Big Data : In Election And In Business Creates Big Impact
The US Election results and the process have created worldwide impact. Not only it was noticed for electing someone for arguably the most powerful office in the world, it brings along with it many innovations and advances. In 2008, when Mr. Obama won the elections for the first time, it was very clear that technology [...]
Big Brother? Sits right on your mobile
[The image above has nothing to do with this post, but it seemed to be fitting, given the latest developments. This post is all about trust] In this age of free(mium), it’s common knowledge that you pay with your privacy. Facebook is the best (or should I say worst) example of the dance around your [...]
Conference Report: Workday Rising
Last week I attended the analyst event organized along with Workday Rising 2012 conference. Workday Rising is Workday’s (previous CloudAve coverage)(Disclosure: Workday is the sponsor of CloudAve and this is my own personal opinion but they paid for my travel and stay) user conference and it was their attempt to interact closely with their customers [...]
Why I Hope BlackBerry10 Will Actually Make It
I don’t know about you, but I’ve basically bought every ‘cool’ gadget ever made, from the Creative Nomad to an original ReplayTV to all 3 generations of the AppleTV to a Uniden WebPhone to the Nintendo VirtualBoy. Yes, a VirtualBoy. Yeah, a lot of gadgets. Only a handful have really made a difference. The iPads [...]
Harvest Launches Time Tracking Platform-The Rise of the Real Time Business Application Approach
I spent some time the other day talking with Tom Mornini, founder of Boocx (more on them to come). Suffice it to say Boocx is focused on becoming the accounting platform for web developers – but platform in the true sense of the word – some core pieces of infrastructure that, via API hooks can [...]
Enterprise IT : Future Proofing Vs Failure Proofing – Part II
If IT can position the company for a transition, it can rightfully take the role of an anchor facilitating change to make business successful rather than a drag holding back progress . Contextually, if it can be determined early enough that leveraging…
Is Apple Vindictive and Evil?
Apple has not won all of its lawsuits. In fact, other than one big jury award it has for the most part been losing cases. Certainly, outside of the “home court advantage” here in America it has done rather poorly. In an especially humiliating loss outside of the US, Apple was instructed to modify its [...]
Cloud app integration: Incredibly important, but also problematic
My background and entry into the technology industry came from my experience wrangling tech for a number of different small and mid-sized businesses. I’ve seen first hand just how much work is involved in tailoring discrete solutions into something that actually meets the specific needs of the business. This is even more difficult for resource [...]
The 5V’s of The Data Landscape
While not yet having reached the cringe-factor of “cloud”, the term “big data” is certainly becoming much discussed, and, as I’ve done many times with it’s buzzword stable-mate, I find myself asking, “What exactly is it?” Thankfully, NIST have yet to offer an insipid and face-numbingly trite definition (hooray) but unfortunately, the leading definition of [...]
Some Quick Thoughts on Exits for Technology Startups
Later today I’m presenting at the annual Rincon Ventures Summit in Santa Barbara Startup Exits: A Primer from msuster I thought you might like to see an advance copy of what I’m going to cover. I speak privately a lot about getting an exit at a startup. I haven’t spoken publicly about it much but [...]
Enterprise IT : Future Proofing Vs Failure Proofing – Part 1
Just returning from an intense workshop with a customer on their future IT plans on spending and mode of operation . The meeting reinforced amongst other things that in the world of business, in some pockets men and women who are smart otherwise somehow fail to fathom the complexities in the area of business processes [...]
Knowing — and Sharing — Your Zero Cash Date
One of the most important operating metrics in your SaaS start-up, if you aren’t predictably cash-flow positive, is your Zero Cash Date (“ZCD”). You hear a lot about SaaS metrics, but this one doesn’t often come up. It should, and should be very near the top of the list of core metrics. Your Zero Cash [...]
SAP and SuccessFactors – Proven Integration is Hype
Early last month I wrote The Real Truth about SAP and SuccessFactors Integration to try to clear up some of the confusion in the marketplace. To my surprise I had several SAP customers reach out telling me they were very surprised at my article as it contradicted the message they were getting directly from SAP. These customers [...]
May They Get Struck with Lightning
When Apple innovates they offer something better. They offer new and compelling features. They draw you to their products with desire and lust. This is why I buy Apple and it is what has made Apple great. But the Lightning cable is like getting flogged.
Banning Non-Work Related Content: One of the Biggest Mistakes Your Company Can Make!
Oftentimes the topic of non work related content comes up when discussing internal collaboration. Specifically, managers want to know how they can make it so that non-work related content stays to a minimum while employees stay laser focused on work related tasks. You can’t do this and more importantly, you shouldn’t. Think about how many [...]
