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The Fall and Rise of Verticals

By Vinnie Mirchandani on March 4, 2013

In the late 90s, Gartner used to grade outsourcers on a poster with scores for verticals, horizontals, geographies. Couple of those years, I was on the team which graded the offerings. A provider gave us the same reference client for the rows for the media and entertainment vertical, finance and accounting processes and for ERP […]

Posted in Business | Tagged industry vertical

Event Report: #InforSummit Reveals More Than A Redesigned Infor

Event Report: #InforSummit Reveals More Than A Redesigned Infor

By R "Ray" Wang on February 19, 2013

Changes at Infor More Than Cosmetic Analysts and tech watchers gathered on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, 2013, for Infor Summit, a progress check on Infor, the third largest independent applications vendor in the market.  While many customers may not have heard of Infor, most have heard of the brands it has acquired over the last […]

Posted in Business | Tagged analyst event, Business Analytics, business intelligence, Charles Phillips, Constellation Research, CRM, CustExp, Customer Experience, customer relationship management, customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Epiphany, erp, event report, Hansen, industry vertical, Infor, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Infor ION, Infor Motion, Intentia, Lawson, Lawson M3, Lawson S3, Lawson Software, microverticals, mobile, mobile enterprise, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy | 2 Responses

Oracle Reports Q3 2011 Results: 34% Growth in Aplications

Oracle Reports Q3 2011 Results: 34% Growth in Aplications

By Michael Fauscette on March 26, 2011

Oracle reported strong Q3 2011 results across all product lines last week. Okay, that’s not necessarily a new thing this quarter, in general, Oracle has reported better than the market average for several years now, even through the recession. But…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged applications, earnings, enterprise, erp, Fusion, industry vertical, oracle, Technology / Software

News Analysis: Oracle Acquires Phase Forward For $685M And Gains A Foothold Into The Lucrative Life Sciences Market

News Analysis: Oracle Acquires Phase Forward For $685M And Gains A Foothold Into The Lucrative Life Sciences Market

By R "Ray" Wang on April 17, 2010

Oracle Adds A Trusted CTMC/EDC Solution To Its Health Sciences Portfolio On April 16th, Oracle announced its intent to acquire Phase Forward, a Cambridge, Massachusetts based Clinical Trials Management Software (CTMS) vendor and early electronic data capture (EDC) pioneer.  Phase Forward adds 335 life science, medical device, research agency, and contract research organization (CRO) customers […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged acquisitions, adverse event reporting system, AERS, Bioclinica, CDMS, clinical data management system, clinical trial management software, ClinPLus, Cloud Computing, CTMS, DZS Software Solutions, EDC, electronic data capture, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, eResearch Technology, health sciences, Healthcare, ibm, IBM Cognos, industry vertical, life sciences, Lifetree Research, Medidata Solutions, Medidata Solutions Worldwide, Mednet Healthcare Technologies, Merge Healthcare, mergers, News Analysis, OmniComm, oracle, Perceptive Informatics, pharma, Phoenix Data Systems, SaaS, SAS, SAS Institute, software as a service, Study Manager, TranSenda, TrialWorks, vendor strategy

Microsoft Dynamics Buys Its Vertical Expertise — Meeting The Challenges of a Channel Partner Development Strategy

Microsoft Dynamics Buys Its Vertical Expertise — Meeting The Challenges of a Channel Partner Development Strategy

By Josh Greenbaum on September 22, 2009

Microsoft’s announcement that it was buying the industry-specific products and IP of three of its existing ISV partners reflects an important realization on the part of the mid-market enterprise software leader that partnerships alone cannot generate the industry expertise the Dynamics group needs to compete in today’s market.
These acquisitions are evidence of a shift in […]

Posted in Business | Tagged acquisitions, channel, industry vertical, microsoft, ms dynamics

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