Executive Summary SAP and Oracle environments are very complex. AWS, Google Cloud, and other cloud services have the potential of reducing this complexity. Video Introduction: How to Choose Simple Over Complex Solutions with Cloud Versus SAP and Oracle Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Something we find to be less discussed as a…
Executive Summary Cloud is critically different from on-premises in the ways described in this article. We draw distinctions between AWS/GCP and SAP/Oracle. Introduction While SAP and Oracle can’t stop talking about the cloud, what tends to be little discussed is that historically SAP and Oracle environments have built their entire business model based upon on-premises….
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 Why are SAP’s new acquisitions forecasted without analyzing how SAP’s previous acquisitions fared? Find out how well SAP tends to do with acquisitions. Introduction SAP makes a large number of acquisitions of software vendors. SAP acquisitions follow a very familiar path. We call this the “acquisition algorithm,” which usually means that software vendors…
Executive Summary It is quite common for IT consulting firms to collaborate with vendors to provide fraudulent information to customers. Learn why this can often qualify as criminal intent. Introduction IT consulting is often presented as companies providing services and advice to customers. In many cases, a particular vendor will be said to have an…
Executive Summary SAP acquired the vendor called Qualtrics, a vendor that most people in SAP have never heard of. Learn the likelihood that Qualtrics will be a successful acquisition for SAP. Video Introduction: Does SAP’s Acquisition of Qualtrics Make Any Sense? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Is survey software critical to…
Executive Summary GE is such a decline that it calls into question why GE and Jack Welch scammed Wall Street. GE was a major proponent of Six Sigma, should it decline also. Introduction Currently, something is essential and exciting is happening, the company GE is in a severe nosedive. Curiously, GE was a major proponent…
Executive Summary SAP uses the false assumptions of best practices to control accounts. Best practices assumptions damage the project from beginning to end. Introduction SAP lists best practices in several areas on its website. I have included the following screenshot of best practices from this web page. Our References for This Article If you want…
Executive Summary Vendors provide information that is used during the software selection process. How should this information be used? Introduction Software sales are known as one of the more aggressive types of sales. Good software salespeople are highly compensated and are given every incentive to sell as much as possible. In some cases, such as…
Executive Summary Many applications are designed more to be sold versus to be implemented. This impacts the implement ability of applications. Introduction The reader will also understand why the marketing literature reads the way it does and why they need to ignore the “sell-ability” parts of it and seek instead documentation that reflects the “implement-…