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Technology: Google on Collaboration

By Dick Weisinger

Google has announced their vision of web Collaboration, and they’re calling it ‘Wave’. There’s similarities between Google wave and Microsoft SharePoint and Alfresco’s Share application, but there’s a lot that’s new or at least has been recrafted with a different…

Technology: Customizations Lead to Lock-in

By Dick Weisinger

IDC is reporting that many customers invest a significant number of dollars to get their ERP systems up and running.  And the process of getting up and running usually involves significant software customization. The drawback of highly customized systems are…

Technology: Five Key Questions About Enterprise Architecture for CIOs

By Dick Weisinger

Garnter has devised a set of five questions that CIOs should ask themselves to help them better focus on their business priorities.  Enterprise Architecture helps translate business vision and strategy into changes in the enterprise that can realize that vision:…

Enterprise Software: When IT Projects Go Wrong

By Dick Weisinger

SAP is in hot water with a failed ERP implementation for Waste Management.  Waste Management is suing for more than $100 million in damages and claims that SAP used “rigged and manipulated” demonstrations during their sales presentations to convince Waste…

Technology: SAP Fails with On-Demand ERP

By Dick Weisinger

SAP’s three effort to capture its share of the cloud is so far a failure. The SAP on-demand timeline goes something like this: Feb, 2006  — SAP announces that they will add an on-demand-option available via subscription Jan, 2007 —…