Comcast Data Usage Meter: What’s to Celebrate About Being a Year Late?
I admit I’m baffled. If a major service provider imposes consumption caps without providing a way to measure consumption, then promises a metering tool and fails to deliver for a year, than what exactly is the reason to celebrate when finally they start limited testing a year late? But that’s exactly what’s happening: Comcast keeps [...]
Special Delivery – by the Daily WTF
I’ve had The Daily WTF ever since discovering the SAP Laundry story there… it’s a hit or miss. But today’s story is a real gem. “Okay, I’m here!” he angrily announced once he stepped foot in the lobby. “So let’s do this! What do I need to—” Brad stopped mid-sentence. His eyes were immediately drawn [...]
Predictions for 2010: Chris Selland’s List
I’ll admit it – I love ‘holiday prediction’ time. It gives us all a chance to reflect on the year past and think about what’s going to happen in the year ahead. 2009 has been a tough year although we do seem (despite the Dubai woes which are literally taking place as I write this…) [...]
New version of Eye on Earth site – more data, less visible!
Photo credit Tom Raftery
We last wrote about the Eye on Earth site in July 2008. If you can’t remember that far back, a quick recap – Microsoft and the European Environmental Agency (EEA) signed a non-exclusive five year deal with a goal to “make environmental information more accessible to citizens in Europe”.
EyeOnEarth, the [...]
Five Things the Gartner/AMR Deal Suggests for the Future of Industry Analyst Research
As I sat down to write about the Gartner/AMR deal this morning, I realized that I could probably fill a book with my thoughts on what the deal bodes for the future of research, publishing and expert consulting models in the technology sector. But rat…
World AIDS Day and Red Laces
Today is World AIDS Day and the launch of a new RED initiative by Nike. The product, red shoe laces, is being made available globally in Nike retail outlets and the laces are being worn by Nike athletes and celebrities alike, most prominently U2’s Bono who is featuring the laces in concert events.
Of the 33 [...]
Discovering the universal Business core
What should Enterprise Software do if it stopped wasting everybody’s time supporting the work to allow real work instead of supporting real value creating work? Obviously, it should directly support the work that actually creates value. If it did that,…
Gartner to Acquire AMR Research: Supply Chain and Procurement Analyst Game Over?
Earlier this morning, Gartner announced that it was acquiring AMR Research. For those who are not familiar with AMR, the firm, for the longest time, has been the most influential analyst outfit focused on supply chain and procurement. While it has te…
The Expected Effects of the Public Option and Mandated Coverage on Health Insurance Premiums and Total Medical Expenditures
This is a paper I wrote for my Health Economics class. I originally shared it on Google Docs, but due to popular demand (well, from one person anyway I’m cross-posting it here. Comments welcome. The Expected Effects of the…
The Top 10 Trends for 2010 in Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Performance Management
In the wake of the long-running massive industry consolidation in the Enterprise Software industry that reached its zenith with the acquisitions of Business Intelligence market leaders Hyperion, Cognos, and Business Objects in 2007, one could certainly have been forgiven for being less than optimistic about the prospects of innovation in the Analytics, Business Intelligence, and [...]
