AccelOps for Service Providers – Brief Notes
A service provider edition of the SaaS IT Management offering AccelOps.
SAP Analytics – Part One
SAP’s recent press conference showcased their analytics functionality and some interesting customer experiences. This first post concerns some of SAP Co-CEO Bill McDermott’s remarks.
Lots of Questions at Oracle Open World
Lots of questions involving some big directional shifts and product announcements at Oracle Open World. Will Larry address these Wednesday?
How to Bootstrap Your PR
Inc. Magazine interviewed me on How to Bootstrap your Public Relations. There are, of course, new opportunities and challenges given how technology is disrupting media: “When you had to go through mass media, there’s really a handful of media outlets…
Web brands, get your house in order
Every time there’s a Twitter hack, every time there’s a Google privacy snafu, it hurts the credibility of cloud providers that are trying to build the confidence of the business world and the public at large.
Event Report: Oracle Open World 2010 – Beyond The Day 1 Hype
(Photo: Copyright © 2010 R Wang and Insider Associates, LLC. All rights reserved.) Oracle Day 1 Focused On Showcasing Both Software And Hardware Prowess The Day 1 keynote kick-off from Oracle’s CEO, Larry Ellison, touched on the wide spectrum of Oracle’s broad software and hardware portfolio. Despite an over-emphasis on hardware and appliances, Oracle also [...]
Oracle’s Influencer Relations: Mom Are We There Yet?
A fellow Enterprise Irregular posed this question to the EI’s relative to the maturity of the industry and the acceptance of bloggers @ Oracle Open World:Especially after the Workday session where 20 of us from small and large firms all…
What is With Twitter? Google, this is Where You Should Step Up
The ink is hardly dry on yesterday’s post about Twitter’s inability to roll out their new UI faster when I wake up to the news that Twitter has been totally hacked. Not just hacked a little bit. Not just hacked if you do some certain thing. Hacked as in, “Don’t even bring up the site [...]
Two steps forward, one step backward for enterprise bloggers?
This is an awkward post to write. I am at Oracle Open World as a guest of the some very hospitable individuals at the vendor. Yet, something happened yesterday which I think is important for the social world to discuss and debate. Dennis Howlett, Frank Scavo, a couple of journalists and I were initially allowed [...]
13th Annual HR Technology Conference 2010 Attendee Tips
As soon as I’ve finished delivering my Webinar entitled “Convergence in Bloom” today, I’ll be very focused on completing preparationsfor the 13th annual HR Technology Conference. From the time we arrive in Chicago late morning on Monday (yes, The Wallace will be with me), until we leave late Friday, it will be non-stop vendor meetings, exhibition [...]
