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December 11, 2009, 11:04 am | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post | 6 comments |

Event Report: 2009 SAP Influencer Summit - SAP Must Put Strategy To Execution In Order To Prove Clarity Of Vision

By R "Ray" Wang

(Photos by R Wang & Insider Associates, LLC.   Copyright © 2009 All rights reserved.)
Re-innovation Now At The Heart Of SAP’s Focus And Strategy
SAP has faced a rough two years.  From the continuing market pressure on new license revenue, false-start launch of Business By Design (ByD), management restructuring, and issues with [...]

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November 2, 2009, 8:56 am | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post | 8 comments |

Best Practices: Lessons Learned In What SMB’s Want From Their ERP Provider

By R "Ray" Wang

Competition Intensifies For The Small And Medium Organization’s Software Budget

Software vendors such as Oracle and SAP can no longer rely on their large enterprise customers for double digit year-over-year growth.  In fact, their customers have not only reached a saturation point in being able to consume new solutions, but have also faced demands to cut [...]

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October 11, 2009, 9:21 pm | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post | 2 comments |

Event Report: Oracle Open World Day 1- Partner News

By R "Ray" Wang

Oracle Gets More Serious About Meeting Partner Needs

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Oracle Open World kicked off today with major announcements that beef up the 21,000 member strong Oracle Partner program.   Throughout the day, Oracle executives kept reminding everyone that path to success would be specialization and [...]

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