Why the software industry needs a J1962

by Vinnie Mirchandani on January 26, 2010

Ask most mechanics and do-at-home auto tinkerers what the J1962 is, and will tell you it is their bridge to auto diagnostics. What started off as an interface to monitor car emissions that EPA and various governments around the world mandated has provided transparency to “what’s under the hood” even as cars [...]

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Define independence

by Dennis Howlett on January 8, 2010

Three events this last week have got me thinking about independence in opinion, analysis and commentary.

Butler’s acquisition by Gartner and subsequent podcast where I appeared alongside Jonathan Yarmis, Naomi Higgins and Jonny Bentwood
Bruce Richardson’s departure to the ‘dark side’ in joining Infor as Chief Strategy Officer
Sage Circle’s broad dismissal of blog influence in negotiations

On the [...]

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Strategy: 5 Lessons Learned From A Decade Of Naught

by R 'Ray' Wang on December 30, 2009

I’ve had considerable time to catch up on reading this holiday season.  Traditionally, it’s a time for predictions, resolutions, and reflections.  As we close out the last decade, I couldn’t help but dwell on economist Paul Krugman’s Op-Ed from December 27th titled “The Big Zero”.   He brings up good points that it’s been an “era [...]

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Event Report: 2009 SAP Influencer Summit – SAP Must Put Strategy To Execution In Order To Prove Clarity Of Vision

by R 'Ray' Wang on December 11, 2009

(Cross-posted at Software Insider’s Point of View)
Re-innovation Now At The Heart Of SAP’s Focus And Strategy

SAP has faced a rough two years.  From the continuing market pressure on new license revenue, false-start launch of Business By Design (ByD), management restructuring, and issues with user groups and Enterprise Support, one could kindly say its been a [...]

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SAP Business ByDesign and Netsuite shoot out: the panel verdict

by Dennis Howlett on December 11, 2009

The SAPience conference showcased a shoot out between SAP Business ByDesign and Netsuite. I filmed the whole event but am only posting the panel’s verdict in the public domain. It was an excellent way for the audience to see how two companies handle a sales lead to cash business process. It encouraged some well nuanced [...]

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The “Anti-SAP” conference?

by Vinnie Mirchandani on December 3, 2009

Ray Wang and I are presenting at the Sapience conference next week.
I had heard someone call it “The Anti-SAP conference” before and didn’t not think much about it. But today the Enterprise Irregulars brought it up again and I thought I would put my thoughts in writing.
Call me naive, but I am baffled it [...]

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Four Advocates ranked in top 100

by Dennis Howlett on December 2, 2009

Dennis Howlett  (ranked no.2)
Ray Wang (ranked no. 20 )
Vinnie Mirchandani ranked (no. 24  )
Frank Scavo (ranked no. 93)
…have been recognized in the Technobabble blog analyst listings. Given our tight focus on buy side issues, this is a highly satisfying result.
The tech industry is awash with listings and rankings but we see this as especially pleasing. [...]

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News Analysis: DSAG Project Team Members Resign Leadership of SUGEN KPI Working Group

by consulting on November 30, 2009

DSAG project team and project leader departure could signal disagreement with methodology not SUGEN
SAP embarked on an ambitious program to prove value in its Enterprise Support fee hike last year.   As planned, SAP should announce the results for the first set of SUGEN KPI’s in early December.  However, two key SUGEN KPI project sponsors [...]

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The end of packaged software as we know it?

by Vinnie Mirchandani on November 25, 2009

Three very different data points over the last month contribute to this post
a) I was impressed to see at the Dreamforce conference last week how much custom development is going on on the force.com platform. The numbers we heard from Marc Benioff were big – 188 million lines of force.com code, 12 times as [...]

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Event Report: SAP UK & Ireland User Group Conference 2009

by admin on November 24, 2009

SAP users in UK and Ireland remain equally skeptical about SAP

(Photos by R Wang & Insider Associates, LLC. Copyright © 2009 All rights reserved.)
The SAP user group hosted its annual event. Conversations with 37 clients reflect the following broad trends in the UK and Ireland:

SAP users remain skeptical about benefits promised [...]

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