http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron * Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:12:50 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-12-31T13:12:50Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/looking-for-the-next-google-or-salesforcecom/?cs=38450 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. software companies .   This list amazes me every enterprise_software_vendors enterprise_software microsoft google salesforce.com business_technology open_source_enterprise_software Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:22:00 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/looking-for-the-next-google-or-salesforcecom/?cs=38450 2009-12-31T13:22:00Z 2 months, 2 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/looking-for-the-next-google-or-salesforcecom http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=38450 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/mea-culpa-2009-enterprise-software-clarifications-and-corrections/?cs=38425 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:   In January, I wrote about the use of Space-Time enterprise_software_vendors open_source_enterprise_software enterprise_software Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:41:20 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/mea-culpa-2009-enterprise-software-clarifications-and-corrections/?cs=38425 2009-12-30T13:41:20Z 2 months, 2 weeks ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/mea-culpa-2009-enterprise-software-clarifications-and-corrections http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=38425 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/buying-microsoft-software-this-week-come-on-down-to-the-auto-mile/?cs=38394 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 enterprise software suppliers are offering their enterprise_software_vendors license_terms_and_conditions microsoft business_technology resellers software_licensing financing Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:03:36 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/buying-microsoft-software-this-week-come-on-down-to-the-auto-mile/?cs=38394 2009-12-29T14:03:36Z 2 months, 2 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/buying-microsoft-software-this-week-come-on-down-to-the-auto-mile http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=38394 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/in-enterprise-software-google-needs-to-define-win-not-open/?cs=38374 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 anything he wants. But on the subject of enterprise google ibm open_source_enterprise_software symantec jonathan rosenberg microsoft business_technology enterprise_software_vendors enterprise_software oracle sap Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:24:25 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/in-enterprise-software-google-needs-to-define-win-not-open/?cs=38374 2009-12-28T12:24:25Z 2 months, 2 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/in-enterprise-software-google-needs-to-define-win-not-open http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=38374 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/aris-for-independent-and-occasional-bpm/?cs=38344 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 process management software supplier. Georg Simon is business_process_management bpmi sap software_ag omg ids_scheer business_technology bpm webmethods Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:07:13 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/aris-for-independent-and-occasional-bpm/?cs=38344 2009-12-23T12:07:13Z 2 months, 3 weeks ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/aris-for-independent-and-occasional-bpm http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=38344 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/tibco-iprocess-spotfire-moves-you-another-step-closer-to-intelligent-bpm/?cs=38266 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 a recent blog post about IBM acquiring Lombardi’s bpm enterprise_service_bus business_intelligence softwareag progress_software business_process_management business_technology tibco Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:05:13 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/tibco-iprocess-spotfire-moves-you-another-step-closer-to-intelligent-bpm/?cs=38266 2009-12-19T20:05:13Z 2 months, 4 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/tibco-iprocess-spotfire-moves-you-another-step-closer-to-intelligent-bpm http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=38266 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/bpm-a-la-carte-or-in-the-stack-just-became-a-tougher-choice/?cs=38176 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 forth all during 2009. The discussion centered around enterprise_software_vendors business_process_management bpm business_technology mergers_and_acquisitions lombardi_software ibm Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:53:51 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/bpm-a-la-carte-or-in-the-stack-just-became-a-tougher-choice/?cs=38176 2009-12-16T13:53:51Z 3 months, 1 day ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/bpm-a-la-carte-or-in-the-stack-just-became-a-tougher-choice http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=38176 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/cloud-computing-can-be-the-start-of-it-scams/?cs=38141 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 percent.   A Dec. 14 press release from a internet business_technology cloud_computing networking Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:28:51 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/cloud-computing-can-be-the-start-of-it-scams/?cs=38141 2009-12-14T22:28:51Z 3 months, 3 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/cloud-computing-can-be-the-start-of-it-scams http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=38141 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/the-erp-2010-panorama-these-consultants-get-it-right/?cs=38008 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 fair that I give Panorma analyst Eric Kimberling a nod sap oracle saas smb smbs intuit sage microsoft erp_systems technology_markets business_technology it_market_analysts Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:36:30 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/the-erp-2010-panorama-these-consultants-get-it-right/?cs=38008 2009-12-09T22:36:30Z 3 months, 1 week ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/the-erp-2010-panorama-these-consultants-get-it-right http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=38008 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/business-process-management-of-the-supply-chain-hits-brick-wall/?cs=37969 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 Council and BPM Forum (neither of which I am business_process_management att bpm supply_chain_management sterling_commerce Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:55:30 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/business-process-management-of-the-supply-chain-hits-brick-wall/?cs=37969 2009-12-08T11:55:30Z 3 months, 1 week ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/business-process-management-of-the-supply-chain-hits-brick-wall http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=37969 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/looking-at-the-nexus-of-grc-bpm-eam-itlm-and-whatever-comes-next/?cs=37901 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, because I was interested in hearing more about an Oct. compliance business_process_management enterprise_architecture_management grc bpel business_technology bpm Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:14:31 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/looking-at-the-nexus-of-grc-bpm-eam-itlm-and-whatever-comes-next/?cs=37901 2009-12-04T12:14:31Z 3 months, 1 week ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/looking-at-the-nexus-of-grc-bpm-eam-itlm-and-whatever-comes-next http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=37901 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758 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 process management (BPM), and that the two terms are not enterprise_software open_source_enterprise_software oracle mysql european_union government_agencies business_technology legislation_and_regulation Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:35:53 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example/?cs=37758 2009-12-02T13:35:53Z 3 months, 2 weeks ago 5 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/learning-open-source-lessons-in-the-euoracle-fight-by-example http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=37758 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/facebook-the-enterprise-software-company/?cs=37759 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 MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and similar social networking enterprise_software_vendors facebook microsoft ibm lotus_notes google social_networks business_technology Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:28:34 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/facebook-the-enterprise-software-company/?cs=37759 2009-11-30T12:28:34Z 3 months, 2 weeks ago 3 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/facebook-the-enterprise-software-company http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=37759 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 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. None of you are interested in enterprise application eai aia business_process_management bpm oracle business_technology application_integration Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:05:15 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com 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 2009-11-27T11:05:15Z 3 months, 4 weeks ago 3 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/is-oracle-aia-business-process-management-by-another-name-and-vendor-lock-in-by-another-route http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=37636 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/eu-objection-to-snoracle-teaches-three-open-source-lessons/?cs=37723 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 moves the end date of the decision to the end of January. oracle mysql windows european_union sun_microsystems microsoft license_terms_and_conditions legislation_and_regulation linux_distributions open_source_enterprise_software Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:27:25 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/eu-objection-to-snoracle-teaches-three-open-source-lessons/?cs=37723 2009-11-25T10:27:25Z 3 months, 3 weeks ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/comment/eu-objection-to-snoracle-teaches-three-open-source-lessons http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/byron/feeds/comments?blogPost=37723