It is Pi day…
Once again it is March 14th – PI day the officially recognized and yet irrational celebration of Pi. Did you know that Albert Einstein was born on this day in 1879? Or that Pi has been calculated to 10 trillion digits?? Eat a pizza today, it is the most appropriate entree for Pi day. Naturally the official dessert is pie. (Cross-posted @ Beyond the […]
Enterprise graph snark and ‘research’ gone wild
Research is important and I enjoy reviewing the many reports, surveys, and other forms of data that cross my desk. Some of that research is excellent, and I try to share the best in blog posts. Unfortunately, many so-called “research” reports are thinly veiled marketing campaigns offering little substance or meaning. This problem has reached […]
Cloud Architect’s Song
I was looking for an old post and noticed that HP had taken down all the old TNBT posts. One that always made me chuckle I’d put together a number of years back was the Cloud Architect’s song. I couldn’t find the exact version I had posted but I did my best to recreate it […]
Not a Live Blog of WWDC!
This is not a live blog of WWDC. You have found your refuge on the internet. FlickR Creative Commons Peace. (Cross-posted @ The Stack Fallacy)
Talk like a modern technology marketer (humor)
Made-up words were in abundance during this fall’s software conference season. Your dauntless reporter traveled the world to bring back the latest in tech marketing speak. If you want to sound like you’re current with today’s dubious jargon, here’s a quick primer to get you all caught up.
(Satire) Not just for Rock Stars – Now Analysts/Influencers have contract riders!
Contract riders are those special line items people slip into contracts. Some have a valid business purpose (like NO brown M&M’s) and others are a tribute to the requester’s vanity/ego. Do IT analysts/influencers have these? Your ace investigative reporter teamed with the always inscrutable and snarky Frank Scavo to get to the bottom of this. […]
HfS and Blue Prism partner to develop automated analyst solutions
Meet Clive: Robo-Analyst Prototype Industry analyst authority HfS Research has today announced a strategic partnership with leading Robotic Automation software company, Blue Prism to develop the first automated analyst prototype. HfS has been conducting some major research studies into the emerging trend of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), which is threatening to revolutionize the IT and business process outsourcing world by […]
Innovation Through Logo Design
OK, I stole that title from Krish. It’s a telling title, almost as good as this one from Shakespeare: Much Ado about Nothing. Oh, and I really don’t want to write about a logo. Especially about a fugly one. One that the entire world hates. But what can I do, the world is abuzz with […]
So if the rockstars have gone, what’s left in the analyst industry?
As we revealed last week, most of the big analyst personalities have seemingly fled the analyst industry… many for the riches on offer from their vendor clients, clearly seeing more ROI from employing them, as opposed to purchasing their firm’s services. However, this hasn’t prevented the remaining legacy purveyors of analyst services from making a living. So […]
How to write great/awful tech press releases: Satire
If you’re running a startup and wondering how those PR people do their magic, read on. (If you work for these firms, click away now.) I checked in with my colleagues over at Blithering Media (my sub rosa PR firm). They shared their best/worst practices with me. Here goes: So, suppose you’ve got a new […]
