Archive for 'Enterprise Apps Strategy' Category
TOP 4 Best Practices for a Successful Enterprise Implementation
A successful enterprise implementation is not rocket science. But many companies, in their haste, fail to fully understand what they’re getting into. And so they wind up paying more on the back end: they pay financially; they pay in increased risk. They pay in slippery schedules and gut-wrenchingly painful implementations that never quite deliver. This [Read More...]
How to Choose an Implementation Partner
If the enterprise solution that you are considering is going to require implementation services, then how to choose an implementation partner becomes your make or break decision. Customizations can drive up project cost three-fold or more, and increase project risk at least as much. But there are steps you can take to mitigate IT project risk. [Read More...]
Software Selection vs. Vendor Selection
Whether it’s ERP or a niche vertical application, or anything in between, what ultimately dominates your search? Is it a set of features that matches a set of requirements, or a vendor whose business style is compatible with yours? The software selection process starts with a business need, a set of requirements, and a comparison [Read More...]
Changing Vendors in Changing Times
Bill Yearous, CIO of The Seattle Times, has recently been in the news. After watching his budget get cut in half over the past three years, he decided to reconsider several key vendor relationships. In the end, after watching Oracle’s annual fees increase at twice the rate of any other vendor he was contracted with, [Read More...]
Integrating Multiple SaaS Applications
Software Insider R “Ray” Wang wrote an excellent blog on the complexities of integrating multiple SaaS applications. This amusing account likens the architectural challenges of SaaS integration to making a peanut and jelly sandwich. Despite the humor, it makes some terrific points we all need to consider.