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News Analysis: Infor’s Cloud Strategy Goes Azure With Infor24

News Analysis: Infor’s Cloud Strategy Goes Azure With Infor24

By R "Ray" Wang on July 17, 2010

On July 12th, 2010, Infor announced its Infor24 initiative at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC).  Infor24 represents the Alpharetta, GA software titan’s foray to deliver its solution offerings in the cloud and a continued bet on Microsoft for key technologies.  Here’s the first take on the news and from exclusive conversations with Soma Somasundaram, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, Infor, Infor EAM, Infor Flex, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Infor ION, Infor Syteline, Infor XM, Infor24, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft AzurePlatform: AppFabric, Microsoft SQLAzure, News Analysis, Next generation apps, SaaS, SaaS offensive, software as a service, vendor strategy

Research Report: Microsoft Partners – Before Adopting Azure, Understand the 12 Benefits And Risks

Research Report: Microsoft Partners – Before Adopting Azure, Understand the 12 Benefits And Risks

By R "Ray" Wang on July 11, 2010

It’s All About The Cloud At WPC10 Attendees at this year’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 in Washington, D.C. already expect Windows Azure development to be a key theme throughout this annual pilgrimage.  Microsoft has made significant investments into the cloud.   Many executives from the Redmond, WA, software giant have publicly stated that 90% […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Accenture, Activant, Actuate, Agilysis, agresso, Amdocs, AppFabric, apple, Ariba, AspenTech, Bearing Point, BIRST, BSD, Business Models, CA, Capgemini, Cincom, Cisco, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Columbus IT, Dell, Deloiitte, Deltek, development as a service, Diamond Technology Partners, EMC, Epicor, EscrowTech, Flavors Of Cloud Computing, fujitsu, GE Capital, Google Linux, Grant Thorton HCL, Hexaware, Hitachi, hp, ibm, IFS, Infor, Information Builders, Infosys, Infrastructure as a service, InnovaSafe, Intuit, IronMountain, JDA Software, Key Financial, KPIT, KPMG, L&T, Lawson, Manhattan Associates, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Partners, Microsoft SQL Azure, Microsoft Windows Azure, MIcroStrategy, Mincom, myDials, NCC Group, NetApp, NorthHighland, NoSQL Options, OpSource, oracle, Patni, pivotlink, Plan9, Platform as a service, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Proferi, QAD, QlikTech, Red Prairie, RedHat, Research Report, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, Sage, sap, SAS Institute, SatyamMahindra, siemens, SOA Software, Software AG, software as a service, Sungard, Sybase, Syntel, TCS, Tectura, Tibco, Unix, vendor strategy, wipro, Worldwide Partner Conference, wpc10, Xerox | 1 Response

News Analysis: Salesforce.com Announces Private Beta Of Chatter

News Analysis: Salesforce.com Announces Private Beta Of Chatter

By R "Ray" Wang on February 17, 2010

Chatter represents both a collaboration application and platform
Announced at the 2009 Dreamforce conference in November, Chatter represents both a collaboration application and platform.  Software built on the Force.com platform will gain the collaboration capabilities.   Solutions in AppExchange will be able to use profiles, real time streams, and other API’s.   Some key features include:

Aggregating streams […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged AppExchange, Apps Strategy, beta, Business 2.0, chatter, Cloud, Cloud Computing, collaboration, collaboration software, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Facebook, google, Google Wave, ibm, Linked In, Marc Benioff, Microsoft Outlook Social Connector, News Analysis, office productivity, Project Vulcan, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, salesforce.com, user strategy, vendor strategy | 2 Responses

Monday’s Musing: The Hidden Value In SaaS Deployments

Monday’s Musing: The Hidden Value In SaaS Deployments

By R "Ray" Wang on January 25, 2010

Gains In SaaS Adoption Driven By Speed And Cost Savings
Preliminary data from Q4 earnings data show continued traction among SaaS solutions.  Expect SaaS deployments to gain steam in 2010 as organizations finalize their SaaS apps strategies to take advantage of 7 key benefits:

Richer user experience – SaaS apps bring Web 2.0 usability to the enterprise […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Adobe Air, Apps Strategy, benchmark performance, benchmarking, bill of rights, business impact, contract negotiations, contract strategy, cost reduction, CRM, customer bill of rights, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, HTML 5, implementation, information broker, Information On Demand, Information Week, innovation, Microsoft Silverlight, prediction, rapid implementation, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, scalability, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, Software Vendors, strategy, subscription pricing, trending, upgrade, usability, User Experience, ux, vendor strategy

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