Technology Productivity: Applying the Deep Work Model
In the recent Harvard Business Review article, “Beware of a Culture of Busyness,” author Adam Waytz describes how corporate culture has evolved from valuing what is produced to valuing how busy employees are. In this article, we examine how overvaluing time affects businesses and how applying the deep work model can help increase technology productivity. […]
A Unified Approach to Support and Services Can Help IT Keep Pace with the Business
Supporting hybrid IT is different from individually supporting vendors’ products It is imperative for IT organizations to better operate, manage, and support hybrid-driven, multivendor IT environments. The complexity associated with hybrid scenarios (for example, from adopting a composable ERP strategy) can severely hinder scalability if IT departments are too focused on the practical aspects of […]
Unleash Your IT Potential with Rimini ONE™ All-in-One Support and Services
In today’s competitive business landscape, organizations rely heavily on their enterprise software systems to drive productivity and enable growth. However, some vendors provide only limited levels of support for existing versions. As a result, many companies find themselves struggling to: keep up with the associated costs and complexities of maintaining their software investments source high-quality […]
How a Unified Approach to Support and Services Can Improve IT Outcomes
Modernizing IT support and services should be a part of IT modernization Enterprise applications are changing at a more rapid pace than ever. The result is that many enterprises have hybrid-driven, multivendor IT environments. This creates a challenge for the IT organization — how to effectively operate, manage, and support an increasingly complex technology portfolio. […]
5 Strategies to Fill the IT Skills Gap
Finding and retaining IT talent is becoming a major IT cost The labor market and supply chain have experienced significant upheaval in the wake of the global pandemic. Fortunately, the supply chain has begun to rebuild — a recent construction project had me pleasantly surprised to see the prices of lumber becoming reasonable again. However, […]
What Oracle’s JAVA SE Licensing Change Could Mean to You
Is the JAVA SE licensing change as simple as it sounds? When software vendors claim to be simplifying software licensing terms, experienced enterprise customers know to dig into the details to find how it may impact their costs. So, when Oracle in January revealed “a simple, low-cost monthly subscription” model for licensing its Java SE […]
High Heels, High Tech, and High Expectations
A Blog for Women in Leadership Run the race and finish strong. That is the motto that I have lived by in my professional, personal, and spiritual endeavors for many years. For me it is a key foundation in my pursuit to be a Servant Leader, which represents a management style attuned to today’s often […]
Does Your Global Compliance Program Have Teeth?
Global compliance can be tricky At the end of 2022, the Department of Justice (DoJ) ordered a large U.S based conglomerate to pay over $160 million after they made bribe payments to a high-ranking official at Brazil’s state-owned oil company to secure an advantage when bidding on a major $425 million contract. The DoJ found […]
No Extension to SAP ECC 6 and Business Suite 7 Mainstream Support End Date in 2027
Did Christian Klein just burst your SAP bubble? Back in 2020, SAP announced that it would extend the end of mainstream ECC support from 2025 to 2027. At the time, that wasn’t a big surprise. There was speculation among the SAP community that SAP would extend the deadline again. As they say, “Sorry to burst your […]