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Storms Coming on the Salesforce.com Cloud Front
Salesforce.com financial clouds I recently ran into a post from a pretty well respected investor blog over at “Seeking Alpha.” The basic takeaway is that the Salesforce.com cloud business is not all...
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SAP Third Party – Indirect Usage Licensing Part 1
SAP Software Licensing Many SAP customer license contracts contain either a direct or an indirect reference to SAP’s third party usage licensing requirements. That requirement is referred to as...
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SAP Third Party – Indirect Usage Licensing Part 2
SAP Software License For those who may not be aware, SAP is not the first company to require user licenses for third party or “indirect usage.” It is becoming more commonplace and some companies are...
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Will SAP HANA Lead to a Big Data Revolution?
SAP HANA – Big Data Lots of folks focus on HANA as a competitor to Oracle, and it is. Even if HANA adoption and sales were to completely devastate SAP’s biggest competitor (Oracle) that would not be...
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9 Games ERP Consultants Play
ERP Consultant Games Most in the ERP industry agree that software consultants can play a major role in helping their clients successfully implement a new ERP package. While some consulting firms have...
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SAP & IT Outsourcing – Vendor Management Tactics & Strategies
Outsourcing Tactics & Strategy In an outsourcing arrangement you have one of two approaches: work up front to reduce potential disputes or be prepared to deal with the fallout. The less aggressive...
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SAP and IT Outsourcing – Vendor Management Considerations
Outsourcing Motives One of the hot trends in IT is outsourcing. The allure of smooth sailing, fewer headaches, and lower cost generally capture senior leadership’s attention. The sales pitches about...
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Dear SAP — IT’s Past HANA TIME
In-Memory DB Recently there has been a lot of activity around in-memory database processing. Oracle announced in-memory which it is positioning as a direct competitor to HANA [Fn1]; IBM, Microsoft,...
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SAP & IT Outsourcing – RESULTS MATTER!
In House vs. Outsource Business today is looking for a way to provide shareholder value. Outsourcing has become one of the latest “crazes” to boost stock values because shareholders believe it will...
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What is IT Strategy?
Business & IT Strategy We hear it almost every day, IT Strategy, Business Strategy, strategic customer accounts, strategic widgets, etc. Strategy is applied to so many areas and so many things that...
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Make M&A Transition & Integration Easier
Mergers and Acquisitions are a challenge. Let us help! Merger & Acquisition Integration is hard work but the rewards can be significant. We can accelerate the first 100 days to gain rapid...
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R3Now is dba IITRun
The name for IITRun started many years ago in association with R3Now and SAP’s R3 product. Over the years, the R3Now tagline went from SAP from the Customer Point of View to eventually become Innovate,...
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Why So Many Struggle with Digital Transformation
Digital is all about customer interaction This is the first part in a series on successful digital initiatives and transformation. A few practitioners from Accenture offered their insight in the...
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Defining Digital Business
Digital Business Another in our series on Digital Business Transformation success. In our previous post on Why So Many Struggle with Digital Transformation, we discussed the major problem with Digital...
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The ERP III Borderless Enterprise Digital Business Model
On the Digital Business Transformation journey, our first step was identifying key reasons Why So Many Struggle with Digital Transformation. After that we explored Defining Digital Business for...
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Digital Success Starts with Simplifying and Modernizing
Today’s Competition is Driving a Change As part of our guidebook series (at the end of this post) on successful digital transformation we are moving from what digital is, to how you execute a digital...
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How to Free Up Capital & Capacity for Digital Transformation
Technical Debt’s High Costs Only Accelerate with Time While finding opportunities in the high cost of technical debt may seem counter-intuitive, it is not. By simplifying and modernizing you free up...
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The Technical Debt Vicious Cycle Ruins Digital Efforts
On the journey to successful digital business transformation we are moving through reducing technical debt by simplifying technical complexity. That complexity creates a vicious cycle that needs to be...
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Technical Debt Vicious Cycle to Virtuous Cycle
Simplify and Modernize Making the move beyond technical debt requires organization-level conscious decisions that complexity and customizing are enemies. These enemies sabotage the agility needed for...
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Technical Debt Management IS People Management
IT People Management One of the major hidden obstacles in organizations with technical debt is people management for those with a vested interest in the complexity and customization. They have...
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