Failure Fridays
Someone very close to me is about to begin a very cool new gig. Its a role that most would love and in fact be envious of (I sure am – and will be blogging about it soon!). So this…
Branding The Smarter City: An exercise in priorities
“Any city has to give some thought to its ambition and brand in order to set sustainability goals.” – Virginia M Rometty, IBM SVP and Group Executive. I recently attended a ground-breaking event hosted by IBM and The Prince’s Charities. 9 Days of discussions and presentations about sustainability, business, and government with a stellar attendee [...]
Oracle OpenWorld 2010 – The Recap
OpenWorld 2010 is officially over and San Francisco is starting to settle down from the more than 41,000 additional guest this week. It was a very busy week for all involved and as the dust is settling I want to…
It’s Official — Spend Matters to Launch New, Targeted UK/Europe Site
There are several people in the procurement profession that I have an immense amount of respect for. But being a strong executive, category manager or consultant does not necessarily bring with it the ability to inspire as much wi…
Walk Away From Your IT Debt With SaaS
A new report from industry analyst Gartner says that IT departments around the world have deferred a collective half-billion dollars’ worth of projects and upgrades that they really should have done already but didn’t have the time or resources to…
