Government IT has been characterized by long term monolithic systems that fail to deliver. Part of the problem is approaching IT as a complex durable good, like a battleship, with complete specifications, known life-cycles, and defined missions. Fighter aircraft have six generations of evolving technology and missions, each having known maintenance cycles, life spans, and changing requirements based on future planning and doctrine, as well as, mission feedback. IT has none of that because it has no duty cycle or doctrine. IT can be obsolete on delivery, regardless of development timeframe. IT delivery can redefine all previous requirements. IT has very little longevity, even if successful on delivery. Read More »

First I want to thank all of those people who have read and commented on my blog over the past few months. Apparently there is a lot of interest in emerging trends and many firms are positioning themselves to take advantage of the perceived shift in the market. After reading my past few blogs a few organizations have contacted me to discuss my thoughts and to share with me what they perceive to be the upcoming trends for their respective industries/markets. Read More »

Continuation from Top Trends in ERP for 2010 Part III 9.            SaaS is probably the most significant non-ERP trend to look forward to. There isn’t much growth for ERP in regards to cloud computing but there is anticipated growth in application hosting. In fact, application hosting for ERP growth was almost 100% last year, and I anticipate this trend to ... Read More »

Continuation from Top Trends in ERP for 2010 Part II Top Trends in ERP 2010 Part III 8.) Expanding ERP The traditional ERP concept that we are familiar with was first introduced in 1992. Going forward traditional ERP systems will transform into what is being called EERM (External Enterprise Resource Management) which incorporates knowledge management information into your business process. ... Read More »

Top Trends in ERP for 2010 - Part II Continuation from Top Trends in ERP for 2010 Part I. 5. New enterprise resource functionality: energy utilization New enterprise resource functions going forward will require increased energy utilization. That is there will be an even greater emphasis on ERP energy/carbon management systems. I agree. Read More »

During a recent visit to an Oracle Partner Summit in Denver, Colorado, I had an opportunity to attend some very impressive presentations and learn everything there is to learn about the product direction of JDE World and Enterprise One. Read More »