E 2.0 – not joining the debate, but…
Being ‘diplomatic’ I’m not going to step into the debate featuring Dennis, Susan, Nenshad and others… but I’ve been waiting and waiting for one benefit to be touted, an important but unplanned benefit (the only one?) I’ve seen in practice…
Guido Bartels of GridWise and IBM discusses Smart Grids with GreenMonk
Photo credit Ian Muttoo
Guido Bartels is General Manager of IBM’s Global Energy and Utilities Industry. Guido leads IBM’s corporate initiative around building an ‘Intelligent Utility Network,’ IBM’s portfolio of offerings and capabilities for the Smart Grid.
Guido is also a member of the Electricity Advisory Committee at Department of Energy, an organization whose mission is [...]
Friday Rant: Getting A/P and Supplier Management Wrong — A Supplier’s Perspective
Some might say that as both a consultant/analyst with subject matter knowledge and business owner, I’m in a position to study the Spend Management sector from a truly unique vantage point. Namely, I constantly talk to folks in both procurement and A/…
OMG
Today’s show was the first for the past 4 weeks but finally we’re back on the air! My focus today was around “OMG” as in SMS/Chat Lingo – Mobile – Enterprise and the future.
Talking Points
Shout Outs
Anne and her visa issues
Abesh and his new job
Martin Lang and meeting people going to the bathroom
Marilyn and her presentations [...]
NetSuite Business Cloud event feedback
I presented in the NetSuite Business Cloud seminar series in its final leg – in Chicago and Atlanta. The 6 week tour had previously been to London, Sydney, Manila and New York. While I did not envy some of the…
Friday Rant: With Technology Choice Comes Responsibility That Many Aren’t Ready For
When I first got started in the Spend Management world back when buyers were just buyers and Ariba, i2 and Commerce One were more happy to trade barbs with each other than actually deliver solutions that did what they promised, the fundamental defini…
Swiss Re – One of the Smart Companies
On Monday In Zurich during SOMESSO’s Web 2.0 University™ based masterclass delivered by Jim Benson, one of the attendees related her company’s adoption of Social Media. I was soaking up the material and offering Jim a little help, as we have just started to represent Hinchcliffe and Web 2.0 University™ in the UK. One of the weaknesses that we currently have in the enterprise 2.0 or “social media in business” space is not …
