Okay you guys, here in the U.S. we have Thanksgiving coming up next week , and that means you need stuff to talk about or that one relative who always smells sort of like old bacon will talk about their kids too much and shut the whole thing down. So I’ve browsed the entire Internet
Read More...In early 2012 I wrote a blog entitled, Mainframe, Distributed, Personal, Cloud – Back to Where We Started? My hypothesis was how we have come full circle – mainframe back to “mainframe-like” in order to access the applications we somehow cannot live without. Except now these apps reside in a “cloud” somewhere in a massive server farm
Read More...Fascinating article in Vanity Fair about how Jony Ive and Marc Newson collaborated for Product Red: In 2007, at Larry Gagosian’s town house, following the opening of the Newson show, Bono spoke to Newson about the possibility of doing something for Product (Red). Bono has also known Ive for years. They met through Steve Jobs,
Read More...If your organization has more than one ERP platform, such as one for Human Capital Management (HCM) and others for Financials (FI) and Supply Chain Management (SCM), it is likely a good time for the C-staff to get together and agree on one standard platform. Why? Take it from my experience: because a lack of
Read More...If people are connected by six degrees of separation, then I contend that raw data and true IT wisdom are connected by four degrees of understanding. Let me explain. (And this won’t involve Kevin Bacon at all. Promise.) For the past 25 years I have implemented ERP systems that essentially are a historical picture of
Read More...It’s Monday, and that might mean it’s counterintuitive science day. Up on the block: why does hot water freeze faster than cold water? It does, but it shouldn’t. Right? Wrong. The reason behind it is called the Mpemba effect, and a group of researchers think they’ve cracked the puzzle. Now Xi and co say hydrogen bonds
Read More...After 25 years of implementing ERP solutions, I have had countless discussions about the successes and failures of various projects. Each project has unique characteristics, so no two are ever alike, but there are many common themes for both success and failure. When talking about success, the common themes are planning, communication, realistic expectations, a
Read More...Usually open letters are scathing public admonishments of a policy or some other corporate decision. Not this one. Chris Horst wrote Jim Sinegal and Craig Jelinek (CEO and President, respectively) a different kind of open letter. For his entire life, Matthew has been classified and known by his “special needs”. Since the day he began
Read More...The iPhone 5S is the first consumer device that actually brings useful, reliable biometrics to the masses via its ‘fingerprint identity sensor.’ In July of 2012, Apple bought Authentec, and now the fruits of that acquisition are clear. Security biometrics have been used in smatterings of tech products for years, but never consistently or reliably.
Read More...Dropbox is easily one of my absolutely essential apps. I use it every day, and increasingly it’s home to personal information like travel plans, photos and draft blog posts/articles. What used to be a little service I used to store a PDF or two has become a cornerstone of my daily workflow. Like every other
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