
I felt a great disturbance in the Force..
We have watched for years as cloud companies target on-premise systems – so Salesforce going after Siebel, Workday after PeopleSoft, Amazon after IBM etc. At the Microsoft Analyst Event yesterday I heard in reverse of back to on-premise examples especially in the banking sector as global regulatory concerns grow around public clouds. Then there are […]

Event Report: Microsoft Dynamics Convegence 2013 (#conv13)
Customer Success, Acquisition, And New Features Drive Day 1 Headlines Almost 12,000 Microsoft faithful converged in New Orleans for the flagship Dynamics event. Wayne Morris (@WayneMorrisOz), CVP kicked off the event reiterating the theme of “A World Ahead”. Meanwhile, Kirill Tatarinov (@KirillTatarinov), President of Microsoft Business Solutions Division, led the session with a series of […]

Software Marketing Pranks
I envy software marketing types. They get to stay kids forever: pull pranks and even get paid for it.:-) Today’s example comes courtesy of TechCrunch: PayPal competitor WePay dropped a 600lbs ice block at the entrance of the Paypal developer conference. They got chased away and Moscone security removed the ice block. My question: who […]

Convergence – Microsoft debuts Dynamics GP 2010 (and a bit of cloud)
I’m in Atlanta with the MSFT Convergence show. Here are some of the highlights of Microsoft’s Dynamics announcements. Hint: lots of news regarding Dynamics GP, some cloud news and a peek at their new phone OS.

Friday’s Feature: Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010
Latest Release Provides Existing Customers Good Reasons To Upgrade
Redmond, WA based Microsoft Corporation announced its Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 (a.k.a. GP 11) product on April 20th, 2010. Available May 1st 2010 in Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, the Middle East, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the announcement perfectly coincides […]
Edgy Marketing: Great Plains Guy vs NetSuite Guy (Mac vs PC)
Since I’ve shared with you a video making fun of the Suites it’s only fair to show how a “suite”, NetSuite makes fun of competitors. Oh, I love edgy marketing:-) But this is nothing.. wait till they publish the SAP vs NetSuite video we’ve just seen at the SuiteCloud conference 🙂 (And I can’t wait […]