Robert Kugel's Analyst Perspectives

What Every CEO Needs to Know About IT

Posted by Robert Kugel on 16 November 2012

The business/IT divide is a barrier that prevents most companies from achieving their true performance potential. The divide has remained a constant impediment since the dawn of business computing six decades ago. It’s not necessary for a CEO of a company to be able to write Java code or master the intricacies of an ERP or sales compensation application. However, that CEO must master the basics of IT just as he must understand basic corporate finance, the production process and – at least at a...

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Topics: Big Data, Performance Management, Human Capital Management, Operational Performance Management (OPM), competition, executive, CIO, Cloud Computing, In-memory, Business Performance Management (BPM), CFO, Customer Performance Management (CPM), IT, Sales Performance Management (SPM), Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM), Workforce Performance Management (WPM), CEO, FPM

Encountering New Bottlenecks with Oracle’s Breakthrough Technology

Posted by Robert Kugel on 03 October 2012

Two key themes that emerged from Larry Ellison’s Sunday night keynote at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld were faster processing speed and cheaper storage. An underlying purpose to these themes was to assert the importance of Oracle’s strategic vertical integration of hardware and software with the acquisitions of Sun. I try to view technology keynotes like this from the perspective of a practical business user. Advancements such of these are important because enhancing the performance and...

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Topics: Big Data, Customer Experience, executive, Business Analytics, Data Management, In-Memory Computing, Information Management, Business Performance Management (BPM), Business Process Management, Data, Financial Performance Management (FPM), IT Performance Management (ITPM), FPM

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