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Technology: Enterprise Architecture Failures are Rampant

By Dick Weisinger

Most people believe that simple is better. And it is. Simple things done right are ‘elegant’, ‘sleek’ and ‘powerful’. Companies that focus on product simplicity often can achieve amazing success — Apple is a good example. People always tell each…

SaaS: Analysts Slam SAP's On-Demand Initiative

By Dick Weisinger

SAP CEO Henning Kagermann called it “the most important announcement I’ve made in my career.” Henning called it a “complete solution” designed for “end to end, flexible, adaptable, business processes within the company and beyond the boundaries of a company.”…

Collaboration: Innovation From Teams

By Dick Weisinger

A recent Wall Street Journal article argues that the best innovation from companies has come not from solo geniuses or small elite teams. Rather, the best innovative ideas come from networks of many people who share and collaborate on new…

SaaS: Different Flavors of On-Demand, but does it matter?

By Dick Weisinger

A clear advantage of SaaS is its simplicity. There’s no need to really know what’s going on underneath the hood. With traditional software, if the core technology is in .Net, Java, ABAP, ColdFusion, or whatever, any kind of in-house customization…

Oracle: 11g on the Starting Line

By Dick Weisinger

Version 11g of Oracle’s Relational Database is here and packed with new features.  That is as long as you’re running on Linux.  Windows and UNIX flavors of the database haven’t yet been released.  Those releases are expected to be available…