CommissarHow many euphemisms are there for divorce?  We’re still good friends.  It was mutual.  Time to move on.  Whatever.  It happens all the time.

In business, relationships form and dissolve faster than last week’s nuptials in Vegas.  Companies do what’s best for them and their shareholders and that’s the way …

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There is a long simmering issue coming back to the front burner these days.  It’s the question of best of breed software vs. a single system.  I’ve been giving it a lot of thought and realized something.

The old discussion says that best of breed opens up application areas to …

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Pegasystems held Pegaworld in Pegorlando this week and a good show it was.  I have always wondered about the difference between CRM (social and otherwise) and BPM or business process management so I was happy to attend.

Both CRM and BPM deal with the interaction between the vendor and customer …

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What is it with these guys?  Everything was fine and the Times decided to improve its online reading experience.  But the gesture backfired and turned my tablet into slate.  For a few minor improvements, the UI is now completely FUBAR.

Let’s back up.  I use an iPad to read the …

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For the first time in its polling, a majority of Americans say they have a smartphone.  Read the full report here.

 

 

 

 

 

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‘Tis the Season, I guess

The press release said all the right things.  SAP was acquiring hybris, a Swiss ERP company that will help SAP get over into the online world that was started by the company’s acquisition of SuccessFactors, a human capital resources management company.  This is largely good …

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Ok, we’ve been through some of this before so I will be brief but please take it seriously because some of you need to.

Good buddy Paul Greenberg has written a report that may be out already concerning the rules of the road for dealing with analysts.  I have no …

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It’s (mostly) Rock ‘n’ Roll

Then there is this from Weekly Standard writer Matt Labash who writes a long rant on Twitter and why it is eating our brains.  Didn’t they say things like that about Rock ‘n’ Roll?  Obviously, they were right.  Matt seems like a man off his …

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