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Comment on A Thought As We Begin 2009 by john fleming

john fleming — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:19:14 +0000

I liked this Mike, and of course you know that I am a bit of a fan of Tim’s. My work week has gone to 60 hrs rather than 4, but I can put that down to him being smart and moi being dump! (!)

Comment on Upgrading The systems@work Website by Joe Lennon

Joe Lennon — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:57:15 +0000

I like the “Brenda” concept, although I have to admit I spent a long time making her eyes follow my mouse around the screen. Excellent technology, will be interested to hear what you think of it over time.

Comment on Jim Schaper – Keynote Address by Matt Byrnes

Matt Byrnes — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:05:05 +0000

While Infor’s numbers are impressive, I remain skeptical about their direction and long term commitment to their products.
Infor owns over 100 different ERP programs. Can they really compete and innovate with so many products, while Microsoft, Oracle and SAP have fewer products and more experience.
1700 customers sounds impressive, but that is less than 17 new customers per Infor product.
During Inforum, Schaper also announced that the company is putting a hault to new acquistions due to the debt markets and ‘internal’ issues. One has to question what is behind these announcements.
A majority of Infor’s customers are SMB’s that are traditionally served by smaller local resellers.
Infor’s current reseller channel has been weakened by Infor’s policy to demand their partners be exclusive to Infor.
A number of resellers have moved to competitive products. Many resellers that have remained exclusive to Infor are experiencing financial strains, waiting to be paid from Infor for the commissions on their sales to customers.

Comment on Are Business Applications Dead? by David Singh

David Singh — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:27:14 +0000

Hi Mike, I have read your blog with interest and can’t help draw the analogy between software as a service and the “pay as you go” mobile model for technology such as mobile phones. A few years ago the buzz in the industry was “ASP” Application Service Provider however the market and indeed the technology wasn’t ready, in fact if I recall ADSL and whether broadband technology could be delivered over a copper wire network was raging, BT v the likes of Cable & Wireless. Now we are past that, ASP, Software as a Service, Hosting or whatever you want to call it is very real option. What the industry hasn’t yet come to terms with is a pricing model for applications that is really compelling for both software house and user. Microsoft are big enough to make some fairly brutal commercial decisions, let’s face it they have already commoditised the on premise business application market, SAS (software as a service) it just the next step for them. The only winner has got to be the consumer. I firmly beleive the “pay as you go” model is here to stay and will determine the shape of the “on premise model” not the other way round as some would have us beleive. This not be particularly palletable for software houses, but it is the stark reality facing us going forward.

Comment on “Whatever They Want” by Leon Markham

Leon Markham — Tue, 01 May 2007 15:08:35 +0000

Never a truer word spoken Michael – very good.