Christine Comaford, writing for Forbes: I was a young CEO and I needed answers. Steve Jobs had them. There was only one thing to do. So I sent a FedEx letter. Then I sent another. Then I started calling. Then I sent another FedEx, and called some more. Finally, after 7 FedExs and 12 phone calls,
Read More...I missed this a while back, but Vinnie Mirchandani always has interesting takes. Here’s what he saw when he watched Oracle CEO Larry Ellison give his keynote at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld: Larry Ellison could have been somber – if he knew of his friend Steve Jobs dying he did not let on. He could
Read More...Any smart company knows its success is largely predicated on the retention of its top talent. Get into too much of a brain drain, and your company’s outlook can change in a matter of months. Once A-players start leaving, other A-players take notice and are more likely to leave as well. The easiest way to
Read More...Finally, the shoe we all knew would drop dropped when Adobe announced it will no longer develop Flash for mobile devices. Instead, Adobe says it will focus on HTML5. Smart move, and one in which everyone wins. A few days later, RIM announced that it will continue to support Flash via its own implementations for its
Read More...From Gazelle.com, the popular service that offers cash for your old electronics as you prepare to upgrade: Earlier this month, the trade-in of BlackBerry devices climbed, but in the past week, the number of these trades skyrocketed by 80%. This spike coincided with the launch of the iPhone 4S, says Gazelle Chief Gadget Officer Anthony
Read More...From the In Case You Haven’t Heard Dept.: PeopleTools 8.52 is now generally available. Here’s the official Oracle announcement, just over a week ago on Oct. 28: PeopleTools 8.52 is important to PeopleSoft customers because it provides significant end-user value and demonstrates Oracle’s ongoing commitment to the PeopleSoft product family. The PeopleTools features and capabilities
Read More...Today’s post is about mattresses, because they’re the only product that has ruined my brain. When I buy things, I research the everloving juice out of them. I compile so much data on pending purchases that Google sends me a bill for smoking their servers. After any given product I buy, I am capable of
Read More...“Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.” — Sarah Bernhardt ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.
Read More...Utterly fantastic article in Fast Company by Farhad Manjoo about the greatest tech showdown of our time, all likely going fully thermonuclear next year. With players like Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon in the mix, this isn’t the minor leagues. Who winds up on top here controls the innovation economy moving forward, and there are
Read More...Best I’ve seen in a long time. Awesome. Happy Halloween, everyone! ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.
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