Apple, reporting just upwards of $20 billion in revenue and $4.3 billion in profit: Apple sold 3.89 million Macs during the quarter, a 27 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 14.1 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 91 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 9.05 million iPods during
Read More...“We are in the people business. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the banking business, your customers, you’re in the people business, and it’s how you treat people. I grew up with the thought that I wanted to treat people the way I’d like to be treated, and I think if you do that, it’s
Read More...The Internet was kind this week, bestowing upon us some fine hypertext products way better than pictures of cats with brutalized English captions. Because you’re busy and have other things to do than scour the underbelly (not that underbelly) of the Internet, I have collected the highlights below for you to enjoy over the weekend.
Read More...Nobody says, 'This paragraph is too crisp and clear. Can we muck it up a bit with some business clichés?"
Read More...Tomorrow, we will be speaking at the Houston Regional Users Group at the Oracle Houston Office. Nationally known as a PeopleSoft ALM/EAM guru, he’ll spend an hour giving an overview of PeopleSoft Asset Lifecycle Management (especially Maintenance Management) and why it’s becoming so popular. Specifically, this session will focus on the value of an integrated ALM
Read More...The first two Windows Phone 7 (WP7) ads have been released, and they are, in a word, excellent. The first, called ‘Season of the Witch’, is set to Donovan’s song by the same name, depicts a post-apocalyptic scene of accidents caused by people with their heads buried in their phones. Very clever, and the music is a
Read More...I’ve always loved architecture, even though I can’t draw or model myself out of a paper bag. In particular, I love to see how other people work: the choices they make to enable them to be creative, think and do their jobs. You can go read about micro-setups like what computers and tools folks use
Read More...One quick thing: tomorrow is the Michigan vs. MSU game, which is a bit of a big deal here in Michigan. And an even bigger deal here at MIPRO.
Read More...What else says ‘almost Friday’ like a collection of Liz Lemon flashbacks from 30 Rock? Not much. Enjoy. ### MIPRO Consulting is a nationally-recognized consulting firm specializing in PeopleSoft Enterprise (particularly Enterprise Asset Management) and Business Intelligence. You’re reading MIPRO Unfiltered, its blog. If you’d like to contact MIPRO, email is a great place
Read More...Last week, there was a fair amount of talk that Google should buy Twitter, sourced largely off the NYTimes DealBook. John Battelle, journalist, professor and author of The Search, says otherwise.
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