In a recent interview with Sam Ramji, vice president of strategy at Sonoa (see “ Where's the Business in Enterprise Software APIs ?”), Sam helped me understand the generational differences among MyS... More >
I've been meaning to catch up with Oracle to get an update on its AIA because the concept was upgraded to version 2.5 at Oracle OpenWorld in October . But the task kept falling down my to-do list. N... More >
Oracle was supposed to be presenting information to the European Union on Wednesday concerning its acquisition of Sun. But the meeting has been delayed until Dec. 4. Moving the meeting date also move... More >
If enterprise-software market size, growth trends and market dynamics in general, such as adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS), matter to an ERP or enterprise-software decision you are making, be... More >
I caught up with the Fujitsu Interstage business process management (BPM) marketing folks during the week of Nov. 9, timed to the release of Interstage BPM Version 11. I saw a good mix of feature/... More >
Doing some research to check facts on this May 5 blog post on Technology Solutions Corp. (see End of Enterprise Software Company TSC Is Sign of Times ), I came across an index of the stories that ra... More >
During a slow news week for enterprise software, it’s tough to be a blogger. There’s nothing interesting to comment on. The trade press must be having the same problem because this is what I ... More >
As tends to happen with IT stories that have a political angle, the mainstream media has weighed in on the European Union statement of objections to Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems. On Nov.... More >
I had an interesting discussion on November 10 with Jacob Ukelson, CTO of ActionBase, the business process management (BPM) software supplier that prefers the term human process management (HPM). Act... More >
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) had its annual U.S. bash and celebrated its 10th birthday simultaneously the week of Nov. 2 in Oakland, Calif. ASF grew from a half-dozen programmers who got tog... More >
I've been waiting with bated breath for a week for the second installment of Ingres CEO Roger Burkhardt's advice on how to keep from getting duped by the leading enterprise software suppliers. I hope... More >
Here is an interesting blog post by Webex/Cisco's director of product strategy, David Knight, asking the question " Why Cloud vs Premise ?" that might be helpful as you plan your 2010 IT budget and... More >
OK, kids and grandkids, the name of the book I want for Christmas is in the headline above. The book sounds like it might be this decade's "The Soul of a New Machine," the Pulitzer prize-winning 19... More >

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