Customer Experience in Times of Remote Work

by Thomas Wieberneit | May 20, 2020 | Blog, Webinar

Many analysts, including myself, have repeatedly written about us having entered a new normal, which is enforced by a so-called green swan event – an event that according to BIS is “extremely [financially] disruptive and that could be behind a systemic [financial]...

Zoho – A True Unicorn

by Thomas Wieberneit | Mar 2, 2020 | Analysis, Blog

End of January Zoho held its 2020 Zoho Days, an analyst summit, which I was happy to attend, along with more than 60 colleagues, as the only analyst from Germany, as it seems. Sadly, it took me quite a while to complete this – Zoho deserves a faster commentare. But...

Clouds, Data Models, and Experiences – Three Entities, One Topic

by Thomas Wieberneit | Dec 2, 2019 | Blog

After having covered some press releases about new releases and commenting some interesting organizational changes it is time to have a look at another topic – the need for consistency in a suite of cloud products. Consistency not only in the most obvious part of a...

Clash of Titans – The War Cry: Oracle and Salesforce

by Thomas Wieberneit | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog

More Food for Thought In the last article Clash of Titans – Microsoft and SAP weigh in of this little series, I discussed the strategy of two of the big four and how they are positioned in the platform play of the business software titans – and others. This article...

SAP acquires CallidusCloud – A Snap Analysis from Down Under

by Thomas Wieberneit | Feb 1, 2018 | Analysis, Blog

The News On January 30, 2018 SAP announced that its subsidiary SAP America, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Callidus Software Inc., a leader in sales performance management and CPQ software. With a price tag of around $2.4 bn this is the most expensive...