Clash of Titans – Platform Play

by Thomas Wieberneit | Aug 14, 2018 | Analysis, Blog

A lot has evolved since my Clash of the Titans post that looked into how the big 4.5 (Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, and Adobe) and others are positioning themselves and their platform in the greater CRM arena. First, the commoditization of the business...

SAPPHIRE 2018 – The Return of the Suite

by Thomas Wieberneit | Jun 7, 2018 | Analysis, Blog

SAPPHIRE 2018. In an Orlando convention center, far away from Walldorf SAP holds its annual conference, boldly going where no one has gone before. But enough of this poor allegation to Star Trek although it reasonably sets the tone. The first two days gave a deep view...

SAP Strategy – Decyphered

by Thomas Wieberneit | Apr 27, 2018 | Analysis, Blog

Much has happened in the SAP world in the past few months that were covered by the requisite number of announcements – and a good deal of analysis, including mine. SAP has Released its first release of S/4HANA for Customer Management Acquired CallidusCloud, a software...

CRMEvolution 2018 – A Good-Bye, a Hello, and some not so random Thoughts

by Thomas Wieberneit | Apr 16, 2018 | Blog

Just back home from CRMEvolution it is time to do a little recap on this year’s instance of the conference. This year the conference was co-chaired by Paul Greenberg and Brent Leary, two of the most accomplished independent analysts and influencers around. And also...

SAP acquires CallidusCloud – Take Two

by Thomas Wieberneit | Apr 12, 2018 | Analysis, Blog

The News SAP has recently announced the completion of the acquisition of Callidus Software, Inc. Unsurprisingly, CallidusCloud’s assets shall get consolidated under the umbrella of SAP Hybris leveraging the customer relationships that the existing leadership team,...