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Long Before ADP v Zenefits: A Rare (For Me) Commentary On Very Small Market US Payroll Tech

Long Before ADP v Zenefits: A Rare (For Me) Commentary On Very Small Market US Payroll Tech

By Naomi Bloom on June 10, 2015

(Given the current noise in the tech press about poor little startup Zenefits’ suffering at the hands of big kahuna ADP  I thought this repost might be timely.)   December 8th, 2014 Background This post was inspired by a recent discussion among the Enterprise Irregulars.   It began when one of our members called our attention […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged ADP, API Economy, Lawsuit, Opum, Zenefits, ZenPayroll

Adobe Inks EchoSign Acquisition and Also Acquires Patent Infringement Suit Courtesy of RPost

Adobe Inks EchoSign Acquisition and Also Acquires Patent Infringement Suit Courtesy of RPost

By Jason Busch on July 21, 2011

Earlier this week, the signature — digital signature, to be more specific — world saw the greatest excitement seen since John Hancock put his infamous pen and ink to the Declaration of Independence. In a matter of days, Adobe an…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged adobe, Digital signature, echosign, Lawsuit, Patent infringement, Rpost

HP vs. Oracle: the Itanium War Breaks into Open Court (updated)

HP vs. Oracle: the Itanium War Breaks into Open Court (updated)

By Josh Greenbaum on June 16, 2011

Hewlett-Packard followed up its “demand letter” of last week with a lawsuit seeking a halt to Oracle’s de-support of HP’s Itanium-based servers, injunctive relief against more mudslinging, and unspecified damages. The suit, filed in Superior Court in Santa Clara, California, is the latest in a nine-month battle that has transformed the two former partners into bitter […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Hewlett-Packard, hp, Itanium, Lawsuit, oracle, Uncategorized

CIO analysis: Marin County vs. Deloitte and SAP, part 2

CIO analysis: Marin County vs. Deloitte and SAP, part 2

By Michael Krigsman on April 5, 2011

This post is part two of a series examining implications of Marin Countyâs lawsuit, against Deloitte Consulting and SAP.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged deloitte, Deloitte Consulting, erp, Lawsuit, Marin County, Marin County California, sap | 1 Response

Marin County claims racketeering against Deloitte and SAP, part one

Marin County claims racketeering against Deloitte and SAP, part one

By Michael Krigsman on March 31, 2011

Marin County’s ongoing lawsuit against Deloitte Consulting and SAP represents a milestone in the analysis and history of IT project failures.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Consulting, deloitte, Deloitte Consulting, erp, ERP Implementation, Lawsuit, Marin County, Marin County California, marinsap, Project Failure, sap, si

Microsoft to file antitrust charges against Google, LOL!

Microsoft to file antitrust charges against Google, LOL!

By Denis Pombriant on March 31, 2011

What a difference a decade makes.  The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Microsoft will file antitrust charges against Google in Brussels today.  Just about a decade ago circumstances were reversed as Microsoft was the 800-pound gorilla in the operating system world.  Today Google is the monster of search and all things related to […]

Posted in Business | Tagged antitrust, Brussels, CRM, Current Affairs, google, Lawsuit, microsoft, Monopoly, NY Times, technology, YouTube

News Analysis: SAP’s TomorrowNow Debacle Ends With Jury Award Of $1.3B To Oracle

News Analysis: SAP’s TomorrowNow Debacle Ends With Jury Award Of $1.3B To Oracle

By R "Ray" Wang on November 23, 2010

The recently announced jury award of $1.3B to Oracle marks the end of a tumultuous public trial on intellectual property (IP) theft.  Fellow Constellation Research Board of Adviser, Dennis Howlett provided commentary on the award stating, “The jury were given the choice of making an award based upon a fair market value license or lost […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Lawsuit, Léo Apotheker, News Analysis, oracle, R “Ray” Wang;, sap, tomorrow now

Setting the Record Straight: Oracle, SAP, TomorrowNow, and the NYT

Setting the Record Straight: Oracle, SAP, TomorrowNow, and the NYT

By Josh Greenbaum on October 9, 2010

I like Joe Nocera, and usually think he hits the nail on the head. But his Saturday column about HP’s new CEO, Léo Apotheker, and his role in the lawsuit between Oracle and Léo’s former company, SAP, over SAP’s TomorrowNow acquisition, swings and misses by a country mile. The problems in Joe’s main thesis, that […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged erp, Henning Kagermann, Hewlett-Packard, hp, IP theft, Lawsuit, Léo Apotheker, maintenance, oracle, PeopleSoft, sap, TomorrowNow | 3 Responses

NTP is the New SCO

NTP is the New SCO

By Zoli Erdos on July 9, 2010

NTP, the shell company whose only business is to extract ransom from real businesses does not sit on the $600 they extorted from RIM.  They are now suing just about all the smartphone industry: Apple, Google, HTC, Microsoft, LG and Motorola. Is NTP the new SCO? Related posts: NTP Sues Apple, Google, Microsoft And Others […]

Posted in Business | Tagged apple, cellular, extortion, google, HTC, intellectual property, ip, Lawsuit, lg, microsoft, mobile market, motorola, ntp, patent troll, Patents, sco, Smartphones, Wireless

Dell lawsuit: Pattern of deceit

Dell lawsuit: Pattern of deceit

By Michael Krigsman on June 30, 2010

According to a recently unsealed lawsuit, Dell shipped approximately 12 million computers containing faulty components and then tried to hide the problems from buyers.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged capacitor, deceit, defective computers, Dell, dell hell, Lawsuit

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