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  • SAPPHIRE Now day 2 wrap - a cloudy and confusing day

    By Dennis Howlett | May 16, 2012, 5:43am PDT

    Many colleagues had been looking forward to hearing Lars Dalgaard articulate SAP’s cloud story. Most I know came away with puzzled looks. If there is a plan, it makes no sense to me at multiple levels

  • NetSuite takes aim at Sage resellers

    By Dennis Howlett | May 15, 2012, 9:31am PDT

    NetSuite takes another step in expanding its ecosystem. This time it’s at the expense of Sage.

  • SAPPHIRE Now 2012 - day 1 wrap

    By Dennis Howlett | May 15, 2012, 4:55am PDT

    Day 1 at SAPPHIRE Now was one of little news but a lot of comforting of the user base. Here’s how SAP achieved that goal.

  • SAPPHIRENow - HCM opportunities already missed?

    By Dennis Howlett | May 10, 2012, 9:35am PDT

    What will we hear on the SAP/SuccessFactors front at SAPPHIRENow next week? We don’t know but all the talk feels tactical and not visionary. Here’s an alternative take on what they might easily miss.

  • What should we expect at SAPPHIRE?

    By Dennis Howlett | May 8, 2012, 10:12am PDT

    What will customers, analysts, developer and others need to hear at SAPPHIRE? Here are some broad strokes.

  • SAP and Oracle up the ante in the phony database wars

    By Dennis Howlett | May 1, 2012, 5:55pm PDT

    Round two in the war of words between Oracle and SAP is underway. This time we’re trading facts and FUD.

  • Infor's cloud and mobile strategies

    By Dennis Howlett | May 1, 2012, 6:30am PDT

    A week has passed since the opening keynotes at Inforum 2012. That’s given me time to reflect on what happened, what we saw and digest what the company’s cloud and mobile strategies mean for the market going forward.
    In my first Inforum post I said:
    So what we have is a company that has rolled up many [...]

  • The G Drive TOS critics need to shut up

    By Dennis Howlett | April 26, 2012, 8:16am PDT

    G-Drive comes with Google’s standard and blanket TOS. But why are so many people bleating about this without seemingly understanding what is involved? Put up and shut up I say.

  • Infor next steps, an unsurprising IPO

    By Dennis Howlett | April 24, 2012, 6:30am PDT

    An Infor IPO has been much rumored. Now its VCs seem set on that course. But how will it get there?

  • Feds nix Oracle blanket contract

    By Dennis Howlett | April 20, 2012, 1:47pm PDT

    The Feds pull the trigger on nixing Oracle contracts. It will cost Oracle dearly.