SAP vs Oracle – quick thoughts after #OOW09

Well, Larry finally told the world about Fusion Apps with some details. And he did it in Steve-Jobs-like “Oh, and one more thing” fashion at the end of the last big presentation at Oracle Open World 2009. There are plenty of analysts posting plenty of analysis based on plenty of briefings and facts and NDA’s, [...]

IBM vs. SAP and Oracle: part 2

Some correspondents have questioned whether IBM can really compete with SAP and Oracle in the applications business using the approach I hypothesized. Using an approach like BPM BlueWorks, IBM Global Business Services consultants can share processes (and the code to implement the individual “tasks” in those processes). To put this in some perspective, IBM Global [...]

How IBM will compete with SAP and Oracle in the future?

Would you like to know how IBM will compete with SAP and Oracle in the future? If so, check out IBM’s BPM BlueWorks site. Create an account, and make sure you read the terms of service: By posting Your Content (or portions thereof) to the Community, You hereby consent to provide Community users the ability [...]

WTF?!?

Do any of you who read this blog know anyone at Google who might care about this? I got the following e-mail tonight: from Blogger to dennis.moore@gmail.comdate Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:27 AMsubject http://dbmoore.blogspot.com/ – ACTION REQUIREDmailed-by blogger.bounces.google.comsigned-by google.com hide details 12:27 AM (6 minutes ago) Hello, Your blog at: http://dbmoore.blogspot.com/ has been identified [...]

Just keeps getting better

Comments by Nicholas Carr (IT skeptic/critic/expert) and Hal Varian (Google’s chief economist) got me thinking about enterprise applications, and why there haven’t been any real killer apps for the enterprise for quite some time (since ERP?). Hal Varian is a very impressive guy, with some very impressive thoughts, who appears to be be appropriately credited [...]

SAP and SaaS

There has been a lot of chatter about SAP’s moves in the SaaS world, so I thought I’d chime in with my €0.02. I’ll leave off most attributions/references below, as you can google the citations yourself with Bing. :) Nothing below is based on any insider or proprietary knowledge I may have or have had [...]

When (and Why) to Accept Less Than Pmax

In my first blog entry on enterprise solution pricing, I described a model for understanding the drivers of pricing, from the customer’s point of view (but for the benefit of vendors). I also introduced some ideas that may help vendors obtain a higher price from customers – and hopefully, deliver more real value to customers [...]

Enterprise Software Buyers’ Bill of Rights and Pricing

There has been a great series of analytical posts resulting covering the topic of what rights customers should demand from their vendors when buying enterprise software. Ray Wang kicked off the series with his seminal analysis, which was reviewed and extended by Mike Krigsman, and commented on by Dennis Howlett, and extended by Vinnie Mirchandani. [...]

Moore’s Corollary (to Metcalfe’s Law)

This is an update of a posting from a while back. I’d love to hear thoughts, comments, pointers to research on the topic, … Introduction: Moore’s “Law” is one of the most famous ideas in the computer business. Moore’s law drove great benefits and value in this industry for quite some time. Slightly less well [...]