ERP Evolution Back in the 80’s, ERP software have been created in order to address a key productivity issue in the enterprise. The goal, as it is still the case today, was to reduce transaction costs in automating key business processes from manufacturing through finance and sales organizations. Transaction Cost The notion of transaction cost … Continue reading Third generation ERP: user-centric and social
B2B Marketers’ Priorities and Pain Points for 2009
According to Marketing Sherpa new research, the previous one was conducted in Feb 2008, B2B marketers will focus on:Dealing with lengthening sales cyclesDoing more with lessWeb 2.0 and social media marketingFocusing on lower-cost, high-impact lead gen tactics I will obviously only highlight the point 2. which wouldn't have been on the list a few month … Continue reading B2B Marketers’ Priorities and Pain Points for 2009
2009 IT Trends: can community based IT services on the cloud help?
As 2009 sets itself to unfold, major IT trends are starting to shape our future.In a nutshell we should be watching:Green ITExpense CuttingCloud ComputingVirtualizationMobile ComputingSOA/WOALeaning ArchitectureSocial Software, Enterprise 2.0 and Communities It's going to be tough and only those who can go beyond their fears and control it will be able to seize opportunities in … Continue reading 2009 IT Trends: can community based IT services on the cloud help?
What are the key forces driving to Enterprise 2.0 transformation?
Tectonic forces displacing enterprise applications boundaries are very diverse, I don’t pretend to be exhaustive here, but I’d like to highlight the ones having in my opinion a significant impact: Ubiquitous good quality (bandwidth) web access – check broadband stats – encouraging employees mobility Web crazy expansion (5.5M new users per week, 1.3B Internet users … Continue reading What are the key forces driving to Enterprise 2.0 transformation?
Music, Video and Software business models paradigm shift underway
When did you last buy a CD? I didn't buy one for a pretty long time and the last one I bought was from an artist I like nearly every single piece of work he creates, Pat Metheny. Is then the music business going away for a free show? Of course not, because one buys … Continue reading Music, Video and Software business models paradigm shift underway
Software on tap: SaaS and ASP are really not the same
I launched MS Word today, it's 24 years old! Don't you have enough? Don't you think time has come for a new software paradigm. Do you like Word? What do you do in e-mail then? This industry has come to a conclusion that software could very well migrate to it's editor servers. It started with … Continue reading Software on tap: SaaS and ASP are really not the same
Social Networking: the facebook mashup effect
I'm a recent facebook user. I knew about facebook for quite a while but I thought, as probably most of you, that it was a youngster phenomena. I'm no longer a youngster if anyone in doubt out there 😉 . This comes as no surprise as Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Harvard … Continue reading Social Networking: the facebook mashup effect
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