[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/2/2021 10:10 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 8/2/2021 6:56 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On an interesting side note I read an article on LinkedIn today that
>> talked about how moving to these pre-packaged systems like SAP (or, in
>> the case of the University I worked at Banner) it becomes necessary to
>> change the way you do business to match the package you bought rather
>> than using an in house system designed to match the way you had been
>> doing your business.  One more thing I said as long as 30 years ago.
> 
> Yes, SAP has ruined more than one business.  When one's business 
> practices provides some "edge" that makes one successful, perhaps a 
> Harvard Business School type might think it's possible to "go generic", 
> which is why we need to "nuke" the HBS.

But such systems being replaced by standard packages rarely is
what gives that edge. They just supports what gives that edge.

Let us take VSI. What will determine their success? Some items
in arbitrary order: getting VMS x86-64 out in good quality soon,
modernizing VMS over the coming decade, convincing customers
that VMS is a good solution, providing good support on VMS
etc.etc.. What will mean practically nothing for the success
of VSI: the system that handle their salary payout, the system that
keep track of the employee vacations, the system that stores their
documents, the system that stores their email etc.. So what does
VSI do for those supporting systems? They either buy a standard
solution or outsource to keep cost down.

Arne