How strange life can be! I spent 10 years as a META Group analyst, in charge of ERP and business applications. Now, I am the vice president of business strategy at Lawson Software. What is strange about this you might ask?
When I was at META Group, all red-blooded ERP vendors would “manage” the communications with analysts. So, we could publish as much as we could, based on a). Imperfect information from the ERP vendor, but b). With good information from the vendors’ customers.
So, now that I have joined Lawson, and I am afraid that many of my friends in the analyst communities think I went over to the “dark side” and won’t talk to me ( I think I am now on the “light side”). But, here is the irony. I have perfect information about Lawson software, but can only share it selectively.
So, why am I blogging? Over the past 10 years, I have developed numerous models, frameworks, ideas and anecdotes about the ERP world. It was a great beat at META, as I always believed that ERP was rife with intrigue. You may think so as well. So, in my next post, we’ll start off with one of my favorite topics – TCO.
Barry
