It would appear that the incoming tide of Indian companies who are looking for much more business in the UK (both organic and by aquisition) may be about to be stemmed.
I also introduce a great networker who builds hugely profitable partner functions.
Is SOA dead! : according to one research director it is! And are you an SAP HR Programme Director who can help with good advice?
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
SIN18: The Indians are coming - or are they?
The Indians are coming - or are they?
As Satyam is being investigated for 'financial irregularities', (some have mentioned on the same scale as Enron), what will be the impact on what most were predicting to be a great year for offshore outsourcing as UK companies look for lower costs and more added value for their IT dollars.
Some have predicted that it will not have any effect but we disagree, any company looking to offshore will now be examining their potential partner with a here-to-fore unknown level of scrutiny. This will add to the time and effort in deciding on a partner and will add to many peoples belief that many offshoring contracts are not working....
It will also accelerate the slow-down in the Indian economy which was reported as far back as early November.
However this could also have an impact on UK IT, as smaller firms which were being targetted by Indian IT companies as possible acquisitions now find they have no buyers......
Interesting times we live in.....
email:jeremy.white@csi10.co.uk
As Satyam is being investigated for 'financial irregularities', (some have mentioned on the same scale as Enron), what will be the impact on what most were predicting to be a great year for offshore outsourcing as UK companies look for lower costs and more added value for their IT dollars.
Some have predicted that it will not have any effect but we disagree, any company looking to offshore will now be examining their potential partner with a here-to-fore unknown level of scrutiny. This will add to the time and effort in deciding on a partner and will add to many peoples belief that many offshoring contracts are not working....
It will also accelerate the slow-down in the Indian economy which was reported as far back as early November.
However this could also have an impact on UK IT, as smaller firms which were being targetted by Indian IT companies as possible acquisitions now find they have no buyers......
Interesting times we live in.....
email:jeremy.white@csi10.co.uk
SAP Star Number 18 : Charles Bennett
SAP Star Number 18
Let me introduce.....
Charles Bennett
Charles is a long-term SAP networker. Having been involved with SAP in his early days at HP he then joined SAP UK Alliances team where he added significant value by bringing order to an essential element of the SAP sales strategy enabling £m’s worth of revenue through partner efforts. Developing this theme Charles then became the Global Partner Manager leveraging both SAP and CAP Gemini resources to multi-million dollar success.
Charles then successfully helped SAP introduce Netweaver across the world, now accounting for more than 15% of SAP revenues. Charles left SAP to develop a global partner channel for StreamServe which now produces more than 30% of revenues for the company.
Charles is a fantastic networker and can add value to any company on many different levels.
If you are looking to bolster your partner generated revenue stream, you can do no better than talk to Charles.
Call me and I will put you in touch.
tel: 07712 663598
Let me introduce.....
Charles Bennett
Charles is a long-term SAP networker. Having been involved with SAP in his early days at HP he then joined SAP UK Alliances team where he added significant value by bringing order to an essential element of the SAP sales strategy enabling £m’s worth of revenue through partner efforts. Developing this theme Charles then became the Global Partner Manager leveraging both SAP and CAP Gemini resources to multi-million dollar success.
Charles then successfully helped SAP introduce Netweaver across the world, now accounting for more than 15% of SAP revenues. Charles left SAP to develop a global partner channel for StreamServe which now produces more than 30% of revenues for the company.
Charles is a fantastic networker and can add value to any company on many different levels.
If you are looking to bolster your partner generated revenue stream, you can do no better than talk to Charles.
Call me and I will put you in touch.
tel: 07712 663598
SIN18: SOA died 1st Jan 2009 - RIP!
SOA died 1st Jan 2009
R.I.P!
A widely respected Research Director at the Burton Group, Anne Thomas Manes, has declared SOA dead in her regular blog!
"All these guys intent on pursuing [an] SOA initiative, they're not going to have any money to do it because the business is not going to continue to fund it," say Manes. Through her research she identified that this is mainly due to failed SOA projects.
However, she stresses that there is a continued need for the components that effectively make up SOA but 'SOA' must disappear from IT vocabulary as it holds no positive connotations.
What is your view? Will your SOA project continue?
For more information take a look at this article
R.I.P!
A widely respected Research Director at the Burton Group, Anne Thomas Manes, has declared SOA dead in her regular blog!
"All these guys intent on pursuing [an] SOA initiative, they're not going to have any money to do it because the business is not going to continue to fund it," say Manes. Through her research she identified that this is mainly due to failed SOA projects.
However, she stresses that there is a continued need for the components that effectively make up SOA but 'SOA' must disappear from IT vocabulary as it holds no positive connotations.
What is your view? Will your SOA project continue?
For more information take a look at this article
SIN18: csi10 Wanted : HR Programme Directors
We are looking for Experienced HR Programme Directors who are willing to discuss their experience with a client who is about to embark on probably one of the biggest ever HR implementations in the UK and maybe the world.
If you have real life experience and could help my colleague plan to avoid the many and various pitfalls let me know and I will put you in touch.
Thanks for your help.
If you have real life experience and could help my colleague plan to avoid the many and various pitfalls let me know and I will put you in touch.
Thanks for your help.
Thursday, 8 January 2009
SAP Innovation Newsletter 17: Introduction SIN17
This is a bit of a departure for the Christmas version of the newsletter. There is a little news but we really wanted to concentrate on thanking you for your support in 2008, wishing you a happy festive period and a prosperous 2009.
Happy Xmas 2008.
Happy Xmas 2008.
Innovation Number 17: Extending SAP Value
csi10 - extending the SAP value!
csi10 Ltd. is dedicated to helping SAP customers make the most of their investment in SAP.
Whilst we are experts at finding, evaluating and helping introduce solutions and services that add significant added value to SAP customers, we are also master networkers and enjoy nothing more than introducing customers who are looking to expand their use of SAP to others who have already done so.
So if your plans for 2009 involve you expanding into unknown territory, then our network probably includes someone who is willing to share their experience.
You can lose nothing by asking us so feel free....... just send us an email on:
email:jeremy.white@csi10.co.uk
csi10 Ltd. is dedicated to helping SAP customers make the most of their investment in SAP.
Whilst we are experts at finding, evaluating and helping introduce solutions and services that add significant added value to SAP customers, we are also master networkers and enjoy nothing more than introducing customers who are looking to expand their use of SAP to others who have already done so.
So if your plans for 2009 involve you expanding into unknown territory, then our network probably includes someone who is willing to share their experience.
You can lose nothing by asking us so feel free....... just send us an email on:
email:jeremy.white@csi10.co.uk
SAP Star Number 17: XMAS and No Star
Let me introduce.....
XMAS and No Star
We have decided that as this is the newsletter before Christmas we would forego introducing anyone and just leave you with a thought for the festive season.....
Through the year we have met many many great people from clients to SAP, from making new friends to meeting old friends again, from the great teams in SAP customers ably supported by SAP partners and contractors, SAP complimentary solution providers and many others who work around the SAP community. To all these, and most especially to you and yours we wish to a very Merry Christmas and a very Prosperous 2009.
AND, if you think we can help in anyway then please feel free to contact us at csi10 and we will do our best to aid you in your next challenge.
For more information call me.....
tel: 07712 663598
XMAS and No Star
We have decided that as this is the newsletter before Christmas we would forego introducing anyone and just leave you with a thought for the festive season.....
Through the year we have met many many great people from clients to SAP, from making new friends to meeting old friends again, from the great teams in SAP customers ably supported by SAP partners and contractors, SAP complimentary solution providers and many others who work around the SAP community. To all these, and most especially to you and yours we wish to a very Merry Christmas and a very Prosperous 2009.
AND, if you think we can help in anyway then please feel free to contact us at csi10 and we will do our best to aid you in your next challenge.
For more information call me.....
tel: 07712 663598
SIN17: SAP customer stops implementation
It has been widely reported in the US news that a customer who is experiencing major difficulties as the recession bites has been 'encouraged' by their major stakeholder to abandon their reckless course of action and pull out of a very expensive SAP implementation.
Whilst this is the first I have heard of, I am convinced that over the next 18months it will; not be the last.
Many companies that we are associated with are thoroughly reviewing their plans for 2009 and reducing their aspirations on what they expect to achieve.
Hopefully we can all continue to be associated with successful projects but it would appear that they will be less prevalent.
See: SAP Project Halted
Whilst this is the first I have heard of, I am convinced that over the next 18months it will; not be the last.
Many companies that we are associated with are thoroughly reviewing their plans for 2009 and reducing their aspirations on what they expect to achieve.
Hopefully we can all continue to be associated with successful projects but it would appear that they will be less prevalent.
See: SAP Project Halted
SIN17: csi10 Wanted : A peaceful yuletide and a great start to 2009
csi10 wish all our newsletter readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We have enjoyed working with many of you through 2008 and hope to continue that and work with many more of you in 2009.
So please keep safe, enjoy your family over the festive period and we look forward to working with you soon.
OH! and by the way...... please feel free to comment on previous newsletter articles at SAP INNOVATIONS BLOG.
We have enjoyed working with many of you through 2008 and hope to continue that and work with many more of you in 2009.
So please keep safe, enjoy your family over the festive period and we look forward to working with you soon.
OH! and by the way...... please feel free to comment on previous newsletter articles at SAP INNOVATIONS BLOG.
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