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January 15, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:40 PM/EST
NRF: Big Show but No Big WowThe theme of the National Retail Federation's Big Show here in New York this year is eat, sleep and Dream Big. But with the U.S. economy facing a recession, pricing on everything in the supply chain - and on retail shelves - going up in lock step with the price of a barrel of oil, the feel at NRF sure didn't seem in keeping with the theme. January 14, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008 6:36 PM/EST
A Driver's License that Transacts: The Smart Card WayThe Smart Card Alliance has a plan for states looking to comply with the Real ID Act: secure technology that would help consumers safely transact. Using their driver's license. In response to the Department of Homeland Security's final Real ID Act ruling passed down last Friday the Smart Card Alliance - a not-for-profit, multi-industry association group "working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart card technology" - wants the states to take this "golden opportunity" from the federal government to enhance their licenses with a Smart Card chip. The Smart Card Alliance spoke out against DHS's suggested use of RFID as a mandated, machine-readable technology that states would need to implement to comply with Real ID because of its security flaws. Its argument now, based on a statement released Monday, is that the Smart Card technology - despite being above and beyond the 2D machine-readable technology... January 11, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008 10:31 AM/EST
Oracle's Appliance Buy Rumor: It's NetezzaReearch 2.0 analyst Dennis Byron posted on his Jan. 11 blog that while data warehouse appliance maker Netezza is beefing up its namesake Performance Server family of appliances to tap Oracle's installed base of database customers, it may well be Oracle that has its sights on Netezza. January 10, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:34 PM/EST
Is Salesforce.com Too Good for Its Own Good?Analysts agree: Salesforce.com (under the ticker CRM) is doing great. Its product is good, its strategy is sound, its management team is top-notch and execution has been, for the most part, airtight. So what possibly could be the issue with Salesforce.com? Jim Cramer, the guy who screams stock advice at viewers on CNBC's Mad Money every night, has Salesforce.com in his sights. And he thinks -- as do other analysts -- that Salesforce.com is quite possibly too good for its own good. January 9, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:01 PM/EST
NRF's Big Show, Big Standards DemoNRF will have a separate pavillion set up on the show floor that might not generate as much attention as the Design Center, but probably should. The Association for Retail Technology Standards--the standards division of NRF--will, in conjunction with software vendors, showcase how ARTS standards work.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 12:12 PM/EST
Oracle Siebel CRM On Demand and the Eventual SAAS PlatformI have left Oracle largely out of those Software as a Service conversations - well, not counting NetSuite's IPO, which Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has a huge stake in as a majority owner- because, quite frankly, there just didn't seem to be a lot happening at Oracle around Siebel CRM On Demand, particulary with respect to a platform play. Mr. Lye, however, set me straight. January 7, 2008
Monday, January 07, 2008 1:24 PM/EST
Apps Enthusiasts Unite: Wikia Documentation Provides (Another) ForumBy now it's no big breaking news that Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales launched the first alpha of his new Wikia search engine today - the things been anticipated for at least a year - but for enterprise applications enthusiasts there is an interesting section of the site...particularly if it sees any of the success of Wikipedia.
Monday, January 07, 2008 11:43 AM/EST
Alternate Reality: Salesforce Down, RightNow UpFor an alternate-reality look at the world of SAAS (software as a service), Goldman Sachs released a report Dec. 7 downgrading on-demand darling Salesforce.com to a sell rating and upgrading relative underdog RightNow Technologies to a neutral rating. Both companies sell on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) software, but Salesforce.com is gargantuan in comparison to its on-demand CRM competition. The company is looking to hit a billion-dollar revenue rate some time in 2008, while RightNow is, well, ticking along. A good metric for comparison: RightNow, headquartered in Bozeman, Mt., has about 1,800 companies using its software. Salesforce.com, a San Francisco local, has about 35,500 companies using its software. November 9, 2007
Friday, November 09, 2007 3:40 PM/EST
Oracle OpenWorld: Expect Fusion Update, CRM AppsOracle's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco next weeks promises to be an extravaganza of news, information and, if nothing else, prime people watching. October 16, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 2:10 PM/EST
Oracle, SAP and Moves That Could Change the World (of Enterprise Apps)Rumors are flying about what all this means for Oracle and its Fusion plans, for SAP and its middleware plans, and the eventual state of the enterprise applications market, which is clearly morphing into a megaplatform-and-integrated-apps market with four dominant players: Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and SAP. And the market could easily winnow down to three.
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