I used to be able to read a big book easily, in a matter of days. I tore through The Shining in 48 hours, The Stand in a week and I would read long memoirs like Oh The Glory of It All in three nights. I used to write longhand — in pencil, no less,
Read More...As I begin my 26th year in this business, it surprises me how many companies fail at a successful vendor selection. The primary objective of a vendor selection is to find an organization that can assist your team in reaching your project goals and, ultimately, your company objectives. Unfortunately, cost is often one of the
Read More...Derrick Harris, writing for GigaOm: At Structure 2011 last month, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels told the crowd that S3 was storing 339 billion objects. At this same time last year, the service was only storing 262 billion objects. One might also draw a parallel to the ever-growing cloud revenues at Rackspace, the incredible amount of computing capacity AWS adds
Read More...Paul Thurrott: And I’d also point out that Google licenses Android for free. So by raising the price of Android by imposing licensing fees on technologies Android is in fact using, Apple, Microsoft, and others are arguably simply leveling the playing field and taking away an artificial Android advantage, forcing the OS to compete more
Read More...Today I am going to make up questions from imaginary readers and then answer them in a Q & A format. For those of you keeping track, this does indeed mean I’ve gone completely bananas. Then again, I’m starting to think that’s what you expect from these Friday posts. Here goes. Q: Seriously, are you
Read More...An operating agreement is defined as ‘a set of agreed-upon parameters and mutual expectations that defines a process of working together’. The operating agreement allows you to express your expectations for each project team member, your operating guidelines and allows you to hold project team members accountable for their commitments and obligations. In certain organizations,
Read More...The PeopleSoft Technology Blog has another detailed rundown about another popular feature-set coming in PeopleTools 8.52: flexible, customizable feeds. Matthew Haavisto writes: There are some new features coming in PeopleTools 8.52 that will make creating and managing Feeds in PeopleSoft easier and more useful. This is provided through several enhancements to the Feed Publishing Framework. Namely,
Read More...Allan Guei, a 3.0 GPA-carrying Compton high school senior, was selected for his school’s free throw competition. The top prize? $40,000. Guei won the contest by a single basket and bagged himself $40,000 at 18 years old. But that’s not the story. This is the story: In the weeks following the March free-throw competition, Guei
Read More...Over the past few weeks, several people have asked me about the “cloud” and how I think it will impact the future of ERP. Well, I’m not an expert in cloud computing, nor do I have a crystal ball. But what I do have is 20+ years of industry experience. So, while I can’t give
Read More...Buckle up, because the adults are out of the office right now and I have lots of finger energy. I am not kidding. So. I learned something today. The actual, serious, legally-binding, no-BS term for removing a heir from one’s will is called: cutting heirs. Can you believe that? Well, you shouldn’t. This is an outright
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