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Chasing That Killer Application Of Big Data

Chasing That Killer Application Of Big Data

By Chirag Mehta on August 2, 2013

I often get asked, “what is the killer application of Big Data?” Unfortunately, the answer is not that simple. In the early days of enterprise software, it was the automation that fueled the growth of enterprise applications. The vendors that eventually managed to stay in business and got bigger were/are the ones that expanded their […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged BI, big data, Business Intelligence, Business process, Data Warehousing, enterprise software

Rethinking IT Transformation for the Cloud

Rethinking IT Transformation for the Cloud

By Guest Authors on July 16, 2013

As cloud computing matures and success models emerge, enterprises are now getting serious about using cloud to drive IT transformation.  JP Morgan Chase, Toyota, GE and other leading organizations are moving beyond incremental costs savings and are using cloud and next generation platforms to drive innovation, growth and competitive advantage.  Unfortunately many CIOs and their […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts, General, Strategy, Technology, Trends & Concepts | Tagged amazon, CIO, cloud computing, cloudstack, dropbox, enterprise software, eucalyptus, IT transformation, openstack, salesforce.com, Strategy | 5 Responses

How to Sell Your Roadmap Without Selling Your Soul

How to Sell Your Roadmap Without Selling Your Soul

By Mark Suster on April 16, 2013

This is my third post in a series on Enterprise Software. In part one I covered the need for early-stage enterprise software companies to build up professional services staff to ensure successful implementation projects. This goes against the conventional wisdom of VCs. In part two I talked about how to ensure that your professional services […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged enterprise software, Enterprise Startups, Entrepreneurship, Startup Advice, startups, vc funding, venture capital | 1 Response

Empathize Not Sympathize

Empathize Not Sympathize

By Chirag Mehta on January 31, 2013

Many enterprise software vendors sympathize. “We know it’s a bad experience” or “We will fix the usability.” One of the reasons the software is not usable is because the makers never had any empathy for the end users who would use it. In many cases the makers didn’t even know who their end users were; […]

Posted in Application Software, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged design thinking, enterprise software, usability

Enterprise software wars: 5 points of advice for CIOs

Enterprise software wars: 5 points of advice for CIOs

By Michael Krigsman on January 28, 2013

Enterprise software, long a complex domain only of interest to specialists, has become the darling of venture capital investors and start-ups. This post presents context and concludes with advice for CIOs on navigating the changing enterprise software landscape. Enterprise software eats the world (photo credit: Michael Krigsman) To get a sense of growing interest in […]

Posted in Enterprise, Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged aaron levie, cloud computing, Enterprise, enterprise software, Enterprise Startups, software as a service, startups, Vinnie Mirchandani, wall street journal | 1 Response

Moving PaaS Beyond the Sound Bites in 2013

Moving PaaS Beyond the Sound Bites in 2013

By Guest Authors on January 2, 2013

Most of the discussion around PaaS these days tends to focus on the rapid application deployment capabilities. That’s the easiest thing to demo in a 3-minute video so it tends to get the headlines. I believe that in 2013 we will move on from this eye candy and dig into some of the higher value […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts, Platforms | Tagged application inventory, cloud computing, Cloudfoundry, enterprise software, gartner, holy grail, paas, platform services, private PaaS | 7 Responses

Cloud research: Cost matters most and confusion remains

Cloud research: Cost matters most and confusion remains

By Michael Krigsman on December 26, 2012

Although cloud computing holds the promise of innovation and business transformation, buyers remain focused on cost and are confused over license models.

Posted in Business, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged CIO, Cloud computing security, CloudComputing, enterprise software, IT service management, KPMG, Service level agreement | 1 Response

Enterprise Software Needs Flow And Not Gamification

Enterprise Software Needs Flow And Not Gamification

By Chirag Mehta on December 1, 2012

I don’t believe in gamifying enterprise applications. As I have argued before, the primary drivers behind revenue and valuation of consumer software companies are number of users, traffic (unique views), and engagement (average time spent + conversion)…

Posted in Application Software, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged Brian Burke, enterprise applications, enterprise software, Game design, Gamification, gartner, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

CIO strategy: Be relevant or die

CIO strategy: Be relevant or die

By Michael Krigsman on November 16, 2012

Cloud, social, and mobile computing have transformed the technology landscape. Here are tips to help you remain relevant in these changing times.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CIO, cloud, enterprise software, IT Priorities

Conference Report: Workday Rising

Conference Report: Workday Rising

By Krishnan Subramanian on November 12, 2012

Last week I attended the analyst event organized along with Workday Rising 2012 conference. Workday Rising is Workday’s (previous CloudAve coverage)(Disclosure: Workday is the sponsor of CloudAve and this is my own personal opinion but they paid for my travel and stay) user conference and it was their attempt to interact closely with their customers […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged #wday, Analytics, big data, bigdata, ensw, Enterprise, enterprise software, insights, Technology, technology summit, workday, workday analytics, workday recruit, Workday Rising, workday rising 2012

Building And Expanding Enterprise Software Business In Brazil

Building And Expanding Enterprise Software Business In Brazil

By Chirag Mehta on November 1, 2012

While in Brazil, describing his country, one of my friends said, “We have all the natural resources that we need to be a self-sufficient country and we have had no natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes. The only disaster that we had: we …

Posted in Business | Tagged brazil, cloud computing, enterprise software | 1 Response

Waiting to play: Overcoming 'The CIO Paradox'

Waiting to play: Overcoming ‘The CIO Paradox’

By Michael Krigsman on October 29, 2012

CIO’s face significant challenges regardless of their skill, experience, and ability. Learn how to align with the business to drive innovation and transformation.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CIO, enterprise software | 1 Response

I'm sorry, you're just not incompetent enough to get it

I’m sorry, you’re just not incompetent enough to get it

By Martijn Linssen on October 16, 2012

Olivier Blanchard made me do it. @martijnlinssen 😀 As far as I can tell, incompetence isn’t a driver of failure. It’s a driver of advancement. — Olivier Blanchard (@thebrandbuilder) October 16, 2012   And it is. Definition of advancement? Coming up soon. But this is the driver for most, if not all, of your life: […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 1.0, adopt, Dilbert Principle, enterprise software, incompetence, knowledge, management, maturity, social media, trust

Trusted enterprise software experts: The #EnSW Twitter list

Trusted enterprise software experts: The #EnSW Twitter list

By Michael Krigsman on July 24, 2012

Although many claim to be influencers and thought leaders, relatively few have earned that particular honor. Here’s Dennis Moore’s list of enterprise software experts on whom you can rely and trust.

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged enterprise software

Screwing the customer: Tales from the crazy consultant file

Screwing the customer: Tales from the crazy consultant file

By Michael Krigsman on July 12, 2012

There are consultants out there who will take advantage of the client. Here are some tips to protect yourself.

Posted in Business, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged consultant, enterprise software, management consulting | 3 Responses

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