Software Smack Talk Playbook
(Satire) I was speaking with my buds at the amazing tech PR firm, Blithering Media. The subject of trash talk came up. We hear it all the time. I mean what’s a press conference or analyst briefing without a couple of really polished digs? I suspect some firms outsource the creation of these pearls to […]
Oracle Acquires Taleo (Resistance is Futile)
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, I am not sure, but this is what happens when I don’t have time to write:-) If you are in Enterprise Software, you know what’s coming at you … resistance is futile. Now, for the real news on Oracle’s acquisition of Taleo, I refer […]
(Humor) The Rosetta Stone of IT Industry Analysts
(Humor) Ever wonder what sort of people are industry analysts? Brian breaks down the different kinds of analysts as a favor to the numerous vendors worldwide who must endure their questions and quirks.
Monkey Business @ HP
Bloomberg reports the HP Board is considering replacing CEO Leo Apotheker after less then a year tenure… poor Leo, after this and his previous gig as SAP CEO where he lasted 10 months, he might as well specialize on 10-month “turnaround” gigs.
But it would be naive to think Leo could have initiated …
Kids Birthday Parties, Six Sigma, and Analytics Don’t Mix…(or do they?)
We did a combined birthday party for our oldest kids this past weekend. One of the other fathers in the group, who served as a chaperone for the party, has a similar finance, procurement and operations background to many of the re…
Variations on Hype Quadrants.. no Magic Hype… no, Hype Cycle.. or is it Magic Quadrant?
Gartner introduced their Real (Magic) Quadrant: Not bad. But let’s not forget the customers’ prospective. Welcome to the Magik Kvadrant: But perhaps most revealing is Phil Fersht’s Painsharing Paradox: Enough of this quadrants, squres, cubes… let’s hype up some cycles. Superseding the Gartner version, here’s the Wailgum Hype Cycle: Not bad. Still a bit complex. […]
Painsharing exposed: HfS to reveal the worst performers in the outsourcing industry
Introducing the HfS Research Painsharing Paradox
Spend Matters Study: Forget Ariba, SAP and Oracle — World Class Procurement Organizations Use Excel
In conjunction with the Centre for Supply Management Business Research based in Leeds, UK and Société de Gestion des Opérations in Nice, France, Spend Matters is pleased to publish preliminary findings from an ongoing study exa…
Best deal I ever negotiated
In the $ 10+ billion of technology contracts I have negotiated for clients over my career, I have been known to do some creative terms and conditions. But I am really proud of what I just negotiated for myself this morning. I get between 15 to 25 PR emails a day. It’s my fault – […]
