Thomas Otter

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SaaS contracts.

by Thomas Otter  |  September 26, 2011  |  Comments Off

I don’t often publish blog posts that point to my research, but I thought I’d make an exception today. My colleague Alexa Bona and I recently published a note on contracting behaviors and strategies for SaaS HCM.  SaaS and Human Capital Management: Avoid Risky and Expensive Deals (client access). As SaaS HCM deals come up [...]

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What the BMW M3 can teach Facebook.

by Thomas Otter  |  August 3, 2011  |  Comments Off

Those of you that read my personal blog will know that I spent the first day of my vacation at the Hockenheimring, doing an advanced driving course and track day.  I got to drive a very fancy chariot, an M3 E92. It has 420 horsepower.  It was an experience, but I have no plans to [...]

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George, David and the Demo

by Thomas Otter  |  September 14, 2008  |  1 Comment

I’m in the middle of doing my first Magic Quadrant at the moment.  It is a lot more work than I imagined, even if Jim is doing the lion’s share of it.  By the end of the process we will have had in depth presentations from nearly 30 vendors, and interviewed many of their customers. [...]

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Launching my Gartner blog.

by Thomas Otter  |  September 13, 2008  |  1 Comment

Welcome to my Gartner blog. I’m not new to blogging, having started an IT related blog called vendorprisey  in March 2006. The reasons why I started that blog remain relevant today. Back then  I was working for SAP, and there was a lot of discussion going on about SAP in the blogosphere that I wanted [...]

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