Suite vs Best of Breed – Let the Battle Begin (Yet Again)
A month or so ago I sat in a room with a small group of bloggers discussing the enterprise software space with NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson and one sentence he said stuck in my mind: The same was is playing out in this space all over again. And just like last time, the suite’s will [...]
NetSuite vs SAP … Round #n. A Game Changer?
In my recent Suites post I said there were exactly 1.5 (one and a half) integrated full business solutions (SaaS Suite, SaaS All-In-One, SaaS ERP, SaaS SMB ERP – take your pick or create a new one) offered as a service. The one in that equation was NetSuite, and the half is SAP’s Business ByDesign. [...]
Integration is Good… When You Actually Do It
Recently at the SuiteCloud event (see disclosure) I attended a presentation looking at the NetSuite integration with Google apps. At the session a development company, Daston, showed off its custom built functionality that allowed for a one way creation of calendar and mail events hin NetSuite, from within Google applications. I watched the demonstration and [...]
Tech Stocks, Some Interesting Trends
So Greece is imploding, the flow on effects to the greater Eurozone (and even farther afield) are unknown. Wall Street is down and it’s fun to look at how tech stocks are doing… . Microsoft, down 2.37% on heavy trading. One million iPads and Apple is still down, even so more than Microsoft. What’s going [...]
Adaptive Planning for Budgeting
At the recent SuiteCloud conference (see disclosure) I met with AdaptivePlanning and had a look at their application. AdaptivePlanning was founded in 2003 by a CFO who had previously been involved with many large businesses. Having built a number of highly complex budgeting tools in spreadsheets in the past, and having used heavyweight tools like [...]
FUD in the House of SaaS – More on Suites
Recently I wrote about the evergreen Best-of-breed vs. Integrated All-in-One Suite debate again, arguing: Call me “old school”, but I also believe in the value of having one tightly integrated system for most business needs, and I believe it’s true not only for large corporations but much smaller businesses. I don’t have CIO’s to back [...]
Podcast: Chat With NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson
Ben and I attended NetSuite’s SuiteCloud Partner Conference last week (our NetSuite coverage here). We both had a chance to meet CEO Zach Nelson several times: on-stage, at dinner, and a cozy small-group chat that included several Enterprise Irregulars. Michael Krigsman of the IT Project Failures fame recorded the entire conversation, and although it’s an [...]
SaaS Sales – Don’t Discount Traditional Channels
We’ve heard for years that SaaS applications will disintermediate traditional marketing channels with it’s direct to consumer and viral uptake – many were envisaging a future without traditional media usage. The truth however seems to be somewhat different – the number of SaaS vendors I’ve spoken to recently who are embarking on “traditional” approaches is [...]
Edgy Marketing: Great Plains and SAP Guy vs. NetSuite Guy (Mac vs PC)
You’ve seen Great Plains and SAP, now in the Grand Finale they come together to match up against Mac .. I mean the NetSuite Guy: (Disclosure – Ben and I are attending NetSuite’s SuiteCloud conference and the company covers our expenses.)
Marketing Automation Made Easy With Suitecloud Platform
Netsuite’s Suitecloud is in full swing now and our own Ben and Zoli are tracking it closely. Soon the videos of Suitecloud will be available on Netsuite’s Youtube channel. The flexible Suitecloud platform is already making waves and I came across an announcement about how Leadforce1‘s marketing automation platform is integrated with Netsuite’s cloud computing [...]
Edgy Marketing: Great Plains Guy vs NetSuite Guy (Mac vs PC)
Since I’ve shared with you a video making fun of the Suites it’s only fair to show how a “suite”, NetSuite makes fun of competitors. Oh, I love edgy marketing:-) But this is nothing.. wait till they publish the SAP vs NetSuite video we’ve just seen at the SuiteCloud conference (And I can’t wait for [...]
It’s All About the Suite – NetSuite Enters the Box
Today Box.net is at the NetSuite SuiteCloud conference (see disclosure re my attendance at SuiteCloud here) opening the box (bad pun intended) on their integration with NetSuite. It’s an integration that Box have built using NetSuite’s SuiteCloud development platform, and it allows NetSuite customers to access, manage, share, and collaborate on all their content online, [...]
Are Suites Really Sour? The Best of Breed vs. Integrated Suite Debate.
The evergreen Best-of-breed vs. Integrated All-in-One Suite debate is back again. This will be a somewhat long post, so let’s sit back and start with some entertainment first. Episode 2, “Suites Are Sour” is from the mini-series SuiteMates, which I admit I find hilariously entertaining, albeit rather pointless. Why? It’s run by supply chain solution [...]
Chirpy Chirpy Tweet Tweet
Twitter’s Chirp developer conference is gathering today at the scenic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and I though it was only appropriate to greet them with this Chirpy video from … well, let’s just say from before most of them were born:-) It’s a busy conference week: Jacob will soon check in from [...]
Click… Click … #FAIL. The Microsoft Dynamics Obstacle Course
I guess I should start theme days. Yesterday it was passwords, today it’s a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, this time it’s actually 4 images, but they tell the full story.. no comment required. New Blog Post: Check Out the NEW NetSuite Compete Site!: check out the new NetSuite compete site for competitive… [...]
