
Infor CEO: ‘Beautiful software’ solves business problems
CEO Charles Phillips explains why his enterprise software company has cultivated design as a core strategic competency.
Infor and ‘No Fugly Software’: Design as a competitive weapon
Located in a prominent position on the wall of Infor’s New York headquarters, is a large graphic that says, “No Fugly Software.” It is a summary statement of the company’s ongoing effort to define a unique cultural identity that links design to improved outcomes and experiences for customers. Infor is a sleeping giant among enterprise […]
Avoid expensive roadblocks with rapid enterprise software implementations
Long and expensive enterprise software deployments are no longer an acceptable option for most organizations. In response to difficult economic conditions, shrinking IT budgets, and users who expect instant results from technology, the enterprise software industry has shifted toward smaller, more focused implementations. It is time to stop the roadblocks caused by long implementations! Image […]
Will “Mad Men” Drive the Social Enterprise?
Note this is a special guest post from industry authority Bruce Richardson. His blog can be found at http://stellwagenresearch.blogspot.com/. Bruce has a 30-year career in high-tech, harkening back to the days in which he worked alongside George Colony (founder and CEO of Forrester), Frank Gens (Chief Research Officer of IDC),…

DreamForce 2011–A Look Back
Having just returned from my trip to the US for DreamForce, I’ve had a bit of time to reflect on the news (see here and here) from the event. I wanted to write up post that takes a more thoughtful look at what was, and was not, announced, and what this means for the longer […]