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Enterprise Software: Configuration Versus Customization

By Dick Weisinger

In a classic case of a mega-ERP project gone wrong from a decade ago, Peter Solvik, former CIO at Cisco, described the problem of too much customization as too much spaghetti.  Enterprise software customization projects have over the years become notorious because…

Enterprise Software: Consumerization of IT Includes Greater Enterprise Use of the Python Programming Language

By Dick Weisinger

As enterprises increasingly adopt more technology originating from consumer technologies, like social media and collaboration tools, the patterns used for implementing those technologies are being adopted too.  And that includes ‘consumer technology’ programming languages.  Python and PHP are two languages that…

Social Media: Vendors Refactor Social Tools for the Enterprise

By Dick Weisinger

Consumer-style Social Media is moving into the enterprise, and research house IDC is predicting dramatic growth over the next four years, estimating more than 40 percent yearly compounded growth in revenues for each of those years in the area of…

Enterprise IT: Many Executives Want to Tear it Down and Start Over

By Dick Weisinger

In just four years time the role of Enterprise IT and CIOs is expected to change dramatically.  Researchers Jeanne G. Harris and Allan E. Alter at Accenture’s Institute for High Performance have conducted and published the results of a survey…

ERP: You Win Some, You Lose Some. Technology Successes and Failures

By Dick Weisinger

ERP has a reputation for being able to bring about revolutionary transformation for some businesses, and in some cases it has.  But there have been notable exceptions, and when something goes wrong with an ERP implementation, things can be painful.…