The Irregulars Are Coming! Enterprise Irregulars @Defrag
Many of you know us. We’re a rough confederation of bloggers, influencers, analysts, software executives, independent consultants, engineers, marketers, chief cook and bottle washers and the like who are passionate about the Enterprise Software space. Its not the only thing…
Trouble in WordPress Land. Here’s the Band-Aid
If you run a WordPress blog and can’t get into your Admin Panel today, you’re not alone. Or to be more specific, you can get in for a second, then the page blanks out. If you are fast enough to click on a function in that second, you’re lucky – or if you know the [...]
The Un-Booth: Guerilla Marketing at the HR Technology Show
Sonar6 re-invented the trade show booth for a recent HR Technology show. Would your firm be so bold?
United/Continental Merger: Cost Cutting to the Extreme? One Used Barf Bag at a Time …
As I write this, United flight 7473 has leveled out at a bumpy 35,000 feet, departing from Philadelphia en route to Chicago. I’m sitting in seat 16B in the back of a regional jet, next to my seven-year-old son who feels “germy,” i…
Verizon Wireless to refund $50 million over software glitch
Following an investigation with the FCC, Verizon Wireless agreed to credit customers who were erroneously charged for accessing data services on their cell phone.
Taking the Cloud to the Mobile Web
Listen to my conversation with Adam Caplan, CEO of Model Metrics, one of the new breed of professional services firms that specializes in cloud implementations. In this podcast, learn how enterprises are mashing up cloud applications to enhance user productivity,…
Insight as a Service
The survey data presented in last August’s Pacific Crest SaaS workshop pointed to the need for a variety of data analytic services. These services that can be offered under, Insight-as-a-Service, can range from business benchmarking, e.g., compare one business to its peers’ that are also customers of the same SaaS vendor, to business process improvement recommendations based on a SaaS application’s usage, e.g., reduce the amount spent on search keywords by using the SEM application’s keyword optimization module, to improving business practices by integrating syndicated data with a client’s own data, e.g., reduce the response time to customer service requests…
Research Report: How The Five Pillars Of Consumer Tech Influence Enterprise Innovation
Most Enterprise Software Vendors Fail To Deliver Innovation Despite hundreds of billions wasted on failed research and development projects, most market influencers would agree that enterprise software vendors have produced a dearth of innovation over the past decade. Vendors often cite UI re-skins, major functionality additions, integration of acquisitions, technology re-platforms, and weak attempts at [...]
SAP and Bristlecone Partner on a Fixed-Price Spend Performance Management Bundle (Part 1)
When most people think about installed SAP software, they nearly always jump to the uncertainty of the total cost associated with a given deployment, customization and roll-out (not to mention ongoing support). Yet as we all know,…
