Saturday, May 08, 2004


The Ross Large Enterprise Technology Stock Report *




Quote

Technology Area

Change

Description

90

Java, J2EE

Unch

Sun’s deal with Microsoft yielding uncertainty; open-source still a ?

72

.NET

+2

NOVL open-source Mono project gains momentum;

70

Web Service Architectures

+2

Still plenty of momentum along all platforms; security still a ?

70


ERP

Unch

Tactical projects still making headway, albeit on limited scale

63

Oracle

-2

Core business hurt by SQL Server and MySQL

60

Business Intelligence

+1

Data warehousing, OLAP on everyone’s radar screen

57

Security

Unch

Security situation is still high-risk area, additional $$ not forthcoming

54

Linux

+2

Despite suits, more enterprise usage of low $ infrastructure

45

MySQL

+3

SAP, other deals, license pricing hurting Oracle, SQL Server

45

SQL Server

-1

Momentum hampered by open-source progress

27

Data mining

+1

Lack of experts and business understanding limit capability

27

DB2

+1

Big Iron and product range drives increased usage

27

Enterprise messaging

Unch

Web services, complexity, security hamper adoption

24

VoIP

+3

Lots of hype, lots of offerings, but integration issues remain

21


B2B

+1


XML, EDI, BizTalk, still hot areas

21

CRM

-1

Plethora of bad implementations leave bad taste in mouths

18


PHP

+2

Oracle and Sun both providing integration with popular web language

18

SFA

Unch

Hosted solutions lack of integration hamper adoption

* These are strictly my opinions based upon what I read and what I see. If you want to quibble with me, start your own blog and get your own seven readers.

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