Zen and the Art of Enterprise Maintenance
Surreptitiously, while I was inspired to write this post, I heard Garrison Keillor on NPR’s Writer’s Almanac do a short birthday piece on Robert Persig, author of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” For other Hippie 2.0′s out there, “Zen” occupies essential shelf space on the permanent library. (GenY’rs: read it.) Persig, a philosopher [...]
Work: You’re Doing It Wrong
As is fitting on Labour Day, I’d like to draw together some threads I’ve seen over the last week, all relating to work. They may not seem initially to be connected, but don’t worry – I’ll get there!! The first came in the form of a post titled “Are Women Dissatisfied Enough?” on one of [...]
ERP cloud wars – Vendor Innovation & Competition Will Benefit Businesses
Events of the last week confirm it: Cloud ERP is a serious space. If you’re still expecting on-premise ERP to rule the day, it won’t. On-premise ERP will have to share the limelight with its newer cousins. The cloud and ERP, especially manufacturing software applications, are definitely in vogue. Vendors, investors and customers are piling [...]
Dreamforce 2011: Salesforce Forces its Way Onto The Top Table, Gets Big to Win Ugly
“Apps companies get acquired, and platform companies get acquired. To be a strategic supplier, with off the shelf solutions, and custom apps, you need to offer both.” So said Byron Sebastian, general manager at Heroku and Salesforce.com SVP of Platform at Dreamforce last week. Many of my peers have already posted about the event, so [...]
