In the process of doing research to watch for the next Google or salesforce.com from an IT investment-research point of view, I take a look at Inc. magazine’s annual listing of fastest growing U.S. ... More >
As the year 2009 (and the decade if you are not a purist) wraps up, it’s worth one post to clarify some comments I made during the year that caused confusion among or possibly misled readers: ... More >
When you’re buying a new car, you always walk into the dealership knowing how the dealer is being spiffed by Detroit (or Toyota City or …). So it’s just as important to know what kind of deals major ... More >
Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Product Management at Google, believes “open systems win,” according to this blog post "The Meaning of Open." Of course, Rosenberg can believe anyth... More >
With IDS Scheer about to be folded into Software AG as soon as all the I’s are dotted and T’s crossed in the acquisition documentation, it seemed like a good time to catch up with the business proces... More >
In mid-December I caught up with Rourke McNamara, TIBCO product marketing director, to discuss iProcess Spotfire functionality recently announced by the middleware company . TIBCO, as I mentioned in... More >
The Dec. 16 announcement that IBM has acquired business process management (BPM) software supplier Lombardi Software puts a nice cap on 2009 because it revives a discussion stream I had back and fo... More >
Sorry, but it has just gotten to the point where it had to be said out loud. Take any claim about cloud computing from anybody that is trying to sell you something in 2010 and discount it 99 p... More >
In the past I criticized Panorama Consulting on its view of the ERP market (see "Panorama Asks All the Right Questions in ERP Research Except One" ), primarily on methodology grounds. So its only fa... More >
In business process management (BPM) of the supply chain, the aircraft carrier still turns slowly. A report released Tuesday sponsored by AT&T’s Sterling Commerce group and conducted by the CMO... More >
I hate acronyms in headlines, but I can't avoid it with this post. This week I caught up with Terry Lee, vice president of North American Operations for MEGA, and Dan Hebda, his peer for technology, ... More >
Jean-Jacques (JJ) Dubray is a service-oriented architecture (SOA) guru and editor at InfoQ . I read him as a a technologist who understands the market dynamic that SOA is an enabler of business pro... More >

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