If you are a customer that is using on-demand CRM, HR, Reporting, you may think that you probably need not bother about SOA. After all, SaaS is akin to ordering a meal at a restaurant rather than cooking one yourself. But actually you should care about how the meal is prepared, metaphorically speaking, for several […]
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Organic growth story is now just a story
Organic growth works for human beings and cows. Not so well for large enterprise software companies. After beating up on its competitor for pursuing an acquisition-led growth strategy, SAP failed to meet its numbers this quarter. Message to Waldorf, Germany- let’s leave organic to California’s Yoga-loving Hybrid-driving meditation-praciticing vegans. For growth, you need to eat […]
Holistic is not just for Yoga anymore: Identity & Security
There has been a lot of interest in security and identity management in light of regulatory pressures and in response to incidents of theft and loss. I recently wrote the following article for Security Magazine- an excerpt follows. A Holistic Approach to Physical and IT SecurityWhen a famous bank loses thousands of credit card numbers […]
Oracle OpenWorld is here to dominate San Francisco
Did I say dominate San Francisco? I meant Software! Yes, Oracle is taking over San Francisco for the next week with its annual gala that has grown to over 40,000 attendees this year. I will be attending as a member of the Oracle Identity Management team- we have a signficant presence with demo booths and […]
Enterprise 2.0 is same as Web 2.0
I think some of us are over thinking the Enterprise 2.0 and Enterprise Mashups. The key is to learn from history and apply the knowledge to the present. Jeff Nolan has nicely summarized some of the discussion around Enterprise 2.0. Rod Boothby has raised the question of mashups in the context of Enterprise 2.0 I […]