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Making Cloud Computing Pay

Making Cloud Computing Pay

By Louis Columbus on April 11, 2013

Relying on cloud computing strategies to free up dollars and time that can quickly be re-invested in product and service innovation emerged as the highest priority for respondents in a recent Rackspace survey.   While cost reductions were significant, the greatest contributions were seen in investments in innovation (48%), new product & service development (45%), […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Data Driven, enterprise software, Financial services, Intelligent Tech, Louis Columbus' blog, Manchester Business School, Microsoft Excel, Public Cloud Computing, Rackspace, Small & Medium Enterprises, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NYSE:RAX | 1 Response

Wanted: A Rules Engine for Excel

Wanted: A Rules Engine for Excel

By Basab Pradhan on February 12, 2013

James Kwak writes about the role of Excel in the JPMorgan 2012 trading loss After the London Whale trade blew up, the Model Review Group discovered that the model had not been automated and found several other errors. Most spectacularly, “After subtracting the old rate from the new rate, the spreadsheet divided by their sum […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged excel, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft Excel, Spreadsheet, technology

Worse Than Drugs, Booze and Nicotine -- Why Can’t Procurement Shake the Excel Addiction? (Part 2)

Worse Than Drugs, Booze and Nicotine — Why Can’t Procurement Shake the Excel Addiction? (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on July 27, 2011

I reckon that I personally spend between one and two hours per day in Excel, and that’s without doing any active sourcing projects anymore. Back when I was directly involved with sourcing events and the product planning associated with rolling out new technologies around them, I was probably using Excel for 3-4 hours per day. I’m not alone. CombineNet’s recent study looking at the Excel addiction in corporate procurement teams found similar high-usage patterns. In looking at 100 organizations in April and May of 2011, CombineNet found…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CombineNet, excel, Microsoft Excel | 1 Response

Worse Than Drugs, Booze, Nicotine -- Why Can’t Procurement Shake the Excel Addiction? (Part 1)

Worse Than Drugs, Booze, Nicotine — Why Can’t Procurement Shake the Excel Addiction? (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on July 26, 2011

We all have our vices here in the Spend Matters office. Sheena will barely say hello before she’s ingested at least two cups of coffee. I personally drink (daily) more green tea than probably a small town in Japan does. And the wh…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged drug, Microsoft Excel, procurement, Spreadsheet | 1 Response

Spend Matters Study: Forget Ariba, SAP and Oracle -- World Class Procurement Organizations Use Excel

Spend Matters Study: Forget Ariba, SAP and Oracle — World Class Procurement Organizations Use Excel

By Jason Busch on April 1, 2011

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…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Humor, microsoft, Microsoft Excel, Spreadsheet

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