Does Sprint Limit Using Google Voice?
(See update @ bottom) Well, this did not take long. I’ve just speculated that Google & Sprint wanted testers before the commercial rollout of the Android-driven HTC EVO on June 4th – a few hours later I see that theory proven. I ran into trouble setting up Google Voice, and called the special number given [...]
Sustainable SAP
I attended SAP’s Sapphire Now conference in Orlando earlier this week along with around 12,000 others. It was a very interesting few days of talks, meetings, and showcases. SAP’s commitment to Sustainability was evident throughout the event. The two keynote speakers invited by SAP were Al Gore and Richard Branson, for example – both of [...]
Fake Steve Jobs’s Split Personality
It’s tough to be Fake Steve Jobs nowadays. Continuing in his role as FSJ, he has to defend all-things-Apple, especially from ruthless attackers like Google. (As a sidenote, did Vic Gundotra just have a Steve Jobs moment yesterday?) On the other hand Fake Steve is also the Real Daniel Lyons. One who actually uses smartphones, [...]
Back of the Napkin — A New Series and an Open Invitation
I’d like to invite all Spend Matters readers to participate in a new series we’ll post every Friday on Spend Matters titled “Back of the Napkin”. The goal is to bring a bit of visual substance, learning and, cough, humor to the world we inhabit. Each week, we’ll post a new sketch or chart — [...]
SAPPHIRE Now – huge surprise, good stuff and a couple of important issues
I have to admit I went to Orlando and this year’s SAPPHIRE Now with lower than normal expectations. Boy was I surprised, and in a good way. Overall I found a turbocharged and far, far nimbler SAP. To the extent…
Archiving, Compliance, Goldman Sachs: Lets Discuss Live
I am currently working on a project for my client Lumigent- which provides software to manage compliance across multiple business applications, so customers don’t need to roll their own. Anyway – the project kicked off some thinking about compliance, and namely, how people are always the weakest link – not in terms of spotting compliance, [...]
Enterprise Software Strategy
Who said Enterprise Software couldn’t be sexy? Click through for the solution…