Executive Summary IT work has become increasingly entirely technically focused, with little concern for how the business functions. A significant reason for this is the IT employers. Introduction There is a great deal of emphasis on IT’s technical details, with far little emphasis on understanding what is being modeled. It turns out there are specific…
Executive Summary Consulting companies nearly always rig software selections so that the vendor they make money from wins. As this is fraud on the part of the consulting firm, it is by its nature criminal. Introduction IT consulting usually is all about sales and billing hours. The best way to maximize billing hours is to…
Executive Summary Consulting companies nearly always exaggerate their capabilities to customers. Consulting companies routinely engage in behavior, which is criminal as it violates fraud statutes. Introduction IT consulting usually is all about sales and billing hours. Having worked on IT projects for many years, it has been infrequent to find projects where the partner level…
Executive Summary It is common for software vendors to inflate their revenues and profits just before an IPO. Learn why, in many cases, this can qualify as criminal intent. Introduction When software vendors are about to make an initial public offering, they will, in many cases, cook the books to make the revenues look as…
Executive Summary It is common for software to provide false information to customers. Learn why, in many cases, this can qualify as criminal intent. Introduction Software vendors typically present themselves as providing information about their software. However, many software vendors lie so extensively about their applications that it provides an entirely false impression of what…
Executive Summary The largest software vendors tend to have small supply chain planning products. We cover why this is. Introduction It was curious to find the list of supply chain vendors as published by Modern Materials Handling magazine. * Many of the vendors on the list are coded as not evaluated because Brightwork Research &…
Executive Summary A Movie Before its Time IoT Today and in the Future Controls and Regulation for IoT A Well Tread Pathway What We Learned from the Equifax Breach Introduction I was recently watching the movie Eagle Eye. Eagle Eye is a movie that is about a conspiracy. The plot surrounds an artificial intelligence system…
Executive Summary The enterprise software market is far less efficient than generally assumed. We cover the basics of market efficiency and how they do not apply to enterprise software. Introduction to the Software Market Any selection of enterprise software happens within the context of the enterprise software market. Most people who write about the enterprise…
Executive Summary Microsoft created the Business Software Alliance. We cover how the BSA produces fake research. Introduction The Business Software Alliance is a legal and lobby group that is ostensibly designed around enforcing copyright rules. The Business Software Alliance performs audits for the software vendors that fund them, but there is some interesting debate about…
Executive Summary The flaw in the single instance concept generally. Making decisions based on narrow IT objectives. The Flaw in the Single Instance Concept Generally In fact, “a single instance” is not only frequently fool’s gold in ERP but other enterprise software categories as well. For instance, in supply chain planning, one of the worst…