Comments on: Truth in Advertising, Part 183.2b http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/17/truth-in-advertising-part-1832b/ Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me Thu, 17 May 2012 21:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vendorprisey » Blog Archive » Jeff’s numbers post….customer reality, and notes in the margins. http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/17/truth-in-advertising-part-1832b/comment-page-1/#comment-12044 Vendorprisey » Blog Archive » Jeff’s numbers post….customer reality, and notes in the margins. Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:59:10 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/17/truth-in-advertising-part-1832b/#comment-12044 [...] Jeff Nolan posted some internal numbers  and some thoughtful analyis on the state of affairs between SAP and Oracle. Some facts to chew on, rather than the vague ephemeral fog that normally constitutes market share discussions. James , several others and even Captain Curmudgeonly, Dennis, have commented that this is a fine thing. [...] [...] Jeff Nolan posted some internal numbers  and some thoughtful analyis on the state of affairs between SAP and Oracle. Some facts to chew on, rather than the vague ephemeral fog that normally constitutes market share discussions. James , several others and even Captain Curmudgeonly, Dennis, have commented that this is a fine thing. [...]

]]> By: James Governor's MonkChips http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/17/truth-in-advertising-part-1832b/comment-page-1/#comment-11690 James Governor's MonkChips Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:49:21 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/17/truth-in-advertising-part-1832b/#comment-11690 <strong>Who Needs Analysts? On SAP vs Oracle, and open source competitive intelligence...</strong> Venture Chronicles It wasn't so long ago that IT vendors would use industry analyst firms as prophylactics when they wanted to "fight the numbers". Claim, counterclaim, with analyst firm as beneficiary. The analyst didn't need to say they got the..... Who Needs Analysts? On SAP vs Oracle, and open source competitive intelligence…

Venture Chronicles It wasn’t so long ago that IT vendors would use industry analyst firms as prophylactics when they wanted to “fight the numbers”. Claim, counterclaim, with analyst firm as beneficiary. The analyst didn’t need to say they got the…..

]]> By: AccMan Pro / Conventional wisdom just got dinged http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/17/truth-in-advertising-part-1832b/comment-page-1/#comment-10983 AccMan Pro / Conventional wisdom just got dinged Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:12:03 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/07/17/truth-in-advertising-part-1832b/#comment-10983 [...] Anyway - SAP the company I love to hate and then love again (yes I flip-flop sometimes), was recently stung about sales win claims emanating from Oracle. Jeff Nolan, head of SAP’s Oracle Attack Apollo Group was gagged for a couple of weeks but today reproduced an internal email discussing wins/losses. Rather than go into the detail, I’d recommend spending a few minutes studying the contents. [...] [...] Anyway – SAP the company I love to hate and then love again (yes I flip-flop sometimes), was recently stung about sales win claims emanating from Oracle. Jeff Nolan, head of SAP’s Oracle Attack Apollo Group was gagged for a couple of weeks but today reproduced an internal email discussing wins/losses. Rather than go into the detail, I’d recommend spending a few minutes studying the contents. [...]

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