http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/ Your buy side advocate for enterprise apps strategies, vendor selection, & contract negotiations Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-4715 Monday’s Musings: Why Users Must Preserve Their Third Party Maintenance Rights Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:09:58 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-4715 [...] 20090622 News Analysis: Infor Flex Reflects Proactive Maintenance Policy [...] [...] 20090622 News Analysis: Infor Flex Reflects Proactive Maintenance Policy [...]

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Infor Strikes Again (at Long Last): Getting “Soft” While Flexing Its Muscles? – Part 2 » The TEC Blog Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:07:26 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-2296 [...] the SoftBrands acquisition coverage, there is little I can add to the opinions of Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, and ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett in their respective blog posts. My understanding on the [...] [...] the SoftBrands acquisition coverage, there is little I can add to the opinions of Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, and ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett in their respective blog posts. My understanding on the [...]

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/ Your buy side advocate for enterprise apps strategies, vendor selection, & contract negotiations Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/ Your buy side advocate for enterprise apps strategies, vendor selection, & contract negotiations Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-4715 Monday’s Musings: Why Users Must Preserve Their Third Party Maintenance Rights Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:09:58 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-4715 [...] 20090622 News Analysis: Infor Flex Reflects Proactive Maintenance Policy [...] [...] 20090622 News Analysis: Infor Flex Reflects Proactive Maintenance Policy [...]

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Infor Strikes Again (at Long Last): Getting “Soft” While Flexing Its Muscles? – Part 2 » The TEC Blog Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:07:26 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-2296 [...] the SoftBrands acquisition coverage, there is little I can add to the opinions of Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, and ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett in their respective blog posts. My understanding on the [...] [...] the SoftBrands acquisition coverage, there is little I can add to the opinions of Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, and ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett in their respective blog posts. My understanding on the [...]

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-4715 Monday’s Musings: Why Users Must Preserve Their Third Party Maintenance Rights Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:09:58 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-4715 [...] 20090622 News Analysis: Infor Flex Reflects Proactive Maintenance Policy [...] [...] 20090622 News Analysis: Infor Flex Reflects Proactive Maintenance Policy [...]

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/ Your buy side advocate for enterprise apps strategies, vendor selection, & contract negotiations Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-4715 Monday’s Musings: Why Users Must Preserve Their Third Party Maintenance Rights Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:09:58 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-4715 [...] 20090622 News Analysis: Infor Flex Reflects Proactive Maintenance Policy [...] [...] 20090622 News Analysis: Infor Flex Reflects Proactive Maintenance Policy [...]

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Infor Strikes Again (at Long Last): Getting “Soft” While Flexing Its Muscles? – Part 2 » The TEC Blog Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:07:26 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-2296 [...] the SoftBrands acquisition coverage, there is little I can add to the opinions of Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, and ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett in their respective blog posts. My understanding on the [...] [...] the SoftBrands acquisition coverage, there is little I can add to the opinions of Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, and ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett in their respective blog posts. My understanding on the [...]

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Infor Strikes Again (at Long Last): Getting “Soft” While Flexing Its Muscles? – Part 2 » The TEC Blog Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:07:26 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-2296 [...] the SoftBrands acquisition coverage, there is little I can add to the opinions of Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, and ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett in their respective blog posts. My understanding on the [...] [...] the SoftBrands acquisition coverage, there is little I can add to the opinions of Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, and ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett in their respective blog posts. My understanding on the [...]

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/ Your buy side advocate for enterprise apps strategies, vendor selection, & contract negotiations Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-4715 Monday’s Musings: Why Users Must Preserve Their Third Party Maintenance Rights Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:09:58 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-4715 [...] 20090622 News Analysis: Infor Flex Reflects Proactive Maintenance Policy [...] [...] 20090622 News Analysis: Infor Flex Reflects Proactive Maintenance Policy [...]

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Infor Strikes Again (at Long Last): Getting “Soft” While Flexing Its Muscles? – Part 2 » The TEC Blog Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:07:26 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-2296 [...] the SoftBrands acquisition coverage, there is little I can add to the opinions of Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, and ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett in their respective blog posts. My understanding on the [...] [...] the SoftBrands acquisition coverage, there is little I can add to the opinions of Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, and ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett in their respective blog posts. My understanding on the [...]

]]> http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2009/06/22/news-analysis-infor-flex-reflects-proactive-maintenance-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-2251 Duane Cassone Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:47:17 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=2582#comment-2251 These types of reviews can be incredibly misleading for the average user or manager. Often the result of symantics, one can easlily be led to believe that a "migration" from one system to another is a simple "upgrade" or "update". I'm consistantly hired to come in before, during, and after implementations to make sense of this on the behalf of an end-user. Made to sound easy, This new flex option really appears to be a slight sabings incentive to "migrate" legacy systems (ie. Mp2) to new applications supported by the same vendor of new, more 'strategically' programmed and enahanced systems with indefinate long and short term cost associations. Once sales gets the foot in the door, all hell breaks loose. These types of reviews can be incredibly misleading for the average user or manager. Often the result of symantics, one can easlily be led to believe that a “migration” from one system to another is a simple “upgrade” or “update”. I’m consistantly hired to come in before, during, and after implementations to make sense of this on the behalf of an end-user. Made to sound easy, This new flex option really appears to be a slight sabings incentive to “migrate” legacy systems (ie. Mp2) to new applications supported by the same vendor of new, more ’strategically’ programmed and enahanced systems with indefinate long and short term cost associations. Once sales gets the foot in the door, all hell breaks loose.

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