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SAP and SuccessFactors Acquisition Q&A

SAP and SuccessFactors Acquisition Q&A

By Jarret Pazahanick on December 6, 2011

This Saturday SAP announced its $3.4B acquisition of SuccessFactors and even though in the recent months they had dropped some hints they were looking to make an acquisition very few had SuccessFactors being the likely candidate.  I would expect a lot more information and clarity to come out in the coming months but thought I […]

Posted in Application Software, Business, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, Cornerstone, enterprise software, OnDemand, peoplesoft, saas, sap, sap byd, successfactors, taleo, workday | 2 Responses

Why Workday is a Major Threat to SAP

Why Workday is a Major Threat to SAP

By Jarret Pazahanick on July 8, 2011

If you asked a majority of people who will be SAP’s biggest competitor in the coming years my guess is the names Oracle and Salesforce would be the two most commonly mentioned. If I had to place a bet I would say the right answer is Workday for a number of reasons which I will outline below.

Posted in Application Software, Business, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, enterprise software, peoplesoft, saas, sap, sap byd, workday | 1 Response

Vindicated by SaaS

Vindicated by SaaS

By Zoli Erdos on August 10, 2010

<Shameless chest-thumping below. You’ve been warned.> In 2008 I said: I am a strong believer that in 4-5 years most software developed will be SaaS, and that in 10 years it will be the predominant method of “consuming” software by large enterprises. Today IDC says (as cited by Joe McKendrick @ ZDNet): By 2012, IDC […]

Posted in Application Software, Enterprise | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, saas, sap, software as a service

SAP Business ByDesign Video – Plain and Simple, Making Fun of …Wow, ERP!

SAP Business ByDesign Video – Plain and Simple, Making Fun of …Wow, ERP!

By Zoli Erdos on July 18, 2010

We’re just having an intense internal debate in the Enterprise Irregulars group whether SAP’s Business ByDesign (ByD) is late to the market and what it all means, when hot off the press here’s a promotional video, that’s not so much ByD advertising but a SMB / SME SaaS 101, and a very good one at […]

Posted in Enterprise, Small business | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, enterprise software, erp, humor, marketing, saas, sap, smb, sme, video | 2 Responses

NetSuite, Manufacturing, Ecosystems and a Better Way to Compete

NetSuite, Manufacturing, Ecosystems and a Better Way to Compete

By Zoli Erdos on June 3, 2010

We’ve covered NetSuite substentially @ CloudAve – to the point that I’ve run into trouble with my title:  I already used NetSuite vs SAP … Round #n. A Game Changer? so what should I call this one?  NetSuitevs SAP Round #n+1? 🙂 All right, let’s get serious:  NetSuite launched a Manufacturing Edition today.  Dennis Howlett […]

Posted in Application Software, Small business | Tagged all-in-one, application suites, Business ByDesign, ByD, erp, manufacturing, marketing, mrp, netsuite, rootstock, saas, SaaS suite, sap, smb, sme, software ecosystem, software suites

NetSuite vs SAP ... Round #n. A Game Changer?

NetSuite vs SAP … Round #n. A Game Changer?

By Zoli Erdos on May 18, 2010

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. […]

Posted in Enterprise, Small business | Tagged all-in-one, application suites, Business ByDesign, ByD, enterprise software, erp, integrated suites, marketing, netsuite, on-demand, saas, SaaS suite, sap, saphirenow, software as a service | 3 Responses

FUD in the House of SaaS – More on Suites

FUD in the House of SaaS – More on Suites

By Zoli Erdos on April 26, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged all-in-one, application suites, Business ByDesign, business suite, ByD, collaboration, CRM, ecosystem, enterprise software, erp, fud, innovation, integration, mrp, netsuite, peoplesoft, pr, rootstock, saas, saas sales, SaaS suite, salesforce.com, sap, suitecloud, suitecloud10, suiteflow, unstructured data, wikis, workday

Edgy Marketing: Great Plains and SAP Guy vs. NetSuite Guy (Mac vs PC)

By Zoli Erdos on April 15, 2010

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.)

Posted in Just for fun | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, edgy marketing, Great Plains, humor, mac spoof, marketing, microsoft, microsoft dynamics, ms dynamics, netsuite, sap, suitecloud, suitecloud10, video | 2 Responses

Edgy Marketing: SAP Guy vs. NetSuite Guy (Mac vs. PC parody)

By Zoli Erdos on April 15, 2010

You’ve seen the Great Plains version, and I’ve told you to wait for the SAP version…. here we go: Fun aside, SAP’s Business ByDesign is coming… (most likely) … in the second half of the year. I can’t wait to see a SAP video. (Disclosure – Ben and I are attending NetSuite’s SuiteCloud conference and […]

Posted in Just for fun | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, edgy marketing, humor, mac spoof, netsuite marketing, sap, suitecloud, suitecloud10, video

Are Suites Really Sour?  The Best of Breed vs. Integrated Suite Debate.

Are Suites Really Sour? The Best of Breed vs. Integrated Suite Debate.

By Zoli Erdos on April 14, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged all-in-one, application suites, Business ByDesign, business suite, ByD, collaboration, CRM, enterprise software, erp, innovation, integration, netsuite, peoplesoft, saas, saas sales, SaaS suite, salesforce.com, sap, unstructured data, wikis, workday | 7 Responses

The Sleek and the Geek @ SAP

By Zoli Erdos on March 17, 2010

Need more proof that being co-CEOS is an awkward situation?  Watch this SiliconAngle video between 0:20 and 0:35 🙂 Of course you can watch the whole thing… and read these reports of the press event: Oracle Who? SAP Co-CEOs Slam Oracle – They Are The Old Way SAP State of The Union: The CEOs Talk […]

Posted in Enterprise, Just for fun | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, co-CEO, enterprise software, erp, saas, sap

SAP’s On-Demand Portfolio: Powerpoint for Now

SAP’s On-Demand Portfolio: Powerpoint for Now

By Zoli Erdos on June 10, 2009

John Wookey has a tough job. The former Oracle Exec, currently EVP @ SAP, the Enterprise Software leader is supposed to charter SAP’s foray into On-Demand – in a company whose bread-and-butter is clearly in installed applications and which still largely considers a threat to its traditional lucrative business. He spent the first 6 months […]

Posted in Enterprise, Small business | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, enterprise software, on-demand, Oracle, saas, sap, siemens, smb, software as a service, succesfactors, talent management

The Cat is Out of the Bag (Again): The Hidden (?) Business Model in SaaS

By Zoli Erdos on June 1, 2009

Forget software: it’s all about (your) data. Hyper-growing Financial Management system  provider and Quicken / MS Money challenger Mint recently raised eyebrows announcing their plan to sell anonymized aggregate customer data.  Some reviewers were screaming, we saw bombastic titles like Personal Finance Startup Mint Wants To Sell Your Money Trail – but in reality the […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged aggregate data, benchmarking, business model, ByD, data ownership, data privacy, freshbooks, mint, saan, saas | 5 Responses

Business ByNetSuite vs Business ByDesign, Take Two

Business ByNetSuite vs Business ByDesign, Take Two

By Zoli Erdos on February 19, 2009

NetSuite, provider  of Web-based integrated business systems for the SMB market is going after bigger fish: the leader in Enterprise Software, SAP. The aptly named Business ByNetsuite program guarantees at least 50% savings to current SAP R/3 customers relative to  – watch this! – the annual maintenance fees they are now paying to SAP.  Yes, […]

Posted in Enterprise, Marketing, Small business | Tagged a1s, bbd, bs7, Business ByDesign, business bynetsuite, Business Suite 7, ByD, enterprise software, marketing, netsuite, saas, SaaS suite, sap, sap byd, small business software, smb, sme, software maintenance | 1 Response

NetSuite Goes After SAP – But Where is Business ByDesign?

NetSuite Goes After SAP – But Where is Business ByDesign?

By Zoli Erdos on November 7, 2008

Ben recently reported on how NetSuite is going after Salesforce.com, by announcing their Renewforce program.  Today NetSuite is going after bigger  fish: the leader in Enterprise Software, SAP. The aptly named Business ByNetsuite program guarantees at least 50% savings to current SAP R/3 customers relative to  – watch this! – the annual maintenance fees they […]

Posted in Enterprise, Marketing, Small business | Tagged a1s, bbd, Business ByDesign, ByD, enterprise software, marketing, netsuite, saas, sap, sap byd, small business software, smb, sme, software maintenance | 9 Responses

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