The Facebook imperative for enterprise software
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, the well-known CRM and cloud computing company (and now soon-to-be social software vendor) wrote a guest post on TechCrunch late last week making the case for “why enterprise software should take its cues from Facebook and become more social.”
What then does this mean for the future of IT and what impacts will social computing ultimately have on the enterprise.
Making government more open and social
Can social tools and community-based approaches truly help our government function better and operate more efficiently? Will open access to government data create important new opportunities for citizens and increase transparency? As we’ll see, these two questions are currently top-of-mind in many public sector policy discussions this year. The questions also herald underlying forces at work in the government landscape in many countries around the world, including the United states.
Here are some of the initiatives that are taking place this year and what’s happening with Government 2.0 as 2010 begins to heat up.
Life Lessons from Warren Buffett Letter and Seth Godin’s Linchpin
I am an avid fan of Warren Buffett letters, and today is my lucky day because we have a new annual letter. And it comes with not just the update for the year but for the benefit of the new shareholders (due to partial stock deal in acquiring the Rail c…
Who’s to blame for “Excel hell?”
My blogging mojo had left the building for a while, but for better or worse it returned today. When I speak to enterprise software vendors they often moan about Excel. They say it is not secure, and that most spreadsheets contain errors. They preach about the dangers of information silos, of decisions made on old [...]
Why isnt enterprise software more like BMW? And National Hurricane Center?
Marc Benioff asks “Why isn’t all enterprise software like Facebook?”. And Charles Zedlewski of SAP responds a better question should be “Why isn’t all enterprise software like amazon?” Hey, it is good that enterprise software is looking to more consumery…
Friday Rant: The Receivables Exchange Needs to Market Less Like a Loan Shark
I’m a big fan of collaboration between supply chain financing and procurement/accounts payable to reduce supply risk and enable vendors to access working capable at more reasonable rates. I’m even a fan of The Receivables Exchange, one of the pioneer…
Procurement Fraud: Kraft, Frito-Lay, Safeway and B&G Employees Plead Guilty To Taking Bribes
A question I’ve been asking of those involved in P2P compliance and controls, quite a bit recently, is whether or not they’ve seen a rise of procurement fraud in recent years. Most respond with the simple party line answer: “no”. But lurking beneath …
Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 02/26/2010
Here is this Friday’s Green Numbers round-up: Mitsubishi to build £100m UK wind turbine factory | Environment | guardian.co.uk Government aim of making Britain a centre of green manufacturing win a major boost from plans that will create hundreds of jobs tags: greennumbers, uk, wind, mitsubishi, wind turbine Hydrogen taxi cabs to serve London by [...]
Enterprise software is not like Facebook for a reason
Salesforce’s Marc Benioff was his usual provocateur self with his post on Techcrunch “The Facebook Imperative” where he asserted that “Why isn’t all enterprise software like Facebook?” is the important question he will wrestle with this decade. Let me humbly submit that we can probably wrap this up a little faster than that. 1. Facebook [...]
GoToManage – Citrix Buys Paglo – Quick Analysis
Citrix buys Paglo to add IT Management to it’s GoTo line.
