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 [...]
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Category: Events Vendor Contracts finance software industry Tags: complexity, marketing
by Thomas Otter | July 29, 2010 | 4 Comments
I spent some time this week looking at SAP’s results, so I thought I’d share some thoughts here too. Thanks to my colleague john Rizzuto for his input. SAP is showing modest acceleration off the bottom. The worst is seemingly behind it, but isn’t roaring back just yet. No reason not to be constructive, but [...]
Category: SAP finance software industry Tags: SAP
by Thomas Otter | May 27, 2009 | 5 Comments
From the cc flickrstream of sludgegulper Thanks! I have been watching and reading about the goings on with the UK parliamentarian expenses with a mixture of incredulousness, dismay, horror, and anger. As this isn’t the place to charge off on a political rant, I’ll leave my criticisms to a minimum, save to say this is [...]
Category: HR Law finance software industry Tags: expenses, parliament. Charles Arthur, Tony Hirst., travel, UK
by Thomas Otter | February 23, 2009 | 5 Comments
Though your balance-sheet’s a model of what balance-sheet should be, Typed and ruled with great precision in a type that all can see; Though the grouping of the assets is commendable and clear, And the details which are given more than usually appear; Though investments have been valued at the sale price of the day, [...]
Category: HCM HR finance measurement Tags: analytics, Bowman, finance, HR, measurement
