Thinking Out Loud..

Over a long weekend and a few nights at home I was keen to catchup on the MadMen TV series, or at least figure out if I liked it.

As an Apple fanboy (self confessed but probably true) I was all ready to rent an Episode and see what whether I like it. Turns out that was harder than it could be and TV rentals via iTunes are not yet available in Australia. I ended up purchasing one episode and watching it. I liked it and will be looking for more.

In thinking more about it… I am convinced TV rentals like movie rentals are the way of the future. Do you really need to own it? Libraries seem to have worked well for eons - albeit it as a community service, but maybe the future of minimal/infrequent use content really is rental. The same logic probably doesn’t apply to my daughters Bob the Builder DVD. I would be a poor man if that was rental bases. I think their will be a tipping point where it make sense to own things you are going to watch more than say ¾ times and for everything else rentals are it.

Surely as we move more and more to the cloud all we want to know is that it’s available and if we want to access it their will be a small charge. Seems a whole lot easier than owning stuff we probably only watch once or twice anyway and then having to remember what we have and where it is.

As business confidence returns, CIOs are once again being asked to turn their focus to innovation and growth – rather than survival-oriented cost saving. Innovation is the latest topic I focus on in my InsideSAP article. You can read the full text here..

There are still those who laugh behind their hands at the whole greenie idea of sustainability. After all, in the real world when you’re focused on making budget for the next quarter, who has time to save the planet with a smaller carbon footprint?

Read the full story here.

In the last 100 days it has become clear that SAP has radically transformed itself and repositioned. For the first time in ages we are seeing a really clear product strategy based around; On Premise, On Demand and On Device all tied together with a clear orchestration program.

What’s also clear is that SAP are prepared to put significant investment behind it. This week’s proposed friendly acquisition of Sybase makes a statement and points to a real commitment to mobilising the enterprise. Streamwork and BI OnDemand in the On Demand product category also look to represent significant new opportunties to further extend the On Premise SAP paradigm into the cloud.

The next six month’s should be exciting - as this new strategy further evoles and as SAP ERP6 Enhancement Pack 5 ships for existing on premise ERP6 implementations we have a whole new world of possibilities and opportunties begining to emerge.

Recently I talked about process value and the face that not all business processes were created equal. Read the whole story on the Oxygen site here..

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