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Reflections Of A Digital Immigrant Gone Semi-Native: The Sad Tale Of Charles Phillips

Reflections Of A Digital Immigrant Gone Semi-Native: The Sad Tale Of Charles Phillips

By Naomi Bloom on January 22, 2010

Yesterday an Oracle story broke big-time, and it wasn’t about Fusion application delivery dates, pricing, or how much work it would take to get from EBS or PeopleSoft HCM to Fusion HCM apps.  It also wasn’t about Oracle giving its installed base a break on their maintenance fees or committing to keep most of Sun’s […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Charles Phillips, Debunking/Calling Out, New York Times, oracle, orcl, Safra Catz, Social Technology, Tiger Woods | 1 Response

Collector's Item: Accenture/Tiger Woods advertising

Collector’s Item: Accenture/Tiger Woods advertising

By Brian Sommer on January 17, 2010

The Tiger Woods/Accenture connection is starting to disappear. Better look fast as evidence of this marketing marriage is dissolving quickly.

Posted in Business | Tagged Accenture, advertising, Current Affairs, eBay, Professional Services, Selling Professional Services, Service Providers, Tiger Woods

How Tiger Could Have Made Better Use of Spend Management Technology (Part 2) ?

How Tiger Could Have Made Better Use of Spend Management Technology (Part 2) ?

By Jason Busch on December 31, 2009

Dear Readers: Here is the another installment from Jason “Ladies Man Wannabe” Busch. Jason’s wife, MetalMiner’s Lisa Reisman, just sent me a digital photo from the cruise, showing Jason posing with Minnie Mouse, a nervous smile on his face. Now, Jas…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Humor, Spend Management, Tiger Woods

How Tiger Could Have Made Better Use of Spend Management Technology   (Part 1) ?

How Tiger Could Have Made Better Use of Spend Management Technology (Part 1) ?

By Jason Busch on December 29, 2009

Joy here, Gentle Spend Matters Readers. Methinks Jason doth oink too much. Jason would have you think him a rakish, man-about-town ladies’ man, telling the pros how it’s done. So that we don’t hurt his feelings, we’ll indulge his delusion, and prete…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Humor, Spend Management, Tiger Woods

Top Ten Reasons Accenture is Pulling the Plug on Tiger

Top Ten Reasons Accenture is Pulling the Plug on Tiger

By Jason Busch on December 13, 2009

In consulting circles, it’s been hard to meet someone in the past few
weeks without cracking a Tiger Woods and Accenture joke (“Infidelity. Delivered.”)
Given the rising tide of jokes tied to the
Accenture brand, it felt like it was only a ma…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Accenture, Golf, Humor, marketing, supply chain, Tiger Woods

e-Three: Proof of the Commoditization of High-Quality, Low-Cost E-Sourcing

e-Three: Proof of the Commoditization of High-Quality, Low-Cost E-Sourcing

By Jason Busch on December 7, 2009

When I first got a peek inside a full service e-sourcing process in
the late nineties, I quickly realized that, despite all the posturing
and spin behind how FreeMarkets and others positioned it, the
process was really more science than art….

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Accenture, e-sourcing, e-Three, Freemarkets, ibm, Outsourcing, Services Procurement, supply chain, Tiger Woods

Accenture: 'Branded' by the Tiger Woods mess

Accenture: ‘Branded’ by the Tiger Woods mess

By Brian Sommer on December 3, 2009

Accenture’s connection to Tiger Woods may be moving from the Asset to the Liability column. Should firms tie so much of their branding in with a celebrity?

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Accenture, brand, Current Affairs, marketing, Professional Services, Selling Professional Services, Service Providers, Think About IT, Tiger Woods, Timber - The Mighty Fall | 13 Responses

Is There a New Normal in Procurement Outsourcing?

Is There a New Normal in Procurement Outsourcing?

By Jason Busch on November 18, 2009

Now that Phil Fersht has joined the dark side of the force — leaving AMR Research to work for an outsourcing provider — can we still take him seriously as an objective industry observer? Of course, especially considering the continued quality of hi…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Accenture, AMR Research, Business Services, Consulting, Outsourcing, procurement, Tiger Woods

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