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- Mervyns – The cautionary tale of selling one's business
- Too Many Cooks Spoil the Livelihoods of Thousands BusinessWeek (12/6/2008) did a great job of dissecting of what went wrong in the collapse of U. S. retailer, Mervyns (see "What Have You Done to My Company"). The subtitle of the story pretty much sums up the...
- Tags: Private Equity, Private Equity Company, Firm, Mervyns, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP)
- With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...
- Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?
- Zack Whittaker has taken a few days off to "get his head together", so in the meantime his best friend, Elliot Harrison, has stepped up to the firing squad to cover this week. The hate campaign certain Windows users have against Macintosh users must ...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zack Whittaker, Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Has technology evolved our language beyond recognition?
- You pick up your Blackberry in the morning because your notebook has a virus. You connect to your cloud storage and retrieve a few documents to store on your drive, and grab yourself a cup of Java. I get emails every day, mostly ordinary commentary from like-minded...
- Tags: Legend, RIM BlackBerry, Virus, Computer, Internet, E-mail, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Notebooks, Handhelds, Online Communications, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus
- One of Apple's better Mac vs PC ads features a strong message that Windows computers are a magnet for viruses malware but Macs are automatically protected. As PC "ah-choos" his way through an infection, Mac offers a tissue and smugly infers that he's immune to the...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Malware, Apple Inc., Virus, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- The Simpsons lampoon Apple
- No one is safe from satire on The Simpsons. The animated series, which just began its 20th season, has lampooned just about every large company, celebrity and pretty much every aspect of pop culture. Last night's episode featured a six minute segment that parodied Apple Inc. at...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Episode, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- News to know: Mumbai attacks, Microhoo, Holiday shopping, HDTVs
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jennifer Leggio: Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates good and bad maturation point of social media Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail Oliver Marks: Mumbai Attacks...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Digital Video, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Open Source, Personal Technology, Internet, Security, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- The App Store hits a milestone: 10,000 apps
- The App Store, the aisle of Apple's iTunes Store devoted to selling software, reached a big milestone some time over the Thanksgiving weekend (here is the U.S.) adding its 10,000th application. That's a far cry from the 552 apps that were available when the App Store launched...
- Tags: App, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- US Apple Store savings better, still hardly worth getting out of bed for
- Predictions that Apple would roll out 15% discounts for Black Friday have been dashed as modest discounts are unveiled. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Discount, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- Black Friday Deals at the App(le) Store
- App Store Apps has a posted a list of over 50 iPhone application that are currently on sale many are free for Black Friday which begins at midnight ET tonight. A sampling: A Binary Clock Signboard Polyomino Puzzles Code Alpha Football...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Apple Store Australia/UK shows lackluster discounts - UPDATED
- If you're holding your breath, waiting for the Apple Store Black Friday discounts to appear, then I have some bad news for you - Apple Store Australia discounts are online, and I'm sorry to say that they are very lackluster. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Discount, Apple Inc., Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best Apple iPhone, iPod touch apps
- Just about everyone seems to have either an iPhone or iPod touch these days and the companion App Store is chock full of over 5,000 great gift ideas. From powerful databases to file storage to music, this list has something for you. Can't decide? Give your special someone...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Database, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iTunes, US$5, BeatMaker iPhone, Intua, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Apple retail stores to match prices
- In a surprising move for the consumer electronics turned retail heavyweight, Apple has internally announced that retail store employees can match prices of other authorized retailers. The key phrase here is "authorized retailers" which means that Apple isn't going to price match some gray marketer selling Macs...
- Tags: Retail Company, Reseller, Apple Inc., Retail, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- A rare occurrence: Macs on sale
- If there's one thing about Apple products that you can pretty much always bank on, it's that they rarely go on sale. Best Buy launched some pre-Black Friday specials that discounts a whole lineup of Macbooks, iMacs and even the Mac Mini. (Nope, iPods and the iPhone...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Retail, Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questions
- Apple has said "it doesn't do cheap," but one analyst reckons that Steve Jobs & Co. will address the netbook market at some point--either with an 11-inch MacBook Air priced between $800 and $1,000 in 2009 or a tablet Mac in 2010. That's one of the more...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Gene Munster, 3G, Notebooks, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Mobile software Monday: Evernote version 3.0 for Windows Mobile
- One of my favorite all-time mobile software applications and services is Evernote since it allows me to capture thoughts, business cards, images, and more for future access. Their iPhone client is a top application in the Apple App Store and I actually read last week that the highest usage of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Evernote, Windows Mobile Version, Note Viewer, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Marketing, Software, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Ho, Ho, Ho: Credit Card Fraud Not A Holiday Killer. Unless You Get Hit.
- A recession is when your neighbor gets laid off. A depression is when you get terminated. With credit cards, fraud is not a big deal. Unless it's your number that's for sale, online. A Symantec report says the underground economy is booming. The total value of goods...
- Tags: Bank, Symantec Corp., Credit Card, Fraud, Sales Strategy, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Mid-range Apples that won't break the bank
- If you've got a couple extra bucks in your budget this year there are a couple of middle priced (US$100-300) gifts that up that I want to recommend. If this isn't quite your price range, feel free to check out my list of Mac-related gift ideas under $100...
- Tags: Bank, Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Chumby, Novatel USB727, FastMac U-Charge Battery Charger, 3G, Engineering, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
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