Executive Summary Executives have begun referring to transformations that never occurred as resume builders. Using the term transformation is now a way to take credit for a hazy accomplishment. Introduction Digital transformation is a common term used in the IT space and, in particular, in the SAP space. It is a recent term and also…
Executive Summary VentureBeat is a top-rated site that covers the venture capital area and the companies that VCs fund. VentureBeat claims to be independent journalism, but is it? Introduction We ran into VentureBeat when analyzing a separate story. The articles we read at VentureBeat seemed to repeat claims made by the entity they were covering…
Executive Summary Indians have developed strategies for faking IT certifications. They frequently approach certificates as merely something to be shared with other Indians. Introduction Manufacturing certifications and degrees cheating on exams, and buying university degrees is are standard issue in India. This is a big part of how Indians claim to have more skills than…
Executive Summary We have known Vishal Sikka to be a person who provides highly inaccurate information on whatever topic he discusses. Vishal Sikka has recently been discussing AI for his new startup. How much of what Vishal’ describes is real? Introduction Back in 2015, and when he was head of the outsourcing firm Infosys. Infosys,…
Executive Summary Gartner will promote any IT construct regardless of its validity in return for vendor money. Hyperconvergence and Gartner’s hyperconvergence MQ is yet another example of this. Introduction We have tracked a pattern by Gartner where they put their weight behind something that lacks any evidence for its existence. We found this yet again…
Executive Summary The US used to have a good system for developing technical workers. With the flooding of the H1-B program, the incentive to invest in developing technical skills has declined. Introduction Before the H1-B program, the US had one of the best markets for technical skills. This was instrumental in allowing the US to…
Executive Summary Brightwork Research & Analysis maintains no conflicts of interest. However, those with a 100% commercial bias will propose that BR&A must have a corrupt business model. Introduction Brightwork Research & Analysis stands virtually alone in the IT space as having no financial bias. Virtually every other entity that covers IT, such as IT…
Executive Summary SAP resources tend to live in a bubble where they only consume biased content. This makes it very difficult for them to tolerate fact checking. Introduction We perform fact checking, and we fact check SAP along with several other entities in the IT space. As this fact checking contradicts SAP’s marketing, this causes…
Executive Summary PR firms help companies get positive press by manipulating media entities. In this way, they function as parasites on the system, allowing companies with money to get positive and deflect negative press. Introduction We recently received this email from a PR firm. (Bold in the quote indicates replacement of the actual noun to…
Executive Summary While trying to win its case against Teradata, SAP admitted to copying functionality from MySQL. We analyze the meaning of this admission by SAP. Introduction The recent submissions to the court by Teradata outline what IP Teradata asserts was taken by SAP during their partnership with SAP. In one of the patent documents,…