American Express: the Fight for the Local Deals Market Heats Up
A bit of news you might have missed last week, considering all of the high profile (and very sad) headlines out there, was a partner / program announcement from American Express. I’ve watched the battle for “local” rage on for the last couple of years with location based apps, review sites, local deals and more [...]
Software Atomization
The first best of breed software that we helped to replace was Cullinet’s A/P system. It was 15 years ago, a number hard to believe even as I type it. The company was a Fortune 500 goliath with an enormous IT department. Their goal was to eliminate a slew of legacy applications in favor of [...]
Connecting Digital Strategy with Social Business and Next-Gen Mobility
How do the overarching digital strategies of today’s 21st century enterprise relate to social business and smart mobility? It’s a question I’ve been asked more and more frequently as these two major new trends become primary areas of focus in organizations around the world. The reality is today that large organizations continue to struggle with [...]
Social Business SaaS Applications
A couple of years ago while analyzing the ways SaaS business applications could evolve we started thinking about the social web’s impact on business processes. At the time, Facebook’s success was accelerating while Twitter and Zynga were emerging. We know that consumer-oriented companies want to engage their customers and prospects in the places they frequent, [...]
Worse Than Drugs, Booze, Nicotine — Why Can’t Procurement Shake the Excel Addiction? (Part 1)
We all have our vices here in the Spend Matters office. Sheena will barely say hello before she’s ingested at least two cups of coffee. I personally drink (daily) more green tea than probably a small town in Japan does. And the wh…
Bay Fishing vs. Ocean Trolling — Banks Ignoring E-Invoicing, or Wanting a Larger Receivables Fish?
I recently completed a little research project with Pete Loughlin, author of the Purchasing Insight blog. Pete’s the best blogger (and analyst) focused exclusively on the P2P market that I know. His knowledge, network and expertis…
Mac vs PC: A Picture is Worth 1000 Words
I saw this over at Google+ (second thing I’ve posted from there): These are McDonald’s instructions for how to connect to WiFi. If you have XP, a full page plus another third of a page. Vista is a little better, taking essentially a page. Maybe there is some progress in Redmond, after all. On the [...]
The New, New Bubble
The cover story in the current issue of FORTUNE deserves consideration. Normally I would include a link but the magazine appears to still be into selling ink on squashed tree. Steal a copy from your dentist’s office. Mark Zuckerberg is on the cover bursting a bubblegum wad in one of those slomo pics they used [...]
Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Cloud Computing – Zach Nelson, NetSuite
Welcome to an on-going series of interviews with the people behind the technologies in Social Business. The interviews provide insightful points of view from a customer, industry, and vendor perspective. A full list of interviewees can be found here. Zach Nelson – President and CEO, NetSuite Biography Zach Nelson has more than 20 years of [...]
My First Word On #HRTechConf 2011 — And Your Best Discount Offer
What Goes In Vegas Doesn’t Stay There! I’m writing this as Fort Myers is experiencing a relatively mild summer (compared to the rest of the country’s astonishing heat) while getting enough rain to float all boats. But no lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer here. A quick look at my calendar and todo list are enough [...]
