Emptoris, IBM, Smart Commerce and Beyond — Thawing Out the Dim Sum or Something Fresh?
Sometimes when markets move fast, you’ve got to take calls in uncomfortable spots — literally, physically and metaphorically. Such was the case with the analyst briefing following IBM’s announced acquisition plans for Emptoris. I happ…
We Need a New Generation of eCommerce Analytics
In 1996, while I was running IBM’s BI solutions organization, one of my groups developed the Surfaid web analytics solution. Surfaid, one of the first such solutions, was later acquired by Coremetrics (that was in turn recently acquired by IBM and made part of its marketing automation solution). Later on Omniture dominated the high-end web […]
IBM Shows Broad Mobile Portfolio at Largest Lab
IBM employs 45,000 software engineers worldwide, and like all large firms, has been greatly expanding its overseas contingent, leading some in the US to complain that not enough is being done “back home.” In mid-June, IBM provided an answer with the opening of a new lab facility in the Boston suburb of Littleton, Massachusetts, one […]
