Research Summary: Software Insider's Top 25 Posts For 2010

January 2, 2011

Themes In 2010 Reflected The Buy Side Demand For Both Optimization and Innovation
Technology buyers in 2010 focused most of their priorities on finding cost savings through legacy optimization, navigating a flurry of disruptive technologies, and designing/experimenting with new business model innovations. Consequently, the top 25 posts for 2010 reflected these 3 major themes:

Legacy Optimization

#1 Monday’s Musings: Five Programs Some Vendors Have Implemented To Help Clients In An Economic Recession

#3 Tuesday’s Tip: Software Licensing and Pricing – Stop paying for shelfware

#11 Research Report: Customer Bill of Rights – Software-as-a Service

#15 Tuesday’s Tip: 10 SaaS/Cloud Strategies For Legacy Apps Environments

#23 Tuesday’s Tip: When To Go With A Two-Tier ERP Strategy

#25 Friday’s Feature: Workday Release 10 Moves Users One Step Closer To ERP Replacement

Disruptive Technology

#2 Tuesday’s Tip: Understanding The Many Flavors of Cloud Computing and SaaS

#5 News Analysis: Lithium’s Acquisition of Scout Labs Ups The Ante in Social CRM

#6 Research Report: How The Five Pillars Of Consumer Tech Influence Enterprise Innovation

#10 Monday’s Musings: Why Next Gen Apps Must Improve Existing Activity Streams

#12 News Analysis: Salesforce.com and VMware Up The Ante In The Cloud Wars With VMforce

#13 Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q2 CY 2010 – SaaS Vendors Still Show Massive YoY Growth

#16 Monday’s Musings: 10 Essential Elements For Social Enterprise Apps

#18 Product Review: Epicor 9 Delivers Next Generation Apps Capabilities Today

#19 Friday’s Feature: Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010

#22 Research Report: Microsoft Partners – Before Adopting Azure, Understand the 12 Benefits And Risks

#24 Monday’s Musings: The Hidden Value In SaaS Deployments

Business Innovation

#4 Research Report: The 18 Use Cases of Social CRM – The New Rules of Relationship Management

#7 Personal Log: The 7 Tenets Of Building A “Star Analyst” Firm

#8 News Analysis: SAP Bets On Innovation With $5.8B Sybase Acquisition

#9 Research Report: Rethink Your Next Generation Business Intelligence Strategy

#14 Tuesday’s Tip: Applying The Five Stages Of Adoption Towards SCRM Projects

#17 Best Practices: Five Simple Rules For Social Business

#20 Monday’s Musings: Why Every Social CRM Initiative Needs An MDM Backbone

#21 Research Report: The Upcoming Battle For The Largest Share Of The Tech Budget (Part 1) – Overview

Thank You For A Great 2010
By all counts, faithful followers of this blog drove tremendous growth. In 100 posts for 2010, this blog generated (see Figure 1):

1.434 M sessions
4.282 M page views
8.454 M hits

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Figure 1. A Software Insider's Point of View Expanded Reach In 2010

Your Point Of View (POV)
What would you like to hear more about in 2011? Are there research topics and agenda items that should be covered? Any disruptive technologies on your agenda that are more important in 2011?

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