
Lars From Mars, The Wookey, Carmen Miranda And Me
Island Of Lost Souls — 1932 When Ron and I moved near DC in 1977, there was a late night TV program, called “Creature Features,” that we loved. It was hosted by Dick Dyszel who, for reasons lost in the mists of marital life, I nicknamed Lars from Mars. Dick played rarely shown early SciFi films, many […]

Revolutionary, Legendary, Incredible
Congratulations to Lars Dalgaard and his team at SuccessFactors as SAP makes a bid at a significant premium for $ 3.4 billion. His excitement is palpable as he uses plenty of big words in the press release. Let’s do a reality check here. SAP’s journey to the cloud has been rocky with names like Agassi, […]

SAP Sales OnDemand – Addressing the Lingering Questions
On November 8, 2008, John Wookey left Oracle to lead SAP’s large enterprise “Line of Business” (LOB) team. Since Wookey joined SAP, we’ve seen internal clarifications of SAP’s LOB on-demand strategy, but not much new product. That changed on February 24, 2011, when SAP hosted a group of “influencers” at the Boston Museum of Science […]