The Restart Page

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The Restart Page

Here’s a good example of why the Internet is amazing: experience the restart sequences from a bunch of operating systems, audio and all. No navigation necessary; do it all from a single page. Brings back memories. Workbench, anyone? ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.

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ERP Makes a Comeback

Dan Tynan, writing for CIO.com: For the past decade, ERP has been the poster child for IT projects that overpromise and underdeliver. It was notorious for painfully complex rollouts that took years to implement, required massive customization, and were often only partially realized. Billions of dollars were spent just trying to get ERP systems to work

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Windows Phone Was a Response to Apple’s iPhone

Josh Ong, reporting for AppleInsider: Microsoft’s head of software design for Windows Phone has admitted that the company completely redesigned its mobile operating system platform as a response to Apple’s iPhone and the “sea change” it created in the industry. Joe Belfiore, one of the first engineers brought to the new Windows Phone team when

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Looking Forward: Why Enterprise Software Is Changing

It’s clear that 2011 was the year of the cloud, with many traditional enterprise vendors accepting that the cloud is something they can no longer denigrate or ignore. The ‘cloud’ buzzword has been (sometimes annoyingly) tossed around for upwards of two years, but last year is when it hit critical mass in terms of action,

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What Apple’s iMessage Does to Text Messaging

Here’s Neven Mrgan illustrating what Apple’s iMessage — the new iOS-to-iOS messaging service — did to his text messaging usage: Note the iOS 5 launch line — that’s when iMessage was introduced. This matches my experience directly. Almost everyone I message frequently has an iPhone, and my sending of actual text messages has dropped massively.

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The One Leadership Quality That Will Make or Break You

Happy new year, everyone.  Glad to be back. Today’s post is about pursuit, and how it applies to leadership. What is pursuit? How does it relate to leadership?  Good question. Mike Myatt over at Forbes.com says that great leaders aren’t content with the status quo, static thinking or conventional wisdom. Instead, they purse excellence, truth,

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11 Books Every Leader Should Read

Got some downtime this week? Bob Sutton wants to help you fill it. Here’s his list of the 11 books every leader should read, and it’s a good one. I have Made to Stick already downloaded as a sample on my Kindle, and I’m going to download Thinking, Fast and Slow too (I’m a bit

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Linkology: 2011 Holiday Edition

A Note About Blogging Frequency As we head into the holidays, posting will be a little light here. It’s not that I don’t love you guys, but I’m pretty sure/hopeful you have other things to be doing over the next two weeks than reading a blog. If you seriously can’t get enough, I have two

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