Executive Summary Gartner proposes it has no bias, and their massive revenues from vendors do not impact their Magic Quadrant ratings. We performed a machine learning study to see if Gartner is correct. Video Introduction: A Machine Learning Study of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant Bias Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) In 2006, InformationWeek…
Executive Summary In a filing, SAP has been accused of shocking behavior by Thomas Waldbaum, their formal internal auditor. We analyze the claims made in this filing. Introduction The Teradata vs. SAP lawsuit has been proceeding through the Northern District of California. A Statement of Corrective Evidence was filed on August 6th of 2019. Our…
Executive Summary The reasons offered for Bill McDermott to step down are highly questionable. We evaluate the official story and project the most likely real reason. Introduction On October 10, Bill McDermott announced he was stepping down as CEO of SAP. The announcement caught virtually everyone that follows SAP by surprise, and the explanations for…
Executive Summary The last thing most IT analysts like Gartner want is an accurate TCO. This article explains why Gartner prefers an underestimated TCO. Video Introduction: Why IT Analysts Don’t Want TCO Calculated Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Gartner, the IT analyst company, was one of the first entities to market around…
Executive Summary SAP has specific motivations for enforcing the fallacious concept of indirect access. SAP intends to use indirect access as a toll booth for customers locked into SAP. Introduction to Indirect Access License Charges This article will focus on an issue that is very much under the radar: license audits. So what are license…
Executive Summary Gartner proposes it has no bias, but they make the most income from the most significant vendors. Gartner’s content clearly shows a significant vendor bias. Introduction In 2006, InformationWeek wrote an article titled The Credibility of Analysts. IW brought up a fascinating point about Gartner and the overall analyst community in this article….
Executive Summary There is very little coverage of which politicians are supporting further enlarging the H1-B program. We analyze the politicians that are c0-sponsoring the bill. Introduction There is an immigration bill referred to as H.R.1044. This bill is close to impossible to determine what the bill will do by reading the bill. This is…
Executive Summary There is extremely one-sided lobbying for the H.R.1044 immigration bill by monied interests. We analyze the entities and the motivations of the lobbying support. Introduction There is an immigration bill referred to as H.R.1044. In another article, I will review what 1044 does to loosen the rules around immigration. Notice this excerpt from…
Executive Summary Larry Ellison enjoyed observing how SAP, Salesforce, and Workday pay large amounts of money for Oracle database licenses. We cover how PostgresSQL is an Oracle replacement. Introduction to Oracle’s’s Outrageous Statements On Jun. 17, 2015, Business Insider published the article Larry Ellison: SAP and Salesforce pay Oracle a LOT of money. In this…
Executive Summary Oracle is a dominant database vendor, but Oracle is set to lose out in database growth and IaaS growth in the future. Video Introduction: Oracle Being in Trouble for Oracle Cloud vs. AWS in the Longer Term Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Oracle has been trailing the major cloud service…