By R "Ray" Wang on April 25, 2011
Amazon’s Cloud Outage Catches Most Clients Offguard The recent Amazon cloud outage at its Northern Virgina data center from 5 am Thursday, April 21, 2011 to roughly 5 am Friday, April 22 has shaken the confidence of some executives on public cloud computing. Most notably, FourSquare, HootSuite, Reddit, and Quora publicly suffered visible performance issues. […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 2, 2011
Themes In 2010 Reflected The Buy Side Demand For Both Optimization and Innovation Technology buyers in 2010 focused most of their priorities on finding cost savings through legacy optimization, navigating a flurry of disruptive technologies, and designing/experimenting with new business model innovations. Consequently, the top 25 posts for 2010 reflected these 3 major themes: Legacy […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged activity streams, analytics, Apps Strategy, Business Analytics, business intelligence, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, Consumer Tech, contract negotiations, contract strategy, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, Epicor, Epicor 9, Legacy Optimization, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, master data management, mdm, Mergers And Acquisitions, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Services Platform, Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft Dynamics, MIcrosoft Dynamics ERP, Microsoft Dynamics GP, next gen, next gen apps, next gen cio, next gen enterprise, procurement, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Summary, rwang0, SaaS, salesforce.com, Scout Labs, SCRM, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social technologies, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, Software Ecosystems, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software pricing, thanks, Third Party Maintenance, two-tier ERP, upgrades, user strategy, Vendor Selection, vendor strategy, VMware, Web 2.0, workday
By R "Ray" Wang on September 15, 2010
Customers Expect Their Software Solutions To Be Turnkey The recent Q2 2010 update to the Software Insider Vendor Selection Survey highlights some changing expectations of 401 respondents in the vendor selection process. Business technologists were asked to rate their top 5 selection criteria. Key findings demonstrate how functionality, ownership experience, and ecosystem feedback categories dominate […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, business intelligence, business technology, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, Corporate Vision, Corporate Vision And Strategy, Customer References, Ecosystem Feedback, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Market Execution, middleware, middleware platforms, Ownership Experience, partner ecosystems, partners, partnerships, Regulatory Requirements, SaaS, SaaS Integration, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, software ownership lifecycle, software trends, Solution Offering, usability, User Experience, user interaction, user strategy, Vendor Selection, vendor strategy
By Jason Busch on September 6, 2010
This column is jointly authored by Spend Matters’ Jason Busch and Deloitte’s Brian Umbenhauer. Brian is a Principal at Deloitte, with extensive procurement and supply chain experience in a combination of strategy, operations and t…
Posted in Business | Tagged deloitte, Enterprise resource planning, SaaS, SaaS selection, software as a service, supply chain, Vendor Selection
By R "Ray" Wang on May 25, 2010
Today’s Evaluation Frameworks Miss The Point Business leaders seek clarity in understanding which technology solutions drive the most business value. Today’s frameworks often focus on a combination of: Features – ability to execute, current offering, product depth, etc Direction – vision, strategy, corporate leadership, etc. Unfortunately, the intersection of features and direction only addresses potential. […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Apps Strategy, business impact, business value, cost of technology delivery, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, evaluation, framework, next gen, next generation, Tuesday's Tip, Tuesday’s Tip, Vendor Selection
