Thank You, Henry Taub
We came across several news articles this week announcing the passing of Henry Taub. Mr Taub was the founder of ADP or Automatic Data Processing, one of the world’s largest information services companies. You might not have heard of Henry Taub, and likewise you might not comprehend his impact on the information services industry. He [...]
Integration Made Easier: Workday Announces A Cloud Integration Platform
Yesterday Workday announced that it is opening up its integration platform for customer and partner use. The platform, built off of technology that Workday acquired when it bought Cape Clear, provides a set of cloud based tools to build, deploy, run and manage custom integrations. Integration between applications has traditionally been a complex and expensive [...]
Friday Rant: Supplier Networks Have Failed Us
Editor’s Note: this rant is in part based on a forthcoming detailed analysis by Spend Matters looking at the evolution of supplier networks and where networks of the future may take us next.
In the early days of e-procurement,…
SaaS ERP evolves / Intacct extends its reach
SaaS applications are evolving quickly and in interesting directions. Intacct’s newest product expansion and alliance points a new direction for that firm.
NetSuite OpenAir untangles the professional services ‘hairball’
NetSuite OpenAir released services resource planning, to bring ERP-style benefits to professional services organizations.
Eat That Cookie! & What I learned from a chance meeting at the airport
Service organizations can have toxic qualities and some of these are indeed changeable. Positive attitudes can be transformative. If your service organization isn’t all it should be, here is a very personal story and a review of a book that can change the business results your firm experiences.
VMForce: Salesforce and VMWare’s Cool New Platform as a Service
Salesforce and VMWare have big news today with the pre-announcement of VMForce. Inevitably it will be less big than the hype that’s sure to come, but that’s no knock on the platform, which looks pretty cool. Fellow Enterprise Irregular and Salesforce VP Anshu Sharma provides an excellent look at VMForce. What is VMForce and how is it different [...]
Lawson: Im OK, you are not OK
Lawson announced plans to run its Enterprise and Talent Management software on the Amazon cloud. It also announced a subscription model around its license and maintenance cost.First things first – this is a giant step forward for a vendor whose CEO was predicting the SaaS market would be collapsing about now. But as I told [...]
Ariba Exchange: Social Media Meets P2P Expertise Meets Category Knowledge
I?ve been trolling around the Ariba Exchange quite a bit in the past couple of weeks. The site, along with Ariba SupplyWatch provides some of the best free content I?ve seen out there in the market. Ariba Exchange is a relatively new site, one that …
OMG
Today’s show was the first for the past 4 weeks but finally we’re back on the air! My focus today was around “OMG” as in SMS/Chat Lingo – Mobile – Enterprise and the future.
Talking Points
Shout Outs
Anne and her visa issues
Abesh and his new job
Martin Lang and meeting people going to the bathroom
Marilyn and her presentations [...]
