By Denis Pombriant on July 10, 2014
Ray Donovan was US Labor Secretary under Ronald Reagan and a colorful figure. During his tenure he was indicted by a Bronx, NY grand jury on corruption charges stemming from a contract to build a subway line. The trial involved unions and the mob and was automatically sensational and the verdict turned on whether or […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Donovan, European Union, google, reputation
By R "Ray" Wang on July 5, 2012
Used Software Pioneers Gain A Small Victory In A Shrinking On-Premises Software World The surprise July 3rd, 2012 judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union for UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp rules that “An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licenses allowing the use of his programs […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, Arrow, Avnet, best practices, bill of rights, CDW, Cloud, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, contract negotiations, contract strategy, Court of Justice For The European Union, customer bill of rights, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, EU, EU Anti Competition, EU Commisioner For Competition, European Union, Exhaustion Rule, Infor, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Ingram Micro, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license resells, license returns, News Analysis, procurement, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, software bill of rights, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software trends, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, user strategy, vendor strategy
By Phil Wainewright on December 21, 2011
It strikes me that the UK’s attitude to Europe has a lot in common with many IT people’s feelings about cloud computing. Many Brits seem happiest about Europe when it’s at arms-length — useful for occasional visits and an important source of business, but not to be trusted closer to home. IT feels the same […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, eurocloud, European Union
By Tom Raftery on March 12, 2010
Here is this Friday’s Green Numbers round-up: 11 Siberian tigers starve to death at Chinese zoo Eleven Siberian tigers died of starvation in north-eastern China’s Liaoning province after a cash-strapped zoo fed them only chicken bones, state media said Friday. The 11 tigers died over the past three months at the privately run Shenyang Forest […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged China, Cisco, energy efficiency ratings, European Union, free-range eggs, Packaging, pyrenees, Renewable energy, siberian tiger
By Jason Busch on January 12, 2010
Over the past few months, I’ve had numerous correspondences with
Ivalua’s North American team as it’s started to pick up steam
Stateside. Ivalua, despite its
lack of brand recognition outside of the European market, offers one of
the mark…
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged dashboard, European Union, Ivalua, procurement, purchasing, Purchasing Intelligence, reporting, Spend Management |
By Vinnie Mirchandani on November 12, 2009
The thinking in most of the tech industry is we don’t need government intervention – at least not in the enterprise side of the business. Big corporations don’t need protection. They can hold their own against the big vendors. I…
Posted in Business | Tagged Business, business & government, EU, European Union, government, government intervention, microsoft, oracle, regulation, sap, US
By Thomas Otter on September 25, 2009
(photo CC 2.o attribution, thanks to g-hat!)
World leaders are gathering in Pittsburgh to discuss banking reform and other pressing matters. According to the Guardian, the discussions are likely to be rocky.
European leaders appeared to be on a collision course tonight with Barack Obama and Gordon Brown after Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, warned that […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged banks, economics, European Council, European Union, g20, HR, HR Technology, life, Risk management, sofware