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Prepping for an Earning Call ??? CFO/CEO must-do???s

Seriously...Brian, you're the best when it comes to nailing this kind of thing. Bravo. But let me add a couple of serious points.First of all, it is basically almost impossible under current accounting rules to assess the sales growth of established SaaS companies. You can't do it...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, Operational accounting, Financial services, cloud computing, accounting rule, SaaS company, accounting, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

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Apple's September quarter: Expect Mac unit upside

Should be good...Mac sales will grow - 2.8 million isn't unreasonable although I think 2.6 million is more likely - the new iPod range will stimulate sales or at least keep them ticking over and the iPhone will have shifted at least 7 million units.Interestingly Nokia reported the same issue...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Digital music, Digital media, Operational accounting, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, sales

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design

Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...

Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-21

What should SAP do with its $5bn war chest?

What should SAP do with its $5bn war chest?SAP should continue to kick Microsofts ERP butt!Time for MS to go down. MS purchased Great Plains low level ERP and Navision mid level ERP and just painted pretty pictures on the interface.SAP can with my help add real business support to...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Financial services, SAP AG, ERP

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Are iPod touch users second-class citizens? Apple says yes

Are iPod touch users second-class citizens? Apple says yesI bought the update, and was happy to do so.I would prefer that the update should have been free though, but there are features that I like to have in the update, that I can now use. Like the pairing of BT...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Operational accounting, Apple iPod Touch, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Apple SAYS, second-class citizen, iPod touch user, Apple iPhone, yes, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

The complexity of copyright

The complexity of copyrightOkay.. so what would be the alternative then?"In my opinion, this experiment (and it was an experiment -- "copyright" is a relatively new concept, historically speaking) has failed and needs to end."So in other words, we should put all works into the public domain then? If...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Microsoft Windows, public domain, U.S. Copyright, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

What does open source community mean?

What does open source community mean?Too much thought on companies.......not enough on individual efforts. I think some folk get too caught up in the business aspect of it all and forget the root. I use plenty of FOSS tools that are backed by no large corporate entity. They may sometimes...

Tags: open source, F/OSS, developer, open-source community, joy

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Ballmer's layoff mail to the troops fails to rule out more cuts

Ballmer's layoff mail to the troops fails to rule out more cutsWhat a guy!I'm glad I never worked for Ol' Monkey Boy. But I do have friends working for MS in Redmond...hope they come through this OK.I think layoffs are only justified if you're losing money...or in danger of it....

Tags: Workforce management, Game players, layoff mail, layoff, troop, Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Where to for revenue recognition?

Fellow Irregulars Phil Wainewright and Jason Corsello are batting around the implementation services revenue recognition issue following Taleo's restatement of earnings. Phil uses it as a reason to take a sideways swipe at the on-premise vendors: I wonder what the impact on SAP, Oracle and Accenture’s financials would be...

Tags: Revenue, Taleo Corp., Phil, Revenue Recognition, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Windows 7 Starter Edition on a netbook

Windows 7 Starter Edition on a netbook You can run any edition up to ....... and including Ultimate. You don't have to limit what gets loaded only what you run concurrently. I have tested Ultimate on a netbook with 512MB and Office 2007. It wasn't stellar but...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, iPhone is Apple, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Software & Services - 2009 dictates value delivery a must

Sunday morning - 7 am â€" suburban Chicago Driving down a major retail stretch of road Whizzing past one closed retailer after another â€" many of these now closed for good Pass a worker removing signage from a failed retailer ...

Tags: Software, Economy, Business Economy, Sales Strategy, Retail, Business Services, Tools & Techniques, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Sales, Management, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-01-04

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Part Tree, er...Three

To Recap We're heading into the homestretch.  Which is why the Giants need to beat the Panthers....last night.  Oh, snap. This isn't my NFL blog. I don't have one. This is the final episode in that hilarious sitcom, Greenberg's Fools Gold.  For those of you who missed the previous...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, CRM, Greenberg, Connectbeam Management, Zuora, LucidEra, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Analyst: Apple could crush competitors with a $99 iPhone

Apple could slash the price of an iPhone to $99, continue to supply a nice margin of more than 40 percent and potentially dominate the smartphone market. At least that's the opinion of a research analyst who issued a report today, according to a post on Electronista. The analyst said...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Smart Phones, GAAP, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-27

UK CS graduates more likely to be unemployed

UK CS graduates more likely to be unemployedIf you're any good, I wouldn't worry about itMy first question is whether that study takes into account whether people were employed in their actual field of study?Ie, does a job at McDonalds classify as being 'employed' or does every psychology major actually...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Development tools, C/C++, job, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

10 essential gadgets for students

10 essential gadgets for studentsImpressive...A laptop with the same specs as a laptop! Wow!Only 2 are "essential"Out of the list of 10 only #1 is "essential" for students. If in college #10 is also needed, but the other 8 are nothing but luxuries and two are just plain useless....

Tags: Scanners, Digital music, ONLY 2, essential gadget, Digital Pen, phone, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

MBA Calculator 1.2 (Windows)

Our MBA's have created the most necessary and common financial calculators used by finance professionals. Our calculator employs both a Windows based application and Excel spreadsheets to performs these complex calculations. An excellent tool for investors, business valuation and students studying for an advanced degree in accounting, economics or finance....

Tags: MBA, High Tech Logic, Financial Accounting, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-24

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...

Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Ticking bombs in enterprise land

I believe the enterprise software industry is heading for major problems. It started when I read Francine McKenna  where she talks about what she sees as a doomsday scenario for at least one of the Big Four audit businesses. Francine's focus is on questioning the effectiveness of current methods for...

Tags: Software, Audit, Francine, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!Airport SecurityI'm fairly sure if anyone was to see me naked... their eyeballs would no longer function anyway. I say go ahead, it's more a punishment for them than me. But I can certainly understand why many people would find...

Tags: airport security, body scanners!, scannerS!, Nate

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Risking Another Frontline Disaster

Risking Another Frontline DisasterNatural monopolySounds like a natural monopoly. Regulate it as such.RE: Risking Another Frontline DisasterSeems like another non-elected regulator and two elected pols are gaming the system for their "constituents" benefit, at the expense of "the people." Also seems like the WSJ believes everything must revolve around profit...

Tags: H-1B program, H-1B visa holder, H-1B, H-1B visa

Discussion threads 2008-06-06