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Today, IDC predicted that cloud, mobile, social and big data would account for 80% of IT spending growth between now and 2020. In a forceful message, IDC sees 2012 as the start of a high-stakes battle as leading vendors “make bold investments and fateful decisions.” Frank Gent, senior vice president and chief analyst [...]
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You may have heard the term Cloud Washing before. It relates to the practice of legacy enterprise software vendors slapping a Cloud sticker on everything they do. That’s how antiquated enterprise software products that were engineered 20 years ago all of a sudden become Cloud-Ready and the vendor’s next Customer Advisory Board becomes a [...]
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Michael Krigsman has a great post on the Enterprise Irregulators that outlines why traditional enterprise software vendors are under attack:
“Traditional enterprise software has a negative reputation for being poorly designed and difficult to use. Although vendors have long been aware of this problem, few genuine solutions have emerged over the years.”
As the [...]
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Most enterprise software is boring and a pain to use. Each process takes dozens of actions to complete, often resulting in the user not sure how to take the next action. Usability is a decade (or more!) old and far removed from modern, web based applications that today’s users have grown to love. Innovation [...]
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Many legacy enterprise software vendors are jumping on the cloud computing bandwagon and position their legacy software offering as a SaaS solution. We at SAManage have been long advocating that not all SaaS offerings are created equal and that there are significant benefits to customers that understand why its important to explore if [...]
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Isn’t it sad to watch the demise of what was once a technology icon? Isn’t it ironic that Kodak is having a fire sale of its patent treasure chest in a last minute effort to avoid bankruptcy? From the Wall Street Journal:
The one-time blue chip suffered with the transition to digital cameras and [...]
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When it comes to reaching “end of life” for existing on-premise IT service management (ITSM) and IT service desk tools, and evaluating and selecting replacement options, many companies are heavily influenced by their current vendors. Of course, the vendors are biased is their approach. They have a vested interest in convincing [...]
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SaaS is rapidly disrupting an area of the enterprise software business that is frequently overlooked – the customer advisory board. A customer advisory board is made up of an ISVs best customers, who help review future product roadmaps and provide valuable feedback and input on planned new features and enhancements.
Why the Traditional Customer Advisory Board (CAB) is Broken
Having spend a portion of my [...]
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It is interesting to watch the large enterprise software vendors, especially those in the IT management markets (BMC, CA, HP, etc.), as they struggle with their SaaS messaging. Clearly, the challenge is this – do they erode their own base, or do they protect it as best they can while leaving it vulnerable to the [...]
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We recently witnessed a slew of public announcements from legacy enterprise software vendors who are repackaging their on-premise solutions as SaaS offerings. This is, in my opinion, a misleading marketing tactic. Fortunately, today’s customers are smarter, and can quickly sift through the marketing fluff and understand the real deal.
Let’s discuss exactly how these vendors are bluffing:
Hosted is [...]
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