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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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July 1, 2009, 7:08 am | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post | 2 comments |

News Analysis: Oracle Launches Fusion Middleware 11g

By R "Ray" Wang

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g launch starts countdown to 100 days of innovation until Oracle Open World
In short, Oracle is putting forth a suite of middleware solutions that not only enable developers and software publishers to build their future solutions, but also deliver the middleware tools that will serve as the foundation for its go forward [...]

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April 27, 2009, 1:47 am | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post | 4 comments |

Monday’s Musings: It’s The Relationship, Stupid! (Part 4) - Stop Under-investing In R&D

By R "Ray" Wang

Economic Downturn Challenges Enterprise Software Executives To Uphold The Sanctity Of The Vendor - Customer Relationships

Conventional wisdom would assume that in a challenging economy, strong relationships would be a key success factor to retaining business and mitigating loss of revenue.  Unfortunately, this does not appear to be the case for many companies, including vendors in [...]

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