Starbucks: Backtracking on Barista Spend Management, But What About Those Beans? (Part 1)
For those who know the employees in our office and me, personally, you know we take our coffee seriously (Sheena borders on the point of a slight obsession). Perhaps this is why we recently spent a few days coming up with a new co…
Pace Layering in Software: WebSphere Feature Packs vs Major Releases
One of the biggest challenges for any software organisation is how and when to deliver new functionality. Customers demand new features, yet they also don’t want to do anything to affect the stability of existing applications and services. This Hobson’s choice affects all software companies, as well of course in-house development – the app dev [...]
Moving "Traditional" Online
I was reading the reports of Rupert Murdock’s upcoming online “newspaper” product and it started a mental thread that I think I need to pull a bit. I guess calling it an online newspaper isn’t exactly correct, if reports are correct, it’s a tablet app based (initially an iPad based) newspaper. Apparently Murdock / News [...]
The Walmart Inflation Test (Part 1)
For all you CPG and food companies in the audience (not to mention manufacturers), it should be no surprise that many producers are beginning to pass along the impacts of commodity price inflation, longer lead-times and in certain…
What Does RightNow Technologies Think of Social Business?
Next in our quest for vendor’s thoughts on Social Business is RightNow Technologies. Want to read the previous ones? Here are Oracle, Attensity, Fuze Digital, Moxie Software, SAP, and GetSatisfaction. 1. Where is the Social world going to be in 12 months? 24 months? As the social web continues to grow at a staggering pace, and as consumers rapidly [...]
