Barrons calls enterprise software "pretty dull geeky segment" of the software industry.
You know what, much as I beat up on the larger vendors in this segment, I am proud to be part of this segment. Yes we may not have the current glitz of a Facebook or Twitter, but we cut checks, we invoice customers, we design products, we manage supply chains, we keep the wheels of commerce turning,
I am looking forward to the Sandhill Enterprise conference next week. It's the tenth anniversary of the conference and the unwritten theme is "ten glorious years in the enterprise software industry". Presenting are Ray Lane of Kleiner Perkins (formerly Oracle) and Bill Janeway of Warburg Pincus, two of the most influential individuals in this market segment over that decade. And several other executives in the market segment.
MR is too polite to tell me overtly but basically my cue for my panel is "Don't rain on this party". So not much from the Deal Architect blog, and lot more from my New Florence blog.
I am hosting a panel with the CIO of NIke and the Program Manager from BP's CTO Innovation Office. We will talk about exciting stuff like Second Life and iPhones. And yes, all the innovations in the "geeky dull" stuff. To help the wheels of commerce move faster and cheaper.
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Proud to be "Dull and Geeky"
Barrons calls enterprise software "pretty dull geeky segment" of the software industry.
You know what, much as I beat up on the larger vendors in this segment, I am proud to be part of this segment. Yes we may not have the current glitz of a Facebook or Twitter, but we cut checks, we invoice customers, we design products, we manage supply chains, we keep the wheels of commerce turning,
I am looking forward to the Sandhill Enterprise conference next week. It's the tenth anniversary of the conference and the unwritten theme is "ten glorious years in the enterprise software industry". Presenting are Ray Lane of Kleiner Perkins (formerly Oracle) and Bill Janeway of Warburg Pincus, two of the most influential individuals in this market segment over that decade. And several other executives in the market segment.
MR is too polite to tell me overtly but basically my cue for my panel is "Don't rain on this party". So not much from the Deal Architect blog, and lot more from my New Florence blog.
I am hosting a panel with the CIO of NIke and the Program Manager from BP's CTO Innovation Office. We will talk about exciting stuff like Second Life and iPhones. And yes, all the innovations in the "geeky dull" stuff. To help the wheels of commerce move faster and cheaper.
Proud to be "Dull and Geeky"
Barrons calls enterprise software "pretty dull geeky segment" of the software industry.
You know what, much as I beat up on the larger vendors in this segment, I am proud to be part of this segment. Yes we may not have the current glitz of a Facebook or Twitter, but we cut checks, we invoice customers, we design products, we manage supply chains, we keep the wheels of commerce turning,
I am looking forward to the Sandhill Enterprise conference next week. It's the tenth anniversary of the conference and the unwritten theme is "ten glorious years in the enterprise software industry". Presenting are Ray Lane of Kleiner Perkins (formerly Oracle) and Bill Janeway of Warburg Pincus, two of the most influential individuals in this market segment over that decade. And several other executives in the market segment.
MR is too polite to tell me overtly but basically my cue for my panel is "Don't rain on this party". So not much from the Deal Architect blog, and lot more from my New Florence blog.
I am hosting a panel with the CIO of NIke and the Program Manager from BP's CTO Innovation Office. We will talk about exciting stuff like Second Life and iPhones. And yes, all the innovations in the "geeky dull" stuff. To help the wheels of commerce move faster and cheaper.
July 18, 2007 in Industry Commentary | Permalink