I am not much of a Bible expert, but I do know it were the descendants of Noah (the guy who did all the difficult things with shipping animals, really the very first logistics consultant) that founded the city of Babel on the plain of Shinar. There,...
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Hang out at the best events this autumn
You know the problem, back from the summer break, and now the invitations to the various trade shows are rolling in, too many of them to go to all of them, but must get some feel for what is happening… Used to be reasonably easy when there were a...
Read moreSaaR or Software as a Revolution
Mark Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce.com states that he has the intention to ‘change the Software industry’, and many would agree he has made an interesting start in the Customer Relationship Management, or CRM, sector. However what caught my eye...
Read moreWhite Wire Strategy
Chris Anderson posted a neat blog recently called ‘the black wire and the white wire’. The black wire connects Chris to the corporate network, which is connected to the Internet. The white wire is a standard consumer connection to the...
Read moreOpen Source Consultancy – is it possible?
It is fair to say that Open Source has had a major impact on the software industry. If I attempt to take a balanced view then I would say that different circumstances in terms of what we want to use software for, has also played a major part, and has...
Read moreiPodification leads to Nothing
I have always argued that Steve Jobs should never touch that iPod Scroll Wheel. Simple things should stay simple. But who am I to argue when he continues his fascinating ‘delete the button’ act with the new iPod Touch: essentially an iPod (and...
Read moreSandy
Many of us believe we ain’t seen nothing yet in terms of the usefulness of the Web. Or perhaps from the other perspective, many see massive political, business and societal risk in the evolution of the Web. But with thanks to Peter Evans-Greenwood...
Read moreFrom Benchmark to Mashmark
The following is a guest post from a good colleague and friend Hans van Grieken who has often been a thought leader. It’s a novel idea and a good one building on the wisdom of the crowds. I am sure it will promote some good posts ! Andy A personal...
Read moreMicrosoft Office and Google Apps: Internal or External?
The press loves to position this as a fight between two giants in the market, see Business Week article ‘Apps versus Office – Google ups the Ante’. Next there was the report in IT Week around Microsoft about to start trialling a free version of...
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