Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-07-22
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Two IPOs come out strongly after Facebook IPO disappointment – Kayak and Palo Alto Networks. Google Nexus 7, with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, is becoming the first general purpose worthy competitor to the Apple iPad. Workday files for IPO, using JOBS Act to avoid [...]
Steve Ballmer and Marissa Mayer Face the Same Problems at Microsoft and Yahoo
I know this will come as a shock to many Microsofties who will hate seeing their company compared to Yahoo, but I firmly believe that Steve Ballmer and Marissa Mayer face exactly the same problems at their respective companies. The only differences are matters of scale and position on the lifecycle to extinction. Both are [...]
Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-07-15
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: SAP posts strong results in a preview of Q2, but warn employees to cut spending so that profitability will stop rising slower than revenues. Microsoft announces Bing Fund to invest in start-ups, while cutting many jobs in their on-line business driven by Bing. Oracle’s [...]
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 [...]
How Pinterest Became What Flickr Failed To
Like a lot of people I have been fascinated by the explosive growth that Pinterest has experienced. At first curiosity, Pinterest is now a full blown phenomena that has jumped from women planning their weddings, or wishing they were planning a wedding, and foodies to mainstream consciousness. Businesses are openly embracing Pinterest and media organizations [...]
Enterprise headlines and excerpts, 2011, July and August
July and August Enterprise Software and Solutions news. Headlines and excerpts follow below, but here are some of the highlights of the months of July and August: Apple became the world’s most valuable company, but Steve Jobs resigned due to health issues. Meanwhile, Google bought Motorola’s cell phone business. Salesforce.com promoted its message of Cloud, [...]
Hadoop Distributions And Kids’ Soccer
The big players are moving in for a piece of the Big Data action. IBM, EMC, and NetApp have stepped up their messaging, in part to prevent startup upstarts like Cloudera from cornering the Apache Hadoop distribution market. They are all elbowing one another to get closest to “pure Apache” while still “adding value.” Numerous [...]
Product Review: Google+, Consumerization of IT, and Crossing The Chasm For Enterprise Social Business
Timing of Google+ Bodes Well For Enterprise Users And Google Lately, one could say Google’s been a bit absent from the social business party. The premature launch of Google Wave exposed a canvas looking for a masterpiece painting. Failing fast and learning from the Google Wave lesson, Google’s latest offering, Google+ shows promise in bringing [...]
Dear Big Companies: Please Stop Wrecking My Stuff.
Big company buys small social company. Several unremarkable years pass. Big company suddenly announces that they are sunsetting/shuttering/selling small company, now much diminished from lack of care and feeding. Rinse and repeat. I get that this happens – I get that cultures clash (AOL/TimeWarner, anyone?) and I also get that the initial innovation stagnation problem [...]
Monday’s Musings: Mastering When and How High End Brands Should Use Daily Deal Sites Such As Groupon
Daily Deal Sites Claim To Bring New Customers Chicago, Illinois based Groupon, is a consumer oriented commerce site that brings consumers looking for the ultimate deal to businesses seeking new customer bases. Local based targeting, fun cheeky copy, and a reach in almost 600 cities powers the frenzy behind the “daily deals”. Customers pay upfront. [...]
