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June 29, 2009

Politics Invading World of IT, Enterprise Software Blogging

I wrote on June 10 about the politics surrounding Dennis Howlett's musing about climate change . My point was that commenters on the Howlett post were not answering Dennis' question about the enterp... More >

June 23, 2009

Oracle Rays of Hope in Market Downturn, OnDemand Strategy

What would you say about a down quarter (in generally-accepted-accounting-principle--GAAP--terms) and down fiscal year (after adjusting for the 2008 BEA and Primavera acquisitions and early 2009 acqu... More >

Paul Simon, Meet Enterprise Software

Sorry Paul Simon, but mama’s gonna  take that Kodachrome away. If you ever wonder about the fact that old legacy in-house-developed COBOL code and 1960s-era packaged software such as COPICS/MAPICS is... More >

June 22, 2009

Do You Mind Being 'Googled?' How About 'BlueKai'd?'

If you think the advertising-driven model of social computing and Enterprise 2.0 is a problem for its intrusiveness and data privacy, hold on to your click-throughs because the U.S. Congress is getti... More >

June 19, 2009

Enterprise Software Leaders Lead in Enterprise 2.0

Do you need a quick $400,000 (250,000 euro) in order to afford the summer on the Grand Tour of the continent?   Do you know a lot about Enterprise 2.0 (E2) and happen to have a lot of statistica... More >

June 16, 2009

So What Is SAP's Enterprise Software as a Service Strategy, Anyway?

In my opinion, SAP has taken proactive steps to correct the record relative to its Software as a Service (SaaS) strategy, which were badly misrepresented in a posting at BusinessWeek ("SAP Hits On-De... More >

Headline at BusinessWeek Misrepresents SAP Enterprise Software SaaS Strategy

I’ve written three times so far in June 2009 -- on this site , at ebizQ and on my own investment research site -- about the increasing frequency of really bad information about enterprise softwa... More >

June 15, 2009

With Microsoft Windows 7 In Europe, You'll Have to Ride on the Rims

The usual suspect list of anti-Microsoft blogoblatherers was up in arms during the week of June 8 because Microsoft (MSFT) will offer retailers and PC manufacturers a version of Windows 7 that does N... More >

June 12, 2009

Flowgram Follows Coghead into Enterprise Software SaaS History

Is it the economy? Is it just bad timing, irrespective of the economy? Was the functional idea flawed? Is the “give away the razor” idea flawed? All these questions come to mind as I read on June 12 ... More >

June 11, 2009

Check the Facts in Enterprise Software Blogs Too

On May 31 in a blog entitled In Open Source and Cloud Computing, Beware of the Curve Ball, I suggested you "check twice before you cut" (the standard advice for carpenters) when it comes to what yo... More >

June 10, 2009

Thoughts on Green IT: From the LOOP to Leadville

On June 8, Dennis Howlett put up a 2000-word blog post on the implications of the worldwide climate change debate on information technology. Dennis’ headline/question is a good one:   “Climate... More >

Would You Buy Enterprise Software from this Guy?

It was interesting to see two old golfing buddies – Amy Konary and Robert Mahowald of IDC — collaborating in a press release on June 4 that says: “more than 60% of respondents believe that now is a ... More >

June 8, 2009

The Place of SAP Enterprise Software in the Cloud

Dr. Vishal Sikka, chief technology officer (CTO) of SAP, was one of the keynoters at the May 2009 Interop conference on cloud computing. With a couple of crisp statistics, Sikka cut to the heart of... More >

June 3, 2009

Is an Enterprise Software Wave about to Wash Over You?

The usual suspects are singing the praises of something called Google Wave . The “product” — said to be “available as a developer preview” — reads to me like more unalpha’d demoware that has only ba... More >

June 1, 2009

Red Hat to Oracle: You Don't Own Java

Oracle has said that Java is the primary reason it is purchasing Sun . But does Sun own Java?  As the JavaOne lovefest kicks off June 2, Red Hat laid down a marker that says Oracle can't buy somet... More >

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