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- Microsoft Dynamics: solid customer stories, quietly confident
- Last week I attended Microsoft's Convergence conference in Copenhagen. This is where Microsoft's business application customers tip up to hear what's new and get their annual infusion of feel goodness. While there was little by way of hard news other than it putting NAV2009 into general availability, customers seem happy...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Customer, Microsoft Corp., CRH, Corporate Communications, Retail, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- SAP's parallel approaches to ERP
- During his presentation at SAP TechEd '07, Peter Zencke, a member of SAP's Executive Board and head of R&D, made it clear to the 6,000 SAP developers in attendance that the forthcoming Business ByDesign ERP suite for the mid-market is technological milestone for the company. "We put everything into one,...
- Tags: Business Process, SAP NetWeaver, Peter Zencke, SAP AG, ERP, Business ByDesign, Business Process Platform, Operational Planning, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-02
- Ellison: Where's the big money in SaaS?
- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says software as a service and the small business markets are interesting, but not terribly profitable. In other words, Ellison largely dismissed SAP's Business ByDesign. But the dismissal isn't exactly what it seems. Ellison was speaking for Oracle and for the company a move downmarket...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Middleware, SAP AG, Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- SAP Business ByDesign: Competitive Advantage and the Dynamics of Enterprise Software
- There are lots of reasons why companies chose SaaS/On Demand applications, but driving competitive advantage is not always at the top of the list. That’s why SAP’s Business ByDesign announcement this week in New York looked a little more interesting than other SaaS/OD announcements I’ve attended. The customers that SAP...
- Tags: Competitive Advantage, SAP AG, SOA, Business ByDesign, SaaS/OD, BBD, Market-leader, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Roi/Tco, Model-Driven Development, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2007-09-20
- SAP Business ByDesign: will it reduce project failures?
- SAP's new Business ByDesign (formerly called A1S) software as a service SaaS offering represents a substantial departure from previous SAP products. What are the implications of Business ByDesign on deployment and implementation; in other words, will this new product reduce implementation failures? To answer this question,...
- Tags: SAP AG, Pricing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Marketing Research, Marketing, Emerging Technologies, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- SAP gets SaaS: can it run with it?
- When talking to software vendors about SaaS, my mantra is that SaaS is a journey. Having seen SAP unveil its Business ByDesign product today â€" formerly codenamed A1S â€" I have to say it is on the right road and it has hit the tarmac at an impressive pace. There...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Business ByDesign, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- SAP Business ByDesign: first analysis
- SAP's new A1S offering, formally called Business ByDesign, is intended for companies between 100-500 employees, which do not have deep vertical market software requirements. SAP believes this $15 billion market will help SAP dramatically expand its business over the coming years. The product is the result of...
- Tags: Product, SAP AG, Analysis, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Management, Smb/Sme, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- SAP rolls out SAP Business ByDesign
- SAP rolled out SAP Business ByDesign, the software formerly known as A1S, Wednesday. The on-demand application targets the midmarket. SAP CEO Henning Kagermann introduced the product and outlined the software's live products at an event in New York. "It's a new interface for us. We enter a...
- Tags: Application, SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- Welcome to the party, SAP
- As the minutes tick away to the launch of SAP's long-awaited hosted ERP system for the midmarket, hitherto codenamed A1S, my inbox has been filling up with emails from incumbent SaaS vendors, eager to pitch in with their own reactions to what they expect SAP to announce. Trouble is, they...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, A1S, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- SAP A1S: the big day
- Today, SAP formally unveils A1S, code name for SAP's attempt to reinvent itself as an SME-friendly company. More than that, A1S represents SAP's opportunity to compete against smaller, more nimble competitors such as Salesforce.com, Workday, and NetSuite. These companies pose a significant, long-term threat to SAP, even though SAP's core,...
- Tags: SAP AG, Consulting, SAP A1S, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- SAP's slow hand A1S play
- Late yesterday, Henning Kagermann, CEO of SAP hosted Zoli Erdos, James Governor, Prashanth Rai, Charlie Wood, Jason Wood and myself for a pre-launch discussion about A1S. During the meeting, Kagermann emphasized the company's cautious approach to the SaaS market. On the one hand, SAP is readying itself for a volume...
- Tags: Transformation, SAP AG, A1S, Zoli, Roi/Tco, Business Structures, Software As A Service (SaaS), Outsourcing, Web 2.0, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Emerging Technologies, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Internet, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- Oracle's quarter to reveal enterprise software health
- Oracle reports its fiscal first quarter results Thursday and the earnings and the ensuing conference call will answer a few lingering questions in enterprise software. Question 1: Has a slowdown among financial services firms hit the software demand picture yet? Tibco, a company that depends on financial customers,...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., SAP AG, Health Care, Applications Business, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- News to know: DRM; 3G iPhone; Opsware
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Everything you’ve read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2). David Berlind: If true, Jobs quote of "A 3G iPhone later next year" should kill demand for iPhone 1.0. Matthew Miller: Steve Jobs confirms that a 3G iPhone will be...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Digital-rights Management, Opsware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Data Centers, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Office, Cellular Phones, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Security, Office Suites, Software
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- SAP's A1S: love, not pricing, is key
- SAP's announcement of A1S, it's software as a service SaaS product for small business, will take place tomorrow in New York City. Speculation is running high whether this product will succeed or fail, and the impact A1S will have on SAP as a whole. On the stock...
- Tags: Speculation, SAP AG, Pricing Strategy, A1S, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- SAP's A1S pricing is the key
- As Salesforce rebrands Apex and consolidates a bunch of other stuff to Force.com, SAP is gearing up for its A1S global launch here in New York tomorrow. A1S is SAPs much anticipated saas offering for ERP applications. There are a number of key questions. At present, price is exercising the...
- Tags: SAP AG, Pricing Strategy, A1S, Roi/Tco, Smb/Sme, Sales Force Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- News to know: Yahoo and Zimbra; Google Presentations; Data corruption
- Notable headlines: Dan Farber: Yahoo scoops up Zimbra for $350 million. Larry Dignan: With Zimbra, Yahoo Office is a possibility. Techmeme. Google: Our feature presentation. Heather Clancy: How much midnight oil do PCs really burn? Jason O'Grady: Review: Apple’s new keyboards...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, O2 Plc., Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Can SAP learn to speak SME with A1S?
- SAP faces tough challenges as it prepares for the September 19 launch of A1S, code name for the company's new small business offering, to be delivered in the form of software as a service SaaS. A1S represents SAP's hope to expand into the important small and medium enterprise SME market....
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, SAP AG, A1S, A1S Question, Smb/Sme, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- Dreamforce 07: Salesforce rolls out Visualforce
- Marc Benioff took the stage at Moscone Center before an estimated 7,000 salesforce.com adherents from 42 countries to tout a "new force for innovation." After several years of negotiation, the company nabbed the Force.com URL and promptly applied it as the new name to the the salesforce platform formerly Apex....
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Sales Force, Logic, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- News to know: Vista DRM; EU thumps Microsoft; SAP; DST; SCO
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Everything you’ve read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 1). EU court crushes Microsoft's antitrust appeal. David Morgenstern: Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit: Love the sinner, hate the sin. Marc Andreessen: The three kinds of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Digital-rights Management, SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Currency Trader, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- SAP license and price negotiation dynamics
- ERP software represents a major financial and operational investment for any organization implementing such systems. Given the long-term impacts of an ERP purchase, license and pricing negotiations with an ERP vendor take on real significance, and should be handled with the care reserved for other large, capital purchases. ...
- Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Negotiation, ERP Software, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-09-16
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