Another project problem, but what about the successful ones?

An article in ZDNet talks about the devils triangle.  This the relationship between the vendor, customer and 3rd party integrator. These stories always make the headlines because it gets read but for every one that appears there are multiple factors of successful ones which only ever get reported by the vendors leading to scepticism of [...]

New Article on FT.com – thoughts on outsourcing

A busy week this week! 2 articles were published in the Financial Times. This second one list a few thoughts on outsourcing.

New article on FT.Com – some thoughts on SAP

Today the Financial Times published an online article which will be published in hard copy very shortly. In it I’m quoted on my usual hobby-horse.
Don’t blame the software – blame the program management or rather lack of good program management.

Where there’s smoke is there any fire?

Following on from my observations that the marketplace is changing comes a string of denials.
Firstly an article in Forbes takes a very reasoned approach 0ver what might drive customers to focus on SAP. Then comes an piece on CNN where IBM deny all approaches to merge with SAP. Hot on the heels of this comes [...]

What are the implications of Oracle’s latest acquisition – Sun?

Some analysts are now weighing up the possible outcomes of Oracle’s recent acquisition of Sun. Vuk Trifkovic writing in Data Monitor and reproduced here in tradingmarkets.com spells out his views.  In a previous post I commented on how the big four, that is Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and SAP were now split in two groups. Since [...]

Oracle responds to SAP’s change on maintenance ( well sort of….)

Larry Dignanposts an interesting article about Oracle and maintenance fees. In a previous blog I called upon other software vendors to follow SAP’s example and set new standards for maintenance, and Oracle has done…..something. But it’s pretty poor and lack lustre in comparison. Oracle users should take a few tips from SAP users and undertake [...]