Thomas Otter

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Thomas Otter
Research Vice President
3 years at Gartner
19 years IT industry

Thomas Otter is a research vice president in Gartner Research. He covers human capital management (HCM) trends and technologies, including core HR, payroll, talent management and workforce analytics. As part of this research…Read Full Bio

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A quiz for software marketing folks and their legal department chums.

by Thomas Otter  |  November 14, 2011  |  Comments Off

Please define these terms  and arrange in chronological order.  You may augment the list.

  • Launched
  • Introduced
  • Announced
  • Previewed
  • Pre-Announced
  • Private Beta
  • Beta
  • Selective ramp up
  • Ramp up
  • Rolled out
  • Limited Availability
  • Shipping
  • Limited General Availability
  • General Availability
  • Functionally complete

I go to a lot of software conferences, and read many press releases.  In the last few weeks I have seen and heard all these terms, and a few more that I have forgotten to note.  For all the talk of the move to Apple-like simplicity in enterprise software, trying to figure out when software is real or still in the imagination of its creators is becoming more and more difficult.

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