Oracle

I didn't get that memo

August 20, 2009 Innovation

My pitching partner on all things maintenance Vinnie Mirchandani tells me “It’s Time to Get the Accountants in the Data Center.” Harrumph – I didn’t get that memo not that it is something many CFO/FD types would find particularly interesting. At least not until they’ve taken Vinnie’s refresher course in how data centres can suck [...]

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Why Sage may never get saas

July 5, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Ever since I started this weblog the question of whether Sage would ‘get’ saas/on-demand is one that has plagued me. I think I’ve finally worked out the problem courtesy of a chance conversation I had with an ex-Sage senior executive. For some time, I’ve contended that Sage is more interested in keeping its financial analyst [...]

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Kashflow hits 2,500: so what?

January 29, 2009 General

Amid much chest beating, Kashflow’s Duane Jackson announces the company has hit 2,500 paying customers. To be strictly correct, the company claims 2,400 end users and 120 practices. Good for them. But then I looked back. Kashflow was formed in early 2006 although it launched the product in mid-2005. Trawling back over past posts, I [...]

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Dam breaking? CODA2go, Aqilla, e-conomic all getting traction

May 14, 2008 General

One concern for many professionals is whether saas/on-demand is ready for prime time. Is there a demand or are professionals sitting back waiting for some invisible dam to burst? Dave Turner, CODA‘s head of marketing tells me the company was ‘inundated’ at Dreamforce. Aqilla (more on them later) say they had a fantastic response to [...]

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