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Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett has been providing comment and analysis on enterprise software since 1991 in a variety of European trade and professional journals including CFO Magazine, The Economist and Information Week. Today, apart from being a full time blogger on innovation for professional services organisations, he is a founding member of Enterprise Irregulars and an investor in a European start-up. Prior to, Dennis was technology and tax partner in a British firm of Chartered Accountants for 10 years. Prior to that held various senior finance roles across a broad range of industries.

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  • Will the SAP user groups re-ignite the maintenance topic?

    By Dennis Howlett | November 29, 2010, 1:27pm PST

    Can user groups exert more influence over their suppliers in getting better terms for maintenance software deals or has the Oracle victory in its SAP case changed the game?

  • Jury slams SAP $1.3 billion in TomorrowNow lawsuit

    By Dennis Howlett | November 23, 2010, 4:18pm PST

    Oracle awarded $1.3 billion in its case against TomorrowNow and SAP. What next?

  • How to fix the social anything bind

    By Dennis Howlett | November 19, 2010, 12:38am PST

    Social CRM and social business are the buzzwords of the day - in some circles. But after years of hand waving, the message still isn’t getting through. Why?

  • Analyst report: Oracle customers dissatisfied with service but will spend more

    By Dennis Howlett | November 18, 2010, 11:55am PST

    The extent to which Oracle customers are dissatisfied with service quality and cost should ring alarm bells. This report explains why.

  • Oracle 'anti-competitive,' customers dissatisfied

    By Dennis Howlett | November 18, 2010, 7:27am PST

    Oracle is being cast as anti-competitive by the SIA. An upcoming report indicates high levels of dis-satisfaction with its maintenance services. This is not a good time to be Oracle.

  • Will there be a winner in Oracle v SAP?

    By Dennis Howlett | November 16, 2010, 9:35am PST

    As the Oracle v SAP trial lumbers on we will now see what SAP is about in the post Apotheker era. Will it be enough to convince?

  • Time to blow up best practices myths

    By Dennis Howlett | November 12, 2010, 11:25am PST

    Blowing up the best practices myth. It’s about time to skewer this enterprise rug rat.

  • Enterprise 2.0 is beyond a crock. It's dead

    By Dennis Howlett | November 10, 2010, 6:48pm PST

    Martijn Linssen and prof Andy McAfee are engaged in a battle over Enterprise 2.0. It is a battle that is well worth the studying as it demonstrates the chasm in thinking behind E2.0 and social...

  • Seesmic dons its enterprise boots...at last

    By Dennis Howlett | November 10, 2010, 6:29am PST

    Seesmic is morphing from consumer to enterprise. It’s about time. But how will Seesmic survive in the tough world of enterprise applications and the proliferation of social tools?

  • NetSuite beats street in Q3 but un-nerves analysts on billings

    By Dennis Howlett | November 4, 2010, 5:44pm PDT

    NetSuite blows the doors off its Q3 numbers but leaves financial analysts nervous about billings. Here’s why and a tentative explanation as to the reality.

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