Do We Need an FDA to Protect Our Data?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on April 20, 2009It’s time we take data protection out of the realm of futility and treat our vital data like a food or a drug that needs serious oversight and safeguards.
In Your Face: Recession and The Rise of the Anti-Social WebBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on March 05, 2009Welcome to the Anti-social Web, with the Facebooks, LinkIns and Twitters of the world churning your personal data into corporate profits – privacy and propriety be damned.
SaaS and Cloud Computing in 2009By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on January 08, 2009A look at the trends that will shape enterprise software, including some serious doubts about the relational database.
Software Market: Hurray for More Regulation!By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on November 04, 2008To software vendors and business users alike, the growing regulatory climate represents an enormous opportunity.
Craigslist: The Crucifixion of Craig and the End of FreeBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on September 01, 2008Editorial: It’s time to stop letting “free” be a shield for anonymous criminal behavior at a wide array of major sites, including eBay, Yahoo and Google.
The Enterprise Software Market: It's the Channel, StupidBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on August 11, 2008Vendors, searching for new clients, see the small- and medium-sized market as a lucrative sector. Too bad many of their efforts are largely wasted.
Should You Consolidate Your Database?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on July 03, 2008Database consolidation can have a huge impact on IT budgets by lowering hardware and database license costs. But the perils are numerous.
Value-added SaaS: Is this SaaS 2.0?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on June 09, 2008In software as a service, there’s a clear dividing line between traditional “pure-play” and forward-looking “value added.”
A Revolution Threatens the Relational DatabaseBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on May 13, 2008SAP’s in-memory database technology has Oracle-killer written all over it, and nothing would give SAP greater pleasure than knocking Oracle’s database out of its current position as top-dog in the SAP database kennel.
Microhoo and the Rise of Google 2.0By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on March 03, 2008First and foremost, Microhoo could try to fix the fact that Google’s search technology is sooo last century, as in the Stone Age, that it’s almost funny to call it “search.”
The Recession-Proof Enterprise Software Market: It's Not 2002By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on February 03, 2008Companies aren’t glutted with unused software as they were in the last recession. Plus, if a software purchase improves revenues or lowers costs, the green light is still on.
The Price May be Right: Oracle Finally Lands BEABy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on January 17, 2008For Oracle’s shareholders, the real question, as with all the other acquisitions, is whether BEA customers will stick around long enough to make the deal worthwhile.
The End of Upgrades: A ManifestoBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on December 10, 2007We’re angry and we’re not going to take it: Upgrades suck, and it’s time that they sucked a whole lot less. Way past time, if you ask me.
Oracle and IBM: The New Dynamic Duo?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on November 06, 2007The IT leviathans are getting closer all the time, in ways that were unthinkable even two years ago. What more can they do to get even closer?
Software as a Service and the End of the Systems IntegratorBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on October 03, 2007The bloated implementation projects – the ones that cost anywhere from two to ten times the software license cost – are clearly on the way out. And none too soon.
Google Docs: Terms of Disservice or Evil 2.0?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on September 05, 2007Users of Google Docs agree to grant Google a “worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce” their content. Is there a business naïve enough to agree to this?
Death to the Mid-MarketBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on May 14, 2007Vendors hoping to tap into the much ballyhooed honeypot of the mid market sector are operating under an outdated perception.
The "New" SAP and The Plattner IndexBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on April 02, 2007SAP seems to sink or swim with the fortunes of founder Hasso Plattner. Is the ‘Plattner Index’ headed up or down?
A Little Known Company Charts the BPM-SOA FutureBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on March 05, 2007Can you name a company that’s a player at the Microsoft-SAP level for business process modeling, but is also a darling of the SMB market?
The Fog of Hype: Causing a Tech Slump?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on January 23, 2007The hype cycle is out of hand, and all too often hype – no matter how ridiculous – is given equal time with reality.
HP Misses Another OpportunityBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on December 20, 2006The HP Way is sorely in need of a little change in the enterprise applications market, argues our guest columnist.
Microsoft/SAP's Duet: Swinging for the HillsBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on November 20, 2006The top-selling Duet app is part of a four-way tug of war involving Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and IBM.
HP's Real CrimeBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on September 15, 2006The spy scandal looks bad, but HP has a much more serious, long-term problem, writes our
Enterprise Advisor.
Oracle Fusion Applications Update: Less is MoreBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on August 16, 2006After three years of mystery and confusion, our
Enterprise Advisor writes, Oracle's strategy for its Fusion Applications suite is beginning to make sense.
SAP and the Competition: End of the Free Ride?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on July 20, 2006It’s been relatively easy being SAP for the last two or so years, but Microsoft and Oracle finally may be ready to compete for real in the business software market.
A Truly Weird M&ABy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on June 26, 2006The enterprise software market has seen lots of friendly mergers and one impressively hostile takeover. Now it is witness to a new category of acquisition attempt.
Come On, Oracle, Open UpBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on May 24, 2006A "circle the wagons" mentality has made Oracle harder and harder to understand at a time when its message is more complex than ever.
SAP Raises Interest with Virsa BuyBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on April 17, 2006Datamation Columnist Josh Greenbaum says SAP's recent acquisition of Virsa has all the Venture Capitalists talking.
From On-Demand to Non-DemandBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on April 13, 2006Once you look carefully at the model, our
Enterprise Advisor writes, pure-play on-demand is just a little too restrictive for many customers.
The Year of CRM, With a TwistBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on February 22, 2006Even as activity explodes around customer relationship management, our
Enterprise Advisor says the CRM acronym has become meaningless.
Decoding Oracle's Latest Fusion UpdateBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on January 20, 2006Oracle has made progress in its applications, but not as much as the company would like to believe, writes our
Enterprise Advisor columnist.
SAP has Edge in Battle with OracleBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on December 30, 2005Columnist Josh Greenbaum says Oracle better get in the game or SAP will continue to outpace it.
Salesforce Dot-Bomb?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on October 13, 2005The fate of Salesforce.com is hardly sealed, but cracks in the veneer are beginning to show, writes our
Enterprise Advisor.
Dissecting Oracle's Bid for SiebelBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on September 13, 2005The real winners in Larry Ellison's bold bid for the troubled CRM vendor will be Siebel's customers, according to our
Enterprise Advisor.
IBM and Oracle: Love at First FightBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on August 19, 2005In a fascinating case of opportunity creating strange bedfellows, Big Blue’s latest romance is with none other than archrival Oracle.
The Logic of ProfitLogicBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on July 13, 2005Oracle's recent acquisition of ProfitLogic reveals a lot about not just where the company is heading in the key retail sector but how it plans to tackle other strategic industries as well, explains our
Enterprise Advisor.
IT Gets Down to BusinessBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on June 22, 2005The process-oriented enterprise is turning into the next battleground in the never-ending struggle to define, redefine, and define yet again the role of the CIO.
IBM: Enterprise Software Friend or Foe?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on May 16, 2005IBM needs to figure out what role it really wants to play in the enterprise software market, writes our
Enterprise Advisor.
Wounded by Friendly Fire: Siebel Tries Another CEOBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on April 13, 2005With a mandate to continue an unworkable status quo at the once-feared CRM juggernaut, it was almost too easy to see that Siebel Systems CEO Michael Lawrie was being set up for a fall, writes our
Enterprise Advisor.
Microsoft Business Solutions Sells ItselfBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on March 16, 2005Every once in a while, even hardened cynics have to admit a vendor might be getting something right. Our
Enterprise Advisor columnist says in this case the vendor is Microsoft, and what it finally may be getting right is Microsoft Business Solutions.
Microsoft's MBS: Enterprise Applications for Sale?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on February 11, 2005Datamation's
Enterprise Advisor columnist says you can expect to see some dramatic changes regarding Redmond's enterprise-targeted Microsoft Business Solutions.
Is Ghengis On the Hunt Again?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on January 14, 2005Now that Oracle owns PeopleSoft, and all signs point to a reinvigorated push by Oracle into the enterprise applications space, it's worth wondering who CEO Larry Ellison has in his crosshairs.
A Partner-Friendly SAP in the WorksBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on December 09, 2004Major companies usually end up trampling smaller partners. But SAP, with its future possibly in the balance, is beefing up its partnering skills to build an ecosystem of software applications.
The Next Dramatic Moment in SoftwareBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on November 04, 2004Now that the Oracle/PeopleSoft battle royale is drawing to a close, our
Enterprise Advisor offers some thoughts on what other deals could provide the industry's next schadenfreude spectacle.
The Beginning of the End of PeopleSoftBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on October 08, 2004The firing of PeopleSoft's CEO means one thing, according to our
Enterprise Advisor: It's time to sell the software company to Oracle.
No More Plaxo, PleaseBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on September 13, 2004Online contact management service provider Plaxo is building one of the most valuable marketing databases in the world. But
Enterprise Advisor columnist Josh Greenbaum wonders if it may come at a cost -- to you.
Here Come the Lawyers (to the Rescue)By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on August 30, 2004Sometimes it seems a week doesn't go by without a shareholder suit against a software company. One that almost slipped by unnoticed involves Siebel and its claims of near universal customer satisfaction.
SAP Strikes BackBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on July 12, 2004Scarcely four months after IBM took a swing at SAP by buying Trigo, SAP has swung back by acquiring Trigo competitor A2i.
Enterprise Advisor Josh Greenbaum analyzes the shifting battle lines.
The Better Side of Enterprise SoftwareBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on June 15, 2004We live in a Darwinistic world, and work in an even more Darwinistic software industry. But
Enterprise Advisor columnist Josh Greenbaum argues that there's room to be successful and do good.
Does Siebel Matter Anymore?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on May 17, 2004Siebel Systems drastically needs a major rethinking of its core business strategy, argues
Enterprise Advisor columnist Josh Greenbaum.
An Open Letter to McNealy: Turn to the EnterpriseBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on April 14, 2004Datamation columnist Joshua Greenbaum has a few thoughts on what might give Sun Microsystems' business a much-needed lift. And he's offering up his advice in an open letter to Sun's chairman Scott McNealy.
IBM vs. SAP, Round X and CountingBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on March 11, 2004IBM and SAP are great friends when it comes to implementing SAP software. Which is why you might not have heard what the real motive was behind IBM's recent acquisition of Trigo Technologies.
Anti-Trust and Suite-Sized SoftwareBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on February 25, 2004Oracle's attempted takeover of PeopleSoft seems to be foundering on the shores of anti-trust law.
Enterprise Advisor columnist Josh Greenbaum argues that U.S. and European market regulators are dead wrong.
Sybase, SAP and Microsoft: Round 3 and CountingBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on January 22, 2004In a little-noticed announcement last November, SAP and Sybase inked a deal that said more about success and failure in the enterprise software market than many realize.
Productivity, Recession and JoblessnessBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on December 16, 2003Maybe it's time enterprise software took the credit -- and the blame -- for the jobless recovery, says
Datamation's Enterprise Advisor columnist.
To Figure Out Microsoft, Keep an Eye on its PartnersBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on November 20, 2003It's been a busy fall for Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS), the division in charge of Redmond's assault on the enterprise software market. Our
Datamation columnist says if you want to stay up to date, keep an eye on Microsoft's partners.
When Innovation Becomes a Bad ThingBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on October 21, 2003It's always possible to have too much of a good thing. But too much innovation? Our
Datamation columnist takes a look at this question.
Where Does Oracle Go From Here?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on September 29, 2003While PeopleSoft would be an interesting acquisition for Oracle, it wouldn't solve the company's IBM problem.
Software Spies and Software LiesBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on August 26, 2003Lawsuits between competing software vendors are relatively rare, and the public disclosure of what really happened is even rarer still. So the dirty little habit of trade secret and intellectual property theft between software rivals largely remains hidden from view.
Best of Breed Looking Good AgainBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on July 17, 2003Massive confusion has hit the enterprise applications market, and before the dust settles there stand to be a good number of losers and only a few lucky winners.
PeopleSoft's Latest Gambits Make Sense, UnfortunatelyBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on May 22, 2003If PeopleSoft can flesh out its new Total Ownership Experience initiative and ship its products with pre-built integration, the company may really be on to something, says Datamation's Enterprise Advisor columnist.
Lessons from 'Old Europe'By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on April 15, 2003At a recent summit in Spain, two-thirds of more than 50 CIOs from Europe's top companies said their companies were actively developing Web services-based applications. Does Europe know something we don't about Web services?
Build vs. Buy, Round II: The Little GiantsBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on March 18, 2003Buying enterprise software doesn't have to mean buying from the top-tier vendors at all, despite the common perception that the suite vendors are invincible. Highly verticalized specialty vendors can beat both big custom systems vendors and suite vendors.
It's Oracle Time AgainBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on February 13, 2003One of the great migrations of the software industry is about the begin anew. It's the migration of Oracle's time and energy back into a key market that the company hasn't paid much attention to of late.
SAP Raises the Ante For Enterprise SoftwareBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on January 22, 2003The announcement by Germany-based enterprise software giant SAP of its NetWeaver technology platform heralds an important shift in the enterprise applications market.
IBM's Baddest MoveBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on December 16, 2002First CrossWorlds, then PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, then Rational. To heck with that silly ubiquitous computing idea and those funky, retro ads -- the really retro part of IBM is found in these three acquisitions.
Microsoft Turns Competitors' Innovations into GoldBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on November 19, 2002What all the federal and state prosecutors will never get is Microsoft Corp.'s ability to turn a competitor's strategic innovation into a low-priced, high-volume commodity that Microsoft can then sell with a retail tag that no one else can match.
Siebel Satisfying? Depends On Who's AskingBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on October 15, 2002Siebel Systems' assertions that it enjoys an unprecedented 90-plus percent customer satisfaction rating have come under fire in a report that questions not just Siebel's customer satisfaction rating, but its return on investment claims.
Will Plattner Ever Leave SAP?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on September 17, 2002It seems now that the big question for SAP isn't about new technology, or new competitors, or even new revenue streams. It's about whether charismatic founder and co-chairman Hasso Plattner will be leaving soon.
The Future Of Enterprise Software (Again)By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on September 04, 2002SAP's Cross-Application, or X-App, is nothing short of a radical sea-change in how the company develops and markets software.
SCM is Dead, Long Live SCMBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on July 16, 2002With the two best-known supply chain management companies down and showing no signs of imminent recovery, the question is whether SCM as a business strategy, technology, and line of business makes sense any more. The answer, says Enterprise Advisor columnist Josh Greenbaum, is a qualified yes.
They Jail CEOs, Don't They?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on June 12, 2002It's time for the software industry to voluntarily open up its books and show the markets, and its customers, what's really going on, argues columnist Josh Greenbaum.
Tom Siebel Hates Me (And Anyone Else Asking The Tough Questions)By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on May 14, 2002Siebel Systems, says our Enterprise Advisor columnist, is without a doubt the most closed-off, inaccessible, information-hostile public company in the software industry. Which makes Tom Seibel's claims of extraordinary customer satisfaction hard to swallow. (See Siebel Systems'
response.)
Enterprise Software Overnight Success Stories Pure FictionBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on April 03, 2002The world of enterprise software has some immutable rules, and one of them is that industry leaders are never dethroned overnight by upstarts, despite the marketing hype you hear.
Microsoft's New CRM Software Just The BeginningBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on March 07, 2002The word out of Redmond is that its pending CRM software won't compete in the enterprise market, but Enterprise Advisor columnist Josh Greenbaum says it is inevitable Microsoft/Great Plains will one day take on the Siebels of the world.
The Price of Software HappinessBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on February 07, 2002Enterprise software buyers operate in the dark when it comes to software pricing. Oracle's recent announcement regarding its 11i applications suite pricing is a welcome attempt at providing some transparency to this overly complex part of the acquisition process.
JDE: Back to the Present? By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on January 08, 2002Learn how refocusing on customer needs, a revived management team, and a timely decision to buy YOUCentric helped J.D. Edwards post a turn-around quarter last month and why columnist Joshua Greenbaum thinks JDE is back to stay.
The Applications Glut and the Glueware SolutionBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on December 11, 2001It's time to be honest about the application glut that prevents users from getting a real ROI from their software and keeps vendors from growing sales. The truth is, most companies have too much, not too little, applications software.
SAP Sizzles, Siebel FizzlesBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on November 13, 2001The current respective fortunes of Siebel and SAP speak volumes about what succeeds, and fails, in enterprise software. In both cases, it's all about the installed base of customers. For Siebel, the installed base is cause for concern. For SAP, it's the source of salvation.
Time For CommerceTwo?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on October 16, 2001That enterprise software giant SAP will eventually own whatever is left of CommerceOne is practically a done deal. The real question is what will be left of the once high-flying e-commerce pioneer when it morphs into CommerceTwo.
PeopleSoft Plans ESA RevolutionBy Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on September 26, 2001Enterprise service automation is real and the demand is there. The trick will be to make sure PeopleSoft and those that follow it don't go too far in promising that ESA will revolutionize the way companies do business.
Here Comes Microsoft (Again)By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on August 14, 2001For the umpteenth time, the gang from Redmond says it's ready to take by storm the enterprise software market dominated by SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft. Our columnist has been dismissing similar Microsoft claims for years, and he's always been proven right. So what's leading him to change his tune this time?
Summer of Love Among ERP Rivals?By Joshua Greenbaum |
Enterprise Advisor Article Published on July 24, 2001New Feature: In his first monthly column on enterprise resource planning, consultant Joshua Greenbaum discusses a startling development among competitors SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft -- they're allowing their software to work together. But don't get too enthusiastic, Greenbaum warns, giving a short list of remaining concerns.
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