Executive Summary Vendors and consulting firms that have paid Gartner never tire of showcasing their scores in various MQs. We answer the question of one person who asked whether the MQs have any legitimacy. Introduction The following is another example of a vendor or consulting company trying to make sales by showcasing their ranking in…
Executive Summary Executives often have false information they need to communicate that they present with a word salad. It is important that media entities maintain their access and income, not critique these word salads. Introduction If you have noticed that CEOs and other high-level executives seem to go unchallenged in interviews with IT media, you…
Executive Summary Diginomica interviewed SAP CEO, Christian Klein. We fact-checked this compliant interview. Introduction Diginomica recently published an article where Denis Howlett interviewed SAP ECO Christian Klein. The interview was quite interesting, but only if one reads between the lines. Our References for This Article If you want to see our references for this article…
Executive Summary Package vendors and consulting companies overstate the degree to which package software can meet requirements. We cover an assumption of the percentage of requirements that are covered by package software. Introduction Vendors and consulting companies present a false assumption. This assumption is that package software meets most to nearly all of the business…
Executive Summary Dictatorial systems are the norm in giant companies. These systems require the ability to censor and marginalize criticism. Introduction In the article What We Can Learn About Trump’s Inept Advice on Drinking Lysol for Treating the Coronavirus, I observed that incompetence is a common occurrence among those at the top of hierarchies. I…
Executive Summary What SAP said about its acquisition of Qualtrics. What actually happened with the Qualtrics acquisition? Introduction & Update This article (mostly the latter part of the article) was published on the 1st of May in 2020. At that point, we had enough information to declare that we had predicted the Qualtrics acquisition as…
Executive Summary We propose that we value competence; however, it does not appear we do for powerful individuals. Powerful individuals have entirely different standards applied to them while we pretend that they don’t. Introduction In a recent press conference, Trump told us a number of interesting things, that called into question basic knowledge of topics…
Executive Summary One US company after another has been infiltrated with Indians. Indian….or that is American Express is just the latest to become a hotbed for Indian discrimination and nepotism. Introduction Stories from all over the US and Europe about companies that have had large parts taken over. What follows is always the same: discrimination…
Executive Summary Maintaining master data in APO is a headache for APO customers. This article lays out the problems and how to account for these issues. Introduction Master data issues hold back nearly all APO projects that have experience working with or to which we have had exposure. In this article, we will cover the…
Executive Summary Integration with SAP is often expensive and time-consuming. Our SAP Integration Ninja provides speed, cloud, and most likely better SAP integration than you have experienced. Introduction All of the utilities from Brightwork run through the Brightwork SAP Integration Ninja to get data into and out of SAP. We also provide this integration to…