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SAP Users start to flex their muscles

User group conferences are always great places to test the pulse of what’s happening in the real world. While wandering the halls of the SAP UK and Ireland User Group annual conference this week, I came across customer representatives prepared to ...

From DENNIS HOWLETT, ZDNet,  24 Nov 2009

Fawning over Chatter and how SAP missed its chance

Ever since Salesforce.com announced Chatter, there’s been a rising crescendo of what I can only describe as fawning and uncritical waffle. It’s worrying. First, lots of people, including most of the Enterprise Irregulars who usually do a bang-up seemed ...

From DENNIS HOWLETT, ZDNet,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Salesforce.com Inc,  Twitter Inc,  Marc Benioff,  TechCrunch,  Steve Fisher

Conference energy levels

Coming to Dreamforce has been a revelation. The news was dominated by Chatter but that only tells a fraction of the real story. As I sat in the media room chatting (sic) to an old buddy it occurred to me this was a conference that annoyed for all the ...

From DENNIS HOWLETT, ZDNet,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Salesforce.com Inc,  Marc Benioff,  Twitter Inc

Chatter: Amplified

In the above video (7 mins 5 secs), Parker talks about the problems of email and how Chatter can serve as a platform for collaboration, initially around the sales and service processes upon which Salesforce.com concentrates. As the conversation moved ...

From DENNIS HOWLETT, ZDNet,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Salesforce.com Inc,  Twitter Inc

How FinancialForce crushes it in SaaS accounting

Brian Sommer does an excellent job of explaining how the move to SaaS is working for the ‘new kidz on the block’ trying to displace incumbent ERP vendors. I’m interested in the accounting end of the market. It’s the one area where SAP, Oracle, Sage, ...

From DENNIS HOWLETT, ZDNet,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oracle,  Microsoft Corporation,  PayPal

Salesforce Chatter: what a clanger!

The length of this keynote has turned “Chatter” into “Splatter” IMHO A three and a quarter hour keynote marathon, laced with the kind of hyperbole we’ve come to expect from the IT industry’s PT Barnum, Marc Benioff, CEO Salesforce.com had dulled even ...

From DENNIS HOWLETT, ZDNet,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Salesforce.com Inc,  Twitter Inc,  Marc Benioff,  Oracle,  Facebook Inc.

Dreamforce 2009 - live

Check out some of the easiest and most powerful ways to boost productivity while saving money on your application infrastructure. See ZDNet's comprehensive Enterprise Application resource center, now! Read about top issues IT ...

From DENNIS HOWLETT, ZDNet,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oracle

Oracle consulting layoffs: but what's the number?

Speculation took off over the weekend that Oracle is/has laid off sizeable numbers from its consulting organization. At least one source claims 20%, others 7-10% and yet another says 3,000. The difference between the various reports suggests no-one ...

From DENNIS HOWLETT, ZDNet,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oracle

Epicor's implementation cost drive: what does it really mean?

Epicor’s announcement Monday that it has created a shared benefits program for implementations looks like a step in the right direction for those of us that want to see lowered implementation costs. On the face of it, the offer is compelling. According ...

From DENNIS HOWLETT, ZDNet,  11 Nov 2009

SAP and open source: it's about Oracle

What is surprising is that it is SAP, the bastion of proprietary software, that delivers this message. Irony, thy name is SAP. Dude - IT’S ABOUT ORACLE. The big clue comes in the quote in Matt’s piece from Visha Sikka, SAP’s CTO where he says: To ...

From DENNIS HOWLETT, ZDNet,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oracle

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