80% of Ad Clicks on Facebook Coming from Bots? Maybe it’s Cyber-Insider-Trading
Fascinating story over on Techcrunch: Startup Limited Run claims 80% of the clicks it got through Facebook advertising were due to bots. They concluded this because so many of the clicks had Javascript disabled (they say normally only 1-2% disable Javascript) and because whatever was clicking through wasn’t bothering to fetch the images on the […]

Twitter disrupts GPS systems of Olympic cyclers
Social media prevented broadcasters from getting accurate data about the precise location of Olympic bicycle competitors.

Enterprise Headlines and Highlights, 2012-07-30
Highlights of enterprise software and solutions news from the past week: Apple sales slip as phanboyz wait for a new iPhone. Apple is still, however, generating almost as much cash as the Obama administration is spending on wasteful programs 🙂 More details emerge about Windows 8 and Microsoft’s strengthening product portfolio. Will skeuomorphic (iOS, Android) […]

Multi-Tenancy Debate Won’t Go Away
Under more normal conditions I react to blogs on a low key basis. If I like something I might not even mention it and the same is true if I dislike or disagree with one. The blogosphere is a big place and it is unproductive to be running around all day saying “Yes, I like […]
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Head up [you know where]: UK gov’t tells banks to fix IT systems
Solving bank IT breakdowns requires substantial investment that goes beyond administrative demands.

Retooling for Agile, DevOps and Continuous Delivery: Serena
Tweet Serena Software has been around a long time: it cut its teeth in mainframe software development with products like ChangeMan, sold into large, traditional enterprise customers with large, traditional development methodologies. While the company does have a culture of innovation, its customers tend to be wary of change – their idea of change management […]

Building a platform for files in the cloud
Microsoft, Google, Box, Huddle, Dropbox … who will dominate the enterprise market for cloud-based file storage and collaboration?

Why Context Matters – Forget Real-Time, Achieve Right-Time
The Real-Time Hype Is Filled With Flaws The hype around big data, social media, and mobility has many folks imagining the real-time enterprise in the future of work, next generation customer experiences, matrix commerce, or the data to decisions journey. While real-time theoretically leads to quicker information and faster response times, the reality requires closer […]

SAP more of the same
I tend to not pay too much attention to quarterly earnings – whether they are good or bad. But my friend Dennis Howlett says “SAP’s Q2 results are stunning by any standards” and I decided to apply my own “is this an inflexion point?” st…