Dennis Gaughan

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Will Core ERP Ever Move to the Cloud?

by Dennis Gaughan  |  December 13, 2010  |  2 Comments

This week marks the one-year anniversary of Gartner’s acquisition of AMR Research. In many ways, I can’t believe an entire year has gone by; it’s gone very quickly. One of the striking differences between AMR past and Gartner present is just the “virtual-ness” of the workplace. Given that most AMR analysts were located in Boston, [...]

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Like the Summer Temperatures, Acquisition Activity in Enterprise Applications Will Continue to Rise

by Dennis Gaughan  |  July 12, 2010  |  2 Comments

As we reach the middle of the summer months, the East Coast of the United States has been engulfed in an oppressive heat wave. For a short while at least, the media has forgone stories about the wars in the Middle East and the oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico to talk about the [...]

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Is It Time to Rethink Your Enterprise Application Portfolio Strategy?

by Dennis Gaughan  |  June 29, 2010  |  4 Comments

I recently spent a few days in Chicago (well, in Rosemont, to be precise) with the Gartner/AMR Research SAP and Oracle Peer Forums at their semi-annual summit. It’s always great to participate in these events and network with some of the top SAP and Oracle customers. We used the opportunity to discuss key initiatives and [...]

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