Cognos and Speedware Announcement

[Luan Ha]

I have to agree with Ken as our recent experience with Cognos supports has
been quite acceptable.

Let hope they continue as we're not intend to move away from Powerhouse to
ERP (SAP) easily.

 

Luan

 

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From: powerh-l-bounces+lha=bigpond.net.au at lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+lha=bigpond.net.au at lists.sowder.com] On Behalf Of
Ken Langendock
Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2006 8:02 AM
To: 'Robert Edis'; powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
Subject: RE: Cognos and Speedware Announcement

 

Ah, without saying too much.......I can say definitely NOT TRUE to numbers
5, 7 and I assume 11 by association

Stay tuned

Ken

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com] On
Behalf Of Robert Edis
Sent: December 19, 2006 5:38 PM
To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
Subject: Re:Cognos and Speedware Announcement


The demise of PowerHouse 

1. ADT income no longer included in share holder reports 
2. ADT tools dissapear from product list on Cognos website 
3. ADT tools no longer mentioned by sales people 
4. ADT tools no longer included in conference presentations 
5. Dramatic slow down in development/enhancements/new features 
6. Deal made with Speedware, once only mentioned by Cognos in disparaging
terms, to support ADT tools.  Speedware advertising in past put down
PowerHouse and encourages Cognos customers to port PH apps to "modern" tools
(i.e. Java). 

My prediction: 
7. Development/enhancement work on PH stopped completely by Cognos 
8. Cognos and Speedware announce deal where Cognos sells PowerHouse to
Speedware. 
9. Speedware takes over support (taking a few of the youngest and most
promising ADT developers from Cognos to boot) and license income. 
10. Speedware induces PH customers to "modenise" their PH apps by offering
special deals and perhaps increasing annual license fees on PH. 
11. PowerHouse RIP 

Am I just a cynical pessimist?  Does it matter? 

Blue

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