The Conflicted Cloud
Is it just me or is it the season for all large vendors to start praising the cloud? From Verizon’s Uppernet commercials to John Chambers at Cisco Live, it is a mandatory sound bite for every industry marketing event. Every time I hear a legacy (ok, established) vendor talk cloud, I am reminded of a [...]
Microsoft Bamboozled by Yammer in $1.2 Billion Purchase
Well, after that title — what else is there to say? Lots, hear me out – I’d like to tell you why I am going against all the optimists out there (although I do consider myself an optimist) and why I liken this deal to AOL acquiring Time Warner (and we all know how well [...]
The Age of Inflection Points
Microsoft buys Yammer is either the worst kept secret in the Valley in some time or the slowest simmering headline waiting for life to come out of tech. Rumors of the deal as well as escalating estimates of its cost have been rampant for weeks so I am glad to put this one to bed. [...]
Governance gap pushes enterprise to private cloud
Providers and enterprises alike have to evolve their governance strategies for the cloud, argues a report that proposes a new framework for cloud governance.
On recent IBM, SAP and Adobe Conferences. Developers Developers Developers… Marketers?
Tweet Just as it is every year May was insanely busy in the tech business. With the Spring Conference season there are plenty of major shows such as IBM Impact, SAP Sapphire and the Adobe Digital Marketing Summit. I was involved in all three of these conferences – either on a speaking, or consulting basis. [...]
ORCL Launches CEM
Oracle launched its customer experience push this week with an announcement by co-president Mark Hurd. The new direction begins to pull together the results of Oracle’s latest buying spree in which it purchased ATG for e-commerce, RightNow Technologies for customer service and other technologies for analytics in cyberspace. While Oracle will always draw skeptics the [...]
Understanding How to Use Price Indexes in Sourcing: Running Predictive Forecast and Models
Yesterday, I presented with Lisa Reisman on a MetalMiner/Spend Matters webinar looking at new sourcing strategies for organizations that purchase material quantities of commodities or raw materials (or in cases where their suppliers do…
