Insights on enterprise software markets to help define smart strategy
The summer edition of the Harvard Business Review has a wide-ranging research article on the effect of IT spending and enterprise software, in particular on U.S. business over the last 50 years. A ... More >
Vinnie Mirchandani has responded to my recent post on his recent post about reshaping the enterprise software market. His comments forced me to go back and re-read his original post . Apparently... More >
I guess you can't call yourself an enterprise software analyst and ignore the Sturm und Drang surrounding Vinnie Mirchandani's recent post, Steve Jobs, we need you? (or something like that). ... More >
I'm a software guy. Even for the 20-odd years I worked for hardware companies, I was a software guy. After all, what did all those nerds with horned-rim glasses and pocket protectors think sold the ... More >
I've always wondered about how differently from Americans the English think, despite the fact that we speak the same language, and have all kinds of other shared history. As I write this, at noon on ... More >
On this blog, I try to write something from my information technology (IT) investment research that relates directly to IT management and staff and that will help you in your day-to-day work. ... More >
Enterprise 2.0 is both the information technology (IT) conference that took place the week of June 9 in Boston and the software category that combines enterprise applications with collaboration a... More >
I caught up with Transitive's Vice President of Marketing Ian Robinson during the week of June 9 to talk about the cross-virtualization platform provider's expanding distribution channel. Coincidenta... More >
IBM has now circulated the detail on the "Global CEO Study" that it publicized in early May. It is the third edition of a biennial series based on surveys of 1,130 CEOs, general managers and senior... More >
Waste Management's $100 million claim against SAP is a how-to in how not to acquire enterprise software. The case itself recalls the great "Halloween-candy scandal of 1999," when Hershey said SAP d... More >
I recently ran across this press release titled "Alfabet Tops Competitors in Comprehensive Study of Enterprise Architecture (Management) Products." It's the product category "Enterprise Architectur... More >
If you've wondered what Lou Gerstner has been doing since 2003 when he retired as CEO and Chairman of IBM, the answer is researching education. (Oh, in his spare time he is on about a dozen for-profi... More >

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