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The Changing Software Partner Ecosystem

The Changing Software Partner Ecosystem

By Brian Sommer on January 26, 2010

Resellers of SMB ERP products and other application software partners are experiencing a changing solutions world. Presenters at the Progress Software Global Partner Conference gave some great insights into these changes.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, SaaS, SaaS and Beyond, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Think About IT | 1 Response

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Panaya – A different kind of ERP third party maintenance provider

By Brian Sommer on January 7, 2010

ERP update costs got your firm stuck on old releases? Panaya may have cloud-based way to help your firm stay current in a less costly and less risky manner.

Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, India & Services, oracle, SaaS, sap, Service Providers, Software Vendors, The Application Software Buyer, The Applications Market, Think About IT

H-1B Visas, the AFL-CIO and the Need for Change

H-1B Visas, the AFL-CIO and the Need for Change

By Brian Sommer on January 5, 2010

The H-1B visa is not working well for visa holders, certain U.S. workers or the U.S. government. A report published by the AFL-CIO is a fascinating read on the subject.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged AFL-CIO, Current Affairs, H-1B visa, India & Services, Law, Notable Research, Outsourcing, Professional Services, Service Providers, Stories That Should Upset You, Think About IT, United States visas

Accenture: 'Branded' by the Tiger Woods mess

Accenture: ‘Branded’ by the Tiger Woods mess

By Brian Sommer on December 3, 2009

Accenture’s connection to Tiger Woods may be moving from the Asset to the Liability column. Should firms tie so much of their branding in with a celebrity?

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Accenture, brand, Current Affairs, marketing, Professional Services, Selling Professional Services, Service Providers, Think About IT, Tiger Woods, Timber - The Mighty Fall | 13 Responses

Dreamforce post#2: Chatter, Events, REA and the Future of Management

Dreamforce post#2: Chatter, Events, REA and the Future of Management

By Brian Sommer on November 19, 2009

Don’t think of Salesforce’s Chatter as bunch of social networking techologies for business people to use. If you do, you’ve missed the real potential for businesses to operate in real-time.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, SaaS and Beyond, Software Events, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Think About IT | 1 Response

A Tale of Two Software Worlds: Old ERP vs. SaaS

A Tale of Two Software Worlds: Old ERP vs. SaaS

By Brian Sommer on November 18, 2009

Dreamforce’s attendance really puts a strong data point on how attractive SaaS is becoming. Other vendors this week have provided additional data points that point to a troubling time ahead for laggard ERP vendors.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Financial Software, Future of Application Software, HR, Implementing Technology, Selling & Marketing Software, Software development, Software Marketing, Software Vendors, The Application Software Buyer, The Applications Market, Think About IT

Cloud-to-Cloud Integration - Another Big ERP Challenge!

Cloud-to-Cloud Integration – Another Big ERP Challenge!

By Brian Sommer on October 28, 2009

NetSuite’s new Open Connect integration should make ERP buyers and vendors re-think interfaces and integration across application suites. Everyone needs to re-think what cloud-to-cloud integration, in multi-tenant apps, really means.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, netsuite, oracle, Professional Services, PSA - Professional Services Automation, SaaS and Beyond, sap, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Think About IT

Sustainability: Hard for business, harder for ERP vendors

Sustainability: Hard for business, harder for ERP vendors

By Brian Sommer on October 22, 2009

ERP vendors don’t get sustainability. They think it’s about collecting all of a user’s electric and gas bills to determine their carbon footprint. They think it’s a reporting exercise. If they can develop a spreadsheet with more rows and columns than the next ERP vendor, then they have achieved some sort of market leading, product excellence crown of achievement.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Carbon footprint, Carbon offset, cost accounting, Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, product costing, product design, software. applications, Sustainability, Think About IT

The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing

By Brian Sommer on October 5, 2009

Watch this space for future problems!
There’s a lot going on in the outsourcing world lately. Things like:
– Perot Data Systems being acquired by Dell
– ACS getting bought by Xerox
Add to these deals, consider that:
– Accenture is providing guidance suggesting zero growth
– Accenture cutting back its executive ranks
– A colleague telling me that outsourcing, traditional & […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Accenture, ACS, BPO, business process outsourcing, Contracting, Current Affairs, deal, Dell, gartner, India & Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Notable Research, Outsourcing, Perot, Professional Services, SaaS and Beyond, Selling Professional Services, Service Providers, Think About IT

Dell and Perot: What this means

By Brian Sommer on September 21, 2009

Look at more than the upside to any acquisition
Dell and Perot are getting married. This acquisition puts approximately 23,000 Perot services employees in with Dell. (see Larry Dignan’s detailed post on the transaction ) (here’s an InfoWorld post, too)
From the macro view, here are my observations:
1) This deal is the latest where a hardware vendor […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Accenture, BPO, cognizant, Current Affairs, deal, Dell, ibm, India & Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Perot, Professional Services, Selling Professional Services, Service Providers, services, Think About IT

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