Gerry Brown on IT-Analysis.com

Bloggers: the new power behind the throne

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Attentio enables marketers to monitor and measure an increasingly powerful section of the European media community [Read More...]

Why performance management systems should be enterprise-wide

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Gerhard Jahn from SONAX talks about ROI from performance management solutions [Read More...]

Digital Marketing: demystifying the new trends and techniques

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Gerry Brown attends Omniture's user conference to see what all the fuss is about [Read More...]

Are data management consulting and business management consulting becoming one and the same?

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:25:00 +0100

Much technology industry talk is now about best business management practices. Gerry Brown evaluates. [Read More...]

The future of data management: 5 actions vendors should take right now

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Nortel plans to reduce 1,100 applications to 100 and consolidate 15 data centers into one; Gerry Brown looks at what this might mean for the software industry if this trend catches on [Read More...]

Deltek strengthens its position in the project software market after a successful IPO

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Deltek's international growth aspirations are fueled by strong financials and a global need for project-focused enterprise applications [Read More...]

The strange case of the marketing / CRM cobblers' children . . .

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:00:00 +0100

Gerry Brown experiences some unexpected goings-on at the much-hyped Technology For Marketing & Advertising exhibition in London [Read More...]

The secret sauce is in the software's simplicity

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Gerry Brown talks to Paul Black, founder of the innovative British SaaS vendor start-up, sales-i [Read More...]

How the 'Volume to Value' business model undermines customer trust

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0100

How CRM systems are being mis-used and abused to extract profit rather than deliver customer value [Read More...]

Content Intelligence supplier Clarabridge grows by a whopping 500% in 2007

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Vendor success signposts a market moving into hyper-growth [Read More...]

SaaS requires established software vendors to be more customer-centric

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

A recent study suggests there is plenty of room for improvement in IT supplier-customer relationships [Read More...]

The software vendor market in 2008

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0100

How new vendors are surviving and thriving in a world of big beasts [Read More...]

Is the newly-launched Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server suite the real deal?

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Gerry Brown meets Microsoft directors Alex Payne and Andy Kemlet to chew the cud on performance management and BI markets [Read More...]

How enterprise early adopters are using Web 2.0 technologies

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Facebook and YouTube are fine for consumers, but what are the applications driving commercial businesses to Web 2.0? [Read More...]

Bye-bye Little BI

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:00:00 +0100

SAP's $6.8Bn acquisition of Business Objects heralds a sea-change for the BI industry [Read More...]

Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) solutions become trendy (again)

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:00:00 +0100

New web-based technology for marketing drives a large enthusiastic audience to the ad:tech exhibition at London Olympia [Read More...]

Cognos acquires Applix

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Long-suffering Applix shareholders finally get their pay day [Read More...]

Business Objects sharpens up their act to impress the market

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Business Objects' enhanced product portfolio and improved strategic direction deliver excellent financial results during 2007 [Read More...]

Software can be free if you don't mind the adverts . . .

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Spiceworks' ad-supported free software business model offers a new value for money equation for customers [Read More...]

"No Jerks!" catches public imagination

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0100

VP John Buie shares the secrets of SuccessFactors' phenomenal growth in the HR Performance and Talent Management market with Gerry Brown [Read More...]

Sales Performance Management gains market favour

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Pay-for-performance systems are becoming popular as organisations seek to increase staff productivity [Read More...]

Leading software vendors invest in the nascent Content Intelligence (CI) market

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Business Objects' decisive and predatory acquisition is attracting followers [Read More...]

Here's one for all you knowledge workers out there

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Pixar's film animation is the unexpected startpoint for the birth of Tableau's visual desktop BI software [Read More...]

Predictive modeling becomes affordable for mid-market customers

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 18 May 2007 07:00:00 +0100

eBureau's hosted business model is poised to disrupt the predictive scoring market [Read More...]

Business Objects acquires Cartesis - a very French affaire

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Business Objects responds to the acquisition of Hyperion by Oracle [Read More...]

Will new low cost pricing models deliver the promise of "pervasive BI"?

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

LogiXML announces a sub $15,000 annual subscription for its BI platform that requires a response from other BI vendors [Read More...]

It's analytics, but not as we know it...

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Triumfant Resolution Manager software analyses and monitors PC desktop performance using an ITIL approach. CEO John Prisco explains why Triumfant's approach is new and different. [Read More...]

Microsoft moves further into the Content Intelligence (CI) space

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Microsoft has launched a new methodology and a new integrated product set that has content and intelligence at its core. Gerry Brown investigates. [Read More...]

Oracle and Hyperion: is there really a strategic fit?

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:00:00 +0100

Much of the press comment has been inconclusive on this $3.3Bn acquisition. Gerry Brown takes a different position and identifies 4 key areas for management attention. [Read More...]

How CIOs can win back the hearts and minds of users

Gerry Brown, Bloor Research — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Todd DeLaughter, CEO of Opalis, talks about trends in the emerging Run Book software market [Read More...]