http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2005/11/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-innovation/ Andy Hayler, noted industry expert and founder of Kalido, gives his view on developments in the enterprise software market. Issues covered include data warehousing, master data management, business intelligence and corporate performance management. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:49:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2005/11/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-innovation/#comment-223 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:42:28 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2005/11/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-innovation/#comment-223 [...] This is unhealthy, and not just for small enterprise software companies.  As I have written before, innovation rarely comes from industry behemoths, so by creating an environment where companies are buying only from “safe” companies they are in fact damaging the ecosystem which will bring them their next new and exciting software application.  By sticking to the giant software vendors CIOs are creating an environment where smaller companies struggle, which causes VCs to invest less, which means that fewer and fewer enterprise software companies get started at all.  This in turn allows the giant vendors to charge whatever they want in upgrades (witness those margins) as they now lack serious competition.  Cartels are never a healthy thing for customers, and yet in this case the customers are bringing it on themselves by creating the conditions for a cartel to effectively exist. [...] […] This is unhealthy, and not just for small enterprise software companies.  As I have written before, innovation rarely comes from industry behemoths, so by creating an environment where companies are buying only from “safe” companies they are in fact damaging the ecosystem which will bring them their next new and exciting software application.  By sticking to the giant software vendors CIOs are creating an environment where smaller companies struggle, which causes VCs to invest less, which means that fewer and fewer enterprise software companies get started at all.  This in turn allows the giant vendors to charge whatever they want in upgrades (witness those margins) as they now lack serious competition.  Cartels are never a healthy thing for customers, and yet in this case the customers are bringing it on themselves by creating the conditions for a cartel to effectively exist. […]

]]> http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2005/11/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-innovation/#comment-20 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:57:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2005/11/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-innovation/#comment-20 Thanks for your kind words Rajeev. I am very glad that it is proving interesting to you and resonating with your own experiences. Thanks for your kind words Rajeev. I am very glad that it is proving interesting to you and resonating with your own experiences.

]]> http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2005/11/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-innovation/#comment-19 Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:02:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2005/11/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-innovation/#comment-19 It was a pleasure to go through the common sense approach of yours towards the ERP projects and reading through not so uncommon issues one faces during the implementation or support. Being relatively new to ERP industry (SAP) but gone through couple of implementation, it was like reading our Do’s and Don’ts at the end of the project. But the sad part as you quoted is “The software industry is not good at learning from previous lessons and mistakes.”. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog and, self-interestedly, I wish that you keep writing your insight about this industry so that I can pick bit and pieces of your invaluable experience. It was a pleasure to go through the common sense approach of yours towards the ERP projects and reading through not so uncommon issues one faces during the implementation or support. Being relatively new to ERP industry (SAP) but gone through couple of implementation, it was like reading our Do’s and Don’ts at the end of the project. But the sad part as you quoted is “The software industry is not good at learning from previous lessons and mistakes.”.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog and, self-interestedly, I wish that you keep writing your insight about this industry so that I can pick bit and pieces of your invaluable experience.

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