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Reading the signs for SaaS
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Given that I live and breathe SaaS and cloud computing with clients everyday, it’s sometimes easy for me to forget that this is still an emerging model in the enterprise. CRM and now increasingly HR functions have hit the...
November 25, 2009 2:33 PM Read Full Post
Zen and the art of master data management
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I am always intrigued by the number of times I hear how difficult it is to justify the business case for new master data management initiatives. Andy Hayler talks about this theme a lot in his insightful and entertaining...
November 11, 2009 4:12 PM Read Full Post
Virtualisation is the workhorse behind cloud computing. Get to know it
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The magic pixie dust that makes a cloud a cloud is virtualisation technology. It makes one computer behave as though it were many. It also makes many computers behave as one. That may be a mind bender but it’s...
November 3, 2009 2:30 PM Read Full Post
Open source software – its about opportunity
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Open source software is as much about opportunity as it is about preference, trend, or even choice. Dan Blankenhorn introduces the thought when he says, "An open source code base is your asset." The keyword being YOUR, as in...
October 30, 2009 12:31 AM Read Full Post
Hybrid delivery model in business intelligence
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Business intelligence (BI) has evolved significantly in recent years - development tools are more sophisticated, business has become more refined, senior stakeholder sponsorship has increased, it goes on.… With these changes have come opportunities for transformation, hence the current...
October 27, 2009 3:24 AM Read Full Post
SaaS: Focus on value rather than features
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I’ve talked with many companies trying to decide whether to move to a SaaS model for CRM and HR applications or to stick with on-premise. In some recent cases, several were frustrated that after lengthy selection processes that they...
October 14, 2009 2:00 PM Read Full Post
Forging a path to Productivity-as-a-Service
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Now we’ve seen an amalgam of on-line and on-demand software hoisted in the name of productivity. The difference today is conviction and target audience of the vendors. The bulls eye is squarely on large enterprises as opposed to medium...
October 13, 2009 12:23 AM Read Full Post
What’s wrong on your website? Use analytics to improve user experience
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In a recent post, Rob Walker shared his thoughts on the evolution of BI. He identifies five stages of evolution, ranging from simple reports to an enterprise that not only automatically analyses its data in real time but also...
October 3, 2009 1:17 AM Read Full Post
The real differences between SaaS and on-premise
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I often get asked the question by clients “why should SaaS be any different to on-premise applications”? They ask it in relation to a variety of topics - ease of configuration, usability, customer feedback, business/IT collaboration. It sounds like...
September 29, 2009 9:48 AM Read Full Post
The second wave in open source
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The economic malaise currently gripping the globe has claimed many victims, but one area of business that has actually benefited is open source software adoption. This is not just because open source software can generate savings in software license...
September 24, 2009 11:13 AM Read Full Post
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