Nov 6, 2009
Market Service: ERP
SaaS Integration With SAP a Pleasant Surprise at Brady Corporation
Ian Finley
Imagine integrating Salesforce CRM with SAP ERP, with the project taking half the time and resources expected. This is exactly what happened at Brady Corporation. No strangers to SAP integration, Brady IT credits salesforce.com's service-oriented architecture and tools for the unusually easy integration effort. At least sometimes, integrating SaaS and on-premises applications can be easier than traditional integration.
Mar 31, 2009
Market Service: IT Management and SOA
IBM, SAP, and Others Issue Open Cloud Manifesto
Ian Finley
What do you do when a technology takes off and you don't control it? If you're a big technology company like IBM or SAP, you try to slow it down. If nothing else, this curious bit of marketing signals the beginning of the full-on war for the clouds.
Mar 19, 2009
Market Service: IT Management and SOA
NetSuite Wants You On Its Cloud
Ian Finley
NetSuite's new developer network is the latest shot in the war for customers, software vendors, and systems integrators. It's also a key part of the company's strategy to dominate ERP for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), as well as a part of the emerging battle between software-as-a-service (SaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) providers for dominance in the cloud.
Nov 20, 2008
Market Service: Knowledge and Content Management
Outclouding: New Ways of Capitalizing on the Economics of Cloud Computing and Outsourcing
Jonathan Yarmis, Ian Finley, Dennis Gaughan, Phil Fersht, Dana Stiffler
Cloud computing's first phase has been dominated by young companies and major capital investments. Up next, we'll see the entrance of the major outsourcing vendors that will use their traditional relationships as well as new technologies and approaches to utilize customers' installed infrastructure, signaling a new phase in the evolution. Companies with an appetite for risk will be able to capitalize on interesting products in 2009. But for now, the current economic downturn coupled with the safety of these mainstream providers will drive significantly broader consideration.
Sep 6, 2008
Market Service: Knowledge and Content Management
Don't Call Google Chrome a Browser--It's a (Potential) Giant-Slaying Strategy
Jonathan Yarmis, Jim Murphy, Ian Finley
Don't think of Google's new Chrome as a browser-it's really an omni-client strategy aimed directly at Microsoft. This is a disruptive maneuver, presaging a serious Google effort to control more of the desktop as well as strengthen and extend its position in the mobile and online-cloud environment.
May 27, 2008
Market Service: IT Management and SOA
The Battle for SOA Rages On
Ian Finley
The battle for service-oriented architecture is pivotal in the larger fight for the enterprise software market. While many vendors are claiming victory, the battle is far from over. Using IBM, SAP and TIBCO as examples, AMR Research examines the wide range of vendor strategies deployed today, focusing on how this battle may affect the outcome of the war.
Sep 26, 2007
Investment Research Strategies
Progress Software: Enterprise Products Bolster 3Q Results, On-Demand Could Mean Big Lift
Laura McCaughey, Ian Finley
Progress Software reported solid F3Q07 results. The company is poised to reap the benefits of the considerable inroads it has made with partners to create on-demand products as well as harnessing the midmarket SOA opportunity.
May 31, 2007
Market Service: Customer Management
Should You Make Your Software More "SaaSy"?
Robert Bois, Ian Finley
Any software vendor from the desktop tools providers all the way to full blown ERP providers are being forced to react to the growing impact of SaaS on their markets. New vendors are building SaaS models from the ground up, while established vendors are debating whether to switch, hedge, or stick to the model that got them where they are. But what are the keys to success-and failure? We now have enough of a track record to start recording some of the commonalities of both outcomes and several in between.
Jul 5, 2006
Enterprise Application Strategies
Security Must Evolve With the Web
Ian Finley, Eric Karofsky
The evolving web has opened new fronts in the war to protect information assets. Winning that war requires rethinking security practices and developing a culture of security that extends to every employee and partner.