Atlassian Security Breach and Warning >>> Update: Apology and Disclosure
Well, well, hours after telling you not to change passwords, now I am telling you to change it… but this time with good reason. Minutes ago I’ve received a email from Atlassian: We are sending you this message because we experienced a security breach and suspect that your Atlassian customer account password details (only) may [...]
Mobile Enterprise
I am moderating a panel tomorrow night on “mobile and enterprises” featuring key people from Google, HP, and DoubleDutch (white label FourSquare). This is shaping up to be a really interesting discussion and what I like about this venue is that the event itself is intimate which encourages good discussion. The way I’m approaching this [...]
The Password Conundrum
I’m not a security expert and don’t pretend to be one, but half-cooked advice on fundamental security issues p***es me off big time. Today it’s a lengthy article at the Boston Globe: Please do not change your password. It’s based on a study by a Microsoft researcher, who concludes that regularly changing passwords is a [...]
Will SAP Become More Acquisitive? New Strategy for Procurement and the Supply Chain (Part 1)
To the eyes of many observing the enterprise software market, Oracle has completely redefined the role of consolidator in the applications arena. They’ve turned M&A into a machine — I know this first-hand because of my own work in the tech acquisitions market over the years — starting with screening deals (deals under certain revenue [...]
Salesforce ChatterExchange, Chatterboxes, Chatter…chatter
Marc Benioff, at his Chatter event in NYC yesterday said the following: We’ve seen the future of enterprise software, and it looks more like Facebook on the iPad than Yahoo on the PC.” Now, with my Jetsonesque world-view, I’d love to think that especially since I use Facebook a fair amount and have an iPad [...]
Product Update: PeopleSoft 9.1 Talent Management
I’ve pulled the original post while discussions are underway with Oracle to address their specific concerns about its completeness, correctness and factual basis. (Cross-posted @ In Full Bloom)
Blocking and Tackling: Not Football, CRM
The discussion on “social” is painting much of the business landscape, not with a brush but with a bucket thrown at the canvas. It has become so ubiquitous, so omnipresent and omniscient, that even the New York Times, in their long running column “On Words”, had an enthused discussion on the word’s very presence in [...]
