Florian Mueller over at FOSS Patents: Judge Alsup — the federal judge presiding over this litigation — attaches a great deal of importance to that particular document. At a recent hearing, he essentially said that a good trial lawyer would just need that document “and the Magna Carta” (arguably the origin of common law) to win this case
Read More...So you just spent six months creating a Request For Proposal (RFP), distributing that RFP to a list of 15 possible vendors, shortlisting the vendors, conducting oral presentations, selecting your implementation partner, executing weeks of contract negotiations and finally after thousands of person hours invested you are ready to start the implementation. So, what’s the
Read More...Delaney writes: What I am saying is that I believe in me, and I believe in you and I believe in elbow grease, objectivity and history. Did you see the recession coming? Did it announce itself and tell you the date it would arrive? No, it did not. Nor will recovery. So quit whining. Pessimism is
Read More...I recently engaged a new prospective customer who is interested in upgrading PeopleTools to version 8.5. One of the primary reasons for this client to undertake the PeopleTools upgrade is to preempt an inevitable upgrade to HCM v9.1, as they are currently on v 9.0 MP3. What’s motivating them to upgrade HCM? It’s a story
Read More...It’s Friday, and that means I get to answer the hundreds of reader emails I don’t get. From anyone. Ever. So what I do is sit around on Thursday night and send emails to myself from ancient, forgotten email accounts, then I answer them. Sad and pathetic? Yes. Sociopathic? Probably. But how many well-written, inquisitive
Read More...Interesting take on the future landscape of IT jobs, as seen by Jason Hiner over at ZDNet’s Between the Lines. Hiner says: More and more of traditional software has moved to the web, or at least to internal servers and served through a web browser. Many technophobic Baby Boomers have left the workforce and been
Read More...Rocky Agrawal, reporting for TechCrunch: This morning American Express is launching a new deals platform in partnership with Facebook that should make big waves in the payments and offers space. Winners: Facebook, American Express, small businesses Losers: Groupon, LivingSocial, Google, foursquare, VISA, MasterCard With the new platform, merchants will be able to target deals at American
Read More...No long commentary today, but I did find an interesting take on archiving from an entertainment industry perspective, as opposed to the more typical IT, taxes or business records standpoints. If you think about the digital assets the entertainment industry generates (film, animation, models, textures, CGI artwork, etc.), you begin to see how archiving needs
Read More...I’ve always been a little bit of a techno-geek. While I am rarely bleeding edge, I usually like to be one of the first to embrace a new technology. Over the years, I have watched the crossover create convergence, and found myself amazed at the transition. Does anybody remember writing memorandums and actually sending (or
Read More...Last week, I talked to you about Charleston, South Carolina and the very real chance that you would burst into flame if you dared walk outside. I’m happy to say that I have returned uncombusted and in fact with a report of perhaps the best singular meal I’ve ever eaten. So yes, here I’m going
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