook still favor SaaS players and early indications on Q4 budget flush indicate that SaaS and Cloud […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, Ariba, Blackboard, Cloud Computing, Concur, Deltek, deployment options, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, erp, i2, I2 Technologies, IFS, JDA Software, Lawson, Lawson Software, Manhattan Associates, netsuite, oracle, QAD, Quarterly Financial Tracker, revenues, RightNow, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, SII, SII®, software as a service, Software Vendors, Taleo, Ultimate Software, vendor financing

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