http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron Comment Feed for Dennis Byron Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:27:55 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2011-07-21T09:27:55Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/marketing-101-why-progress-software-pointed-me-to-neon-enterprise-software/?cs=34325#comment-49474 I'm surprised that these rumors of 'crippleware' slowing down products so 'upgrades' can later speed them up is not investigated more thoroughly. It seems like even though these may be highly technical and ultimately niggling issues it is still fraud Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:27:55 GMT Colorado Marketing Companies http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/marketing-101-why-progress-software-pointed-me-to-neon-enterprise-software/?cs=34325#comment-49474 2011-07-21T09:27:55Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/the-erpsaas-conflict-is-a-myth/?cs=13988#comment-47848 Great article - thank you for sharing.  I am very excited about Cloud ERP and the potential opportunities for customers, however, I like to speak to the minority opinion for a balanced discussion.  Just as ERP was deemed the panacea for all Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:18:15 GMT Brett Beaubouef http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/the-erpsaas-conflict-is-a-myth/?cs=13988#comment-47848 2011-06-04T04:18:15Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/unikix-cobol-enterprise-software-alive-and-well/?cs=13994#comment-44613 UniKix began it's life as a  CICS development product of Unicorn Systems Co. of Los Angeles.  Unicorn initially developed other CICS development tools for non UNIX environments including MicroCICS and VMCICS.  UniKix was a port of VMCICS Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:22:56 GMT Michael Scroggie http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/unikix-cobol-enterprise-software-alive-and-well/?cs=13994#comment-44613 2011-02-27T02:22:56Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/marketing-101-why-progress-software-pointed-me-to-neon-enterprise-software/?cs=34325#comment-42876 Nope.  Which is why I included the paragraph about the 600 and 1200-lpm printers.  That goes back to the 50s.  Thanks for the comment.  Dennis Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:13:13 GMT dennis byron http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/marketing-101-why-progress-software-pointed-me-to-neon-enterprise-software/?cs=34325#comment-42876 2010-12-20T12:13:13Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/marketing-101-why-progress-software-pointed-me-to-neon-enterprise-software/?cs=34325#comment-42874 It’s not a new story. I remember back in the 90s when some independent developers discovered Microsoft was intentionally coding it’s Office for Mac badly, so as to make it run slower on Apple machines. In an age of planned obsolescence is it really a Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:00:50 GMT Network Inventory Software http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/marketing-101-why-progress-software-pointed-me-to-neon-enterprise-software/?cs=34325#comment-42874 2010-12-20T08:00:50Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/looking-at-the-300-million-plus-microsoft-bpm-software-contract-at-the-un/?cs=35702#comment-36406 Orbus Software is an independent Company which develops Enterprise Architecture software .   iServer, the core product allows the Visio and Office users to collaborate around a powerful central repository to model business processes and enterprise Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:33:14 GMT Mike Bates http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/looking-at-the-300-million-plus-microsoft-bpm-software-contract-at-the-un/?cs=35702#comment-36406 2010-02-26T11:33:14Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/aris-for-independent-and-occasional-bpm/?cs=38344#comment-34836 Hi Dennis,   Since you're writing about "BPM for the masses" I think it is worth mentioning also tools by other vendors aimed for BPM beginners such as: ADONIS:Community Edition ( http://www.adonis-community.com ) - free BPM tool offered by my Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:43:46 GMT Zbigniew Misiak http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/aris-for-independent-and-occasional-bpm/?cs=38344#comment-34836 2009-12-24T10:43:46Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/cloud-computing-can-be-the-start-of-it-scams/?cs=38141#comment-34677 Dennis - your blog made me smile. I recently along with a number of colleagues started up a new firm and we decided to utilise SaaS products wherever possible - the number of times I have had to listen to twelve year old salesman tell me all about the Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:09:02 GMT david clark http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/cloud-computing-can-be-the-start-of-it-scams/?cs=38141#comment-34677 2009-12-16T19:09:02Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/bpm-a-la-carte-or-in-the-stack-just-became-a-tougher-choice/?cs=38176#comment-34676 Dennis - Glad to have found your posts again.  The way I read the IBM positioning - I can understand how you read it as "to improve global services" and there is a flavor of that in the slide deck -  but the way I read it was that they are Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:25:06 GMT Scott Francis http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/bpm-a-la-carte-or-in-the-stack-just-became-a-tougher-choice/?cs=38176#comment-34676 2009-12-16T17:25:06Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758#comment-34457 Thanks for the comment.    Please note that when you download open source software, you are licensing it, just as when you download any software.  Again, a key lesson: open source simply represents a different set of terms and conditions Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:18:16 GMT DennisByron http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758#comment-34457 2009-12-04T12:18:16Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758#comment-34448 Open source softwares are more downloaded then licensed. so it is also better for new companies as well. open source database products are also helps a lot. thanks for all the availability. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:39:31 GMT vik1066 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758#comment-34448 2009-12-04T04:39:31Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758#comment-34431 Dennis:   thanks for your response. We can certainly argue about the billions that could potentially be charged or the cost effectiveness of F/OSS. I do however think that you are unaware of how prevalent is F/OSS in Europe. I would certainly start Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:03:57 GMT Jean-Jacques Dubray http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758#comment-34431 2009-12-03T20:03:57Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758#comment-34405 You mention the following open source database products "database software can use PostgreSQL, BerkleyDB". You could even mention Firebird in the same sentence, and like PostgreSQL it is not dual licensed, and also does not use GPL. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:18:12 GMT Paul Beach http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758#comment-34405 2009-12-03T15:18:12Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758#comment-34395 IN SIMPLE WORDS AS A SELLER OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE I WOULD SAY THAT IT REDUCE THE COST AND PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENT WHICH YOU NEED.   MOHAMMED AZHARUDDIN BISTA SOLUTIONS www.bistasolutions.com Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:28:39 GMT Kadri Mohammed Azharuddin http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758#comment-34395 2009-12-03T05:28:39Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/facebook-the-enterprise-software-company/?cs=37759#comment-34346 Todd,   I agree about the potential inside the enterprise and about culture (but not neecessarily about Sharepoint).  The editor of this web site removed my sentences on a concept I called "close friends" that I used to opine about the use of Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:38:04 GMT DennisByron http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/facebook-the-enterprise-software-company/?cs=37759#comment-34346 2009-12-01T10:38:04Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/facebook-the-enterprise-software-company/?cs=37759#comment-34315 I'll post a followup blog to this, but one thing to consider is whether a Facebook within the enterprise, rather than your view of the extended enterprise, is more important to the short term growth of Facebook revenue.  In this way, the internal Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:04:59 GMT Todd Biske http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/facebook-the-enterprise-software-company/?cs=37759#comment-34315 2009-11-30T23:04:59Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/is-oracle-aia-business-process-management-by-another-name-and-vendor-lock-in-by-another-route/?cs=37636#comment-34296 Brian and Business Data (and Mike if you see this)   The post script to my post above where I wrote that I disagreed with Mike Vizzard was worded poorly.  My point is that I disagree that components becoming commodities is a bad thing.  I Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:08:01 GMT DennisByron http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/is-oracle-aia-business-process-management-by-another-name-and-vendor-lock-in-by-another-route/?cs=37636#comment-34296 2009-11-28T20:08:01Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/is-oracle-aia-business-process-management-by-another-name-and-vendor-lock-in-by-another-route/?cs=37636#comment-34293 I agree with Mike Vizard. I think his view point is right. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:12:05 GMT Business Data http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/is-oracle-aia-business-process-management-by-another-name-and-vendor-lock-in-by-another-route/?cs=37636#comment-34293 2009-11-28T15:12:05Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/is-oracle-aia-business-process-management-by-another-name-and-vendor-lock-in-by-another-route/?cs=37636#comment-34287 I also disagree with Mike Vizard's concern that enterprise application modules or components or process sets are becoming commoditized and therefore not adding any competitive value to your enterprise.   A commodity is something that everyone Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:03:24 GMT Brian Reale http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/is-oracle-aia-business-process-management-by-another-name-and-vendor-lock-in-by-another-route/?cs=37636#comment-34287 2009-11-27T15:03:24Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/fujitsu-interstage-bpm-11-clouds-it-up/?cs=37632#comment-34274 Dennis Interesting post, thanks. I think multi-tenancy is important also for "private" clouds . At PNMsoft our SaaS growth outperforms the Perpetual business, and  in many cases large SaaS customers will require a private cloud. In private cloud Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:33:39 GMT Adi Hofstein http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/fujitsu-interstage-bpm-11-clouds-it-up/?cs=37632#comment-34274 2009-11-26T15:33:39Z