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Enterprise Software: State of the ERP wars

By Dick Weisinger

Over the last two years the tables have turned between SAP and Oracle ERP. In 2006 Forrester gave the edge to SAP because, at the time, the problems that Oracle had in absorbing and integrating its many acquisitions looked like…

Open Source: Everybody's Doing It, but Few Assess Potential Risks

By Dick Weisinger

Most companies are using Open Source. In fact, 85 percent of companies are now using open source and Gartner predicts that the remaining 15 percent of companies will begin adopting open source software within the next twelve months. But only…

SOA: Adoption Drops in 2008

By Dick Weisinger

SOA adoption peaked in 2007. Since the beginning of 2008, there has been a significant decline in the number of new adopters. The reasons: companies either viewed the leap as one they we’re prepared for in terms of IT skills,…

Enterprise Software: MDM Growth Comes on Strong

By Dick Weisinger

Master Data Management (MDM) software revenue is up 24.1 percent over 2008 revenues, coming in at $1.3 billion. It’s one of the fastest growing segments for enterprise software, and one of the most difficult ones to pin down exactly as…

Compliance: What's Next?

By Dick Weisinger

IT is beginning to brace from the fallout of the finance crisis.  Many analysts and industry experts are predicting that 2009 will be a year of increased global governmental regulations. Sarbanes-Oxley was a huge pain point, but the pain is…