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Archive for December, 2007

On-Demand BI Momentum Growing

In the last few days I’ve seen more and more articles and blog posts about the market shift to software-as-a-service BI. Here are a few that are worth reading:

On-Demand Business Intelligence - A blogger I had not read before cites some useful Gartner SaaS research and points to the rise of “vertical-focused solutions.”
It’s Been a Most Interesting […]

A few years ago Fortune Magazine ran a rather ironic headline that is still somewhat hard to believe today: This Time Tom Siebel Guessed Wrong. In the article Tom Siebel even stated: “We don’t really have a thorough analysis of the pipeline here with us today.”
This article illustrated that when the market is turbulent (okay, it was […]

Take the SaaS in the Midmarket Test

The good folks at Saugatuck Technology have published a short quiz called Saas in the Midmarket: What’s your Answer?
I’m a bit embarrassed to tell you my score, but I will say that I found #4-6 quite interesting…

Year-End Congratulations!

Congratulations to Neil Raden for his February 2007 Intelligent Enterprise article called, Business Intelligence 2.0: Simpler, More Accessible, Inevitable. It ranked as the 3rd most popular article of the year in their annual review. The article contains the following sage advice:

Recognize the situation - People and technology have shifted to a new plane
Rethink analytics - Informing […]

The Innovation Cycle

The recording of yesterday’s Sandhill.com webinar “The Death of the Software Suite?” is now availalble listen to here. It was a great discussion that generated a lot of questions and perspectives about the future of enterprise software. Boris Chen, Director of Engineering at LucidEra, was clearly inspired and he is our guest blogger today. Here are his thoughts:
The […]

Today’s Webinar with Sandhill.com

Don’t forget to register for today’s webinar at 10am PDT, “The Death of the Software Suite?”
M.R. Rangaswami will discuss the evolution of best-of-breed and integrated suites and the impact of SaaS and other trends in the enterprise software market. There will also be an interactive executive panel discussion that includes:

David Knight, Vice President WebEx Platforms
Daniel […]

On Demand: Eliminating Business Analytics Excuses

Historically adopting any kind of business analytics application has been like joining a gym. You know it’s a good idea, but you don’t have enough time, money, or pain to make the investment. And even when BI does make the New Year’s resolution list it’s usually just a matter of time before the complexity of the set-up, cost of […]

We Couldn’t Get the Answers

This week the very funny Bubble 2.0 video was removed from YouTube for copyright reasons. In honor of the video, which was based on Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire, here’s my tribute to the business intelligence market. Note, I’m no poet and it’s Friday! Thanks to The OLAP Report for lots of great market materials. Anybody want to shoot […]

Yes Virginia, there is a Compelling SaaS Partner Model!

Last night LucidEra’s business development director Brian Anderson attended an interactive panel discussion put on by the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionsionals (ASAP) called, “How SaaS is Changing the Shape of Alliances.” The event included executives from the leading mid-tier and top-tier SaaS companies, who provided compelling views on the future of SaaS and debated the question: Is there […]

Revenue Creation Myths

As companies put the final touches on their 2008 sales and marketing plans, I found this post to be quite useful: The Top 10 Myths That Unravel Revenue Creation Strategies. It speaks to the importance of market segmentation and intelligence, sales and marketing effectiveness and alignment, planning, measurement, and focus.
Did I mention that LucidEra’s analytic applications […]

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