Shakespeare

Conferences, comedy, clouds and contracts.
By Thomas Otter on October 30, 2012
Continuing my attempts to bring Shakespeare into as many posts as I can…. Let specialties be therefore drawn between us, That covenants may be kept on either hand. (Taming of the Shrew II. i. 127-8) A couple of weeks ago, I presented at the HR Technology Conference in Chicago, the topic being SaaS Contracts: how not to […]
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Shrinking Balls
By John Taschek on February 10, 2011
In my last post, I wrote about the sentiment analysis of the Super Bowl and how brands are impacted by the real-time stream. That stream stimulates a Mean Girls phenomenon that causes people to be more passionate and start to bully as they become more popular. I know some analysts…
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More Shakespeare. This time on the software sales pitch.
By Thomas Otter on November 23, 2009
No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change:Thy pyramids built up with newer mightTo me are nothing novel, nothing strange;They are but dressings of a former sight.Our dates are brief, and therefore we admireWhat thou dost foist upon us that is old;And rather make them born to our desireThan think that we before […]
Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged IT Related, life, sales, Shakespeare

Shakespeare groks in memory databases
By Thomas Otter on November 8, 2009
I’ve been trying to get to grips with in-memory databases. Seems the bard beat me to it.
(image via wikipedia, thanks)
Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brainFull charactered with lasting memory,Which shall above that idle rank remain,Beyond all date, even to eternity:Or, at the least, so long as brain and heartHave faculty by nature to […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged databases, IT Related, Shakespeare, sonnets