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.
Double Triple Bypass review.
Last weekend I managed to combine a work trip and bike ride. I did the Double Triple Bypass. Day one started near Denver and finished near Vail, day two the reverse. 240 miles 20,000 feet of climbing in two days. (400 kms 6000 vm.) I combined the ride with some charity fundraising, so a big thanks […]
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…
