Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-07-06
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Dell is buying Quest Software. The “Toad” company. Oracle loses another court case, this one involving resale (in the EU) of “used” software downloaded over the Internet. This could have wide-ranging impact on all digital media, not just software. There are still a lot [...]
Analytics and the Nimble Organization (part 3 of 3)
Clearly, one group of companies will get tremendous value out of analytic technologies. These firms are more nimble, more cosmopolitan and, most importantly, able to change (at scale, too). This concludes this 3-part series.
How Tough Will Analytics Be in Ossified Firms? (Part 2 of 3)
Part 2 of 3 – How tough will it be to get value out of analytics? For some firms, it will be grim. Great insights are only going to be helpful to firms that can change.
Seven tips for selecting a cloud services provider
Here are seven ideas to help you choose a professional services company for your cloud implementation.
The Ossified Organization Won’t ‘Get’ Analytics (part 1 of 3)
A recent Analytics event left me pondering if this great technology will be wasted on some firms. This three part series looks at who will/won’t benefit from analytics, social media and other technology.
Question: Why Are You In Social Channels?
I was moderating a great panel recently at the Inbound Marketing Summit: “How Does Inbound Marketing Affect SCRM?”. The speakers were superb – thanks Sameer Pattel, Kirk Mosher, and Chris Spears – but the audience was outstanding. I hate to ask questions of panelists since it basically bores the audience with pre-packaged statements, I prefer [...]
