Thomas Otter

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Back to the Future.

June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Jim and I published a first take on the SuccessFactors deal with Siemens. Gartner clients see Siemens to Provide Important SaaS Talent Management Test Case (G00168920), 15-JUN-2009.
Last week I suddenly felt like one of those people you meet in IT who keep telling you that computing hasn’t really changed since punchcards or Fortran, and [...]

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Tags: HR · SAP · SaaS · history · software industry

Musing on things German.

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

On the 2nd and 3rd of December Gartner is running a conference for the German market at the Frankfurt Airport Sheraton.  Details here. You can flick through a funky online brochure here. 
The German IT market has its own quirks and nuances. SAP looms even larger than it does in other markets, so I expect lots [...]

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Tags: Events · SAP · software industry