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  • Tibbr Helps Enterprise Social Gets Contextual and Actionable

    April 30, 2013

    Business
    Application programming interface, blackberry, enterprise, IOS, oracle, Tibbr, Tibco, yammer
     

    I’m a strong believer in the notion of social streaming tools for enterprise – I’ve seen how tools like Yammer can really drive productivity within small businesses. The problems come when these sorts of tools are rolled out into…

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  • RackWare Aims to Power Cloud Mobility

    September 26, 2012

    Business
    amazon web services, cloudcomputing, enterprise, Eucalyptus, OpenStack, Operating system, Organization, RightScale
     

    An interesting recent trend I’ve been seeing is that of new vendors differentiating their cloud service through giving customers ultimate flexibility around what they use on their cloud – rather than shoehorning them into a couple of OS options,…

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  • Cloud ERP Starts to Break Out–NetSuite Reports Good Numbers

    July 30, 2012

    Business
    enterprise, Enterprise resource planning, larry ellison, netsuite, oracle, Oracle Corporation, SuccessFactors, Zynga
     

    Last week say NetSuite report it’s Q2 revenue and earnings – hi level numbers include; Subscription and support revenue was $61.0 million, a 27 percent increase on an annual basis Cash flows from operations were $15.2 million, up by…

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  • Controlling (and Identifying) Cloud Spend with Cloudability

    June 30, 2011

    Business
    cfo, cloud computing, cloudability, enterprise, iaas, LaunchPad, Monitoring, SaaS, SMB
     

    One of the exciting companies I met with at the recent Structure Conference was Cloudability – in fact a number of commentators (well, myself and Paul Miller anyway) were a little shocked at the relatively poor ranking that the…

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  • Forklifting Apps to the Cloud – Realistic or Not?

    March 30, 2011

    Business
    Business, cloud computing, enterprise, Infrastructure, Netflix, Organization
     

    A few weeks ago, the shock du jour was the (slightly tongue in cheek) resignation by Christian Reilly from his (very tongue in cheek) position of President of the Private Cloud. There needs to be a little background to…

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  • McKinsey on SaaS

    June 13, 2008

    Business, IT, SaaS, Strategy
    enterprise, mckinsey
     

    RobinB sent me the latest McKinsey enterprise software report. It makes for interesting reading and will validate what SaaS vendors already know. It’s very interesting that a large number of respondents described SaaS as the most important trend impacting…

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  • Scoble on Google for Enterprise…

    April 14, 2008

    IT, SaaS, Web x.0
    enterprise, google
     

    Robert Scoble has an interesting perspective on Google’s moves into enterprise over here. His comments come after seeing a demo of a Cemaphore product called MailShadow for Google Apps, which synchronizes email and calendar items between Microsoft Outlook and…

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Papers

The Future of ERP – Moving at the Speed of Change

If we look back a generation, business tended to be static. While it is undeniable that innovation occurred, it tended to at a much slower pace. While Henry Ford’s manufacturing and distribution models certainly marked disruption for the horse and buggy industry, this was a change that took decades.

Channel Strategies for Success in the Cloud Age

Cloud Computing is perhaps one of the biggest shifts in the technology industry in a generation. Alongside the technology shifts involved in Cloud, there is also a significant change in the way technology will be supplied, implemented and delivered going forward. While this shift offers real benefits to consumers in terms of reduced costs and increased agility

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Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator. Ben covers the convergence of business and technology.

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