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Did Scoble break EU law on Facebook?

Did Scoble break EU law on Facebook?Scoble and Facebook IssueWhile it is always good to report the news for those of us to learn from, what bothers me about your post was the comment, you were "itching" to write something about this affair.And I have to think ( and I...

Tags: Scoble, terms of service, OTTER, Robert, Facebook

Discussion threads 2008-01-08

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SAP Business ByDesign customers quietly confident

While it is still early days, SAP Business ByDesign customers are quietly confident the service will deliver value. Earlier today, David Suntinger, corporate development at WIMA, a German engineering business with four locations employing 500 person discussed its implementation progress. The project has been running for a...

Tags: Payroll, SAP AG, Operational Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-20

More on dinosaurs and extinction

Yesterday's post on IT extinction caused quite a ruckus. While preparing my follow-up, fellow Enterprise Irregular and Gartner research director, Thomas Otter, sent this cartoon. Dear reader, please enjoy it as a brief interlude in our discussion. ...

Tags: Extinction, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-03-25

Facebook and the CIA

In a piece of carefully researched critique, Guardian Unlimited writer Tim Hodgkinson does a masterful job unpacking the politics of Facebook, implying that the company's backer's real agenda is the realization of the original American dream: Here at last is the Enlightenment state longed for since the Puritans of...

Tags: Facebook, Nature, CIA, Tim Hodgkinson, Corporate Governance, Blogging, Venture Capital, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Finance, Financing Startups, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Why the '8 things' tag meme is important

Now and again, someone will dream up a tag meme game. The idea is the writer says x-number of things and tags y-number of others to follow suit. Right now the 8 things you didn't know about me tag meme is doing the rounds and yes, I've been tagged on...

Tags: Workplace, Oracle Corp., Idea, Blog, Workforce, OraNA, Cyberthreats, Blogging, Spam, Games, Recruitment & Selection, Security, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-11

Did Scoble break EU law on Facebook?

I've been itching to get something written about Scoble's antics over on Facebook when he used the Plaxo script to scrape data as a way of pointing up what he believes is an issue around openness and data ownership. Way too much has been written but one aspect that was...

Tags: Plaxo Inc., Facebook, Scoble, Thomas, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Productivity, Data Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-08

CES: Mobility at the ShowStoppers event

CES 2008 in Vegas doesn't seem quite as busy on the show floor, but there were a ton of press at the Digital Experience! and ShowStoppers events. There isn't a ton of new and breakthrough devices, but there are some cool products if you look around a bit. I had...

Tags: Mobile, Headset, Mobility, ShowStoppers, Neuros OSD, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-01-08

Applying the transparency taste test

Last week I was in Berlin as the guest of SAP and Transparency International. For those that are unfamiliar, TI is a pressure group that addresses issues around corruption. It operates in some of the most difficult parts of the world. It tends to focus on the governmental factors impacting...

Tags: Software, Tax, Industry, Texas Instruments Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Reality, Tools & Techniques, Taxes, Strategy, Management, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-11-26

The flipside of SAPs recent success and a surprise

Congratulations to SAP for a great quarter as reported by Larry Dignan. Having seen Henning Kagermann's restrained performance at TechEd, I wondered whether the company had blown up for this reporting period. Several of us noticed Kagermann's haircut and  I recall thinking 'I hope that's the only thing that gets...

Tags: Human Resources, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., SAP AG, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Lawson Software's comedy department

I'm always amused when a software company demonstrates a sense of humor. Courtesy of Thomas Otter, this video should cheer anyone up on a Monday morning. It includes ironic references to Oracle and SAP. The SAP 'solution' had me in fits of laughter. The industry needs more...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., SAP AG, Corporate Communications, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-15

Enterprise software marketing: time for a rethink

It's always nice to see two representatives from the same company writing independently of one another yet looking for much the same answer. In this instance I'm referring to SAPpers and fellow Irregulars Charles Zedlewski and Thomas Otter. Both are highly articulate and quick to defend their company's position (as...

Tags: Marketing, Enterprise Software, Sales, Thomas Otter, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-09-10

Glastnost at SAP

For many years, SAP was a poster child for the "not invented here" syndrome. Sure, the company has always been developer-focused, but arrogance in any form is unpleasant. Recently, I've heard stories about a new openness at SAP, so I read this post from fellow Enterprise Irregular, Thomas Otter, with...

Tags: Vendor relationships

Blog posts 2007-07-27

Torture Testing - The big case test - Part 1

Modern gadgets are pretty robust and can brush off the occasional knock, the odd splash of water and a sprinkling of dust, but if you regularly take your precious gadgets into the outdoors you might feel compelled to protect your investment by spending some more money on a protective case. Once you've decided to...

Tags: Torture Test

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Chewing on software and service pricing

One of the perennial discussion points among my colleagues is business software pricing and its relationship to services. This topic is problematic at all sorts of levels. We're seeing on-demand/saas putting pressure on both incumbent on-premise vendor pricing and within the on-demand world. Deep discounting is rife among enterprise vendors...

Tags: implementation, Enterprise applications

Blog posts 2007-07-17

Facebook for the Enterprise = Facebook

Guest post: AccMan blogger and deep thinker on enterprise software Dennis Howlett, offers his take on Facebook as an enterprise, not just consumer, play and patches together opinions from the Enterprise Irregulars:Facebook is a phenomenon that's capturing enterprisey attention. Jeff Nolan and Jason Wood, two of my Enterprise Irregular colleagues...

Tags: Web Technology, Social networking, General, Enterprise 2.0

Blog posts 2007-06-26

SAP's A1S still shrouded in the mists

Guest post: AccMan blogger and deep thinker on enterprise software Dennis Howlett, along with some of the other Enterprise Irregulars, is in Vienna for SAP's Euro Sapphire conference. It covers the same material as Sapphire Atlanta, which Dennis attended and took place last month. Similar to the Atlanta conference, the...

Tags: ERP, Enterprise 2.0, General, IT Management, SaaS, SAP, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-15

Oracle blogs--an attention free zone

Guest Post: My fellow Enterprise Irregular, drama critic of the enterprise software industry, advisor to the software developers and marketers and inveterate blogger Dennis Howlett responds to a post by Oracle Technology Networks editor-in-chief complaining that his company doesnt get enough love from the blogosphere crowd. Justin Kestelyn, Oracle Technology...

Tags: SAP, Oracle, General, Blogging

Blog posts 2007-04-30

Bipolar Oracle

Bipolar OracleOracle describes...... another company's products as expensive and hard to deploy. Is that the equivalent of an offer to purchase SAP(?), in order to complete Oracle's collection of that sort of software.enjoyed your sapphire coverageJosh,Pity we didn't meet in Atlanta, but if you are in Vienna, please look...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Oracle Corp., Bipolar

Discussion threads 2007-04-27

SAP Sapphire gets underway

This week I am in Atlanta for SAPs Sapphire conference, joined by a large international press contingent, the blogger corps and 15,000 partners and customers ready to hear the latest SAP revelations. So far, not much news to report, but some details on the $500 million plus investment in new...

Tags: SAP, General, Software Infrastructure, IT Management

Blog posts 2007-04-23

Coloring Book 10: Baby Animals (exe)

A tenth coloring book program filled with 50 pages of baby animals. 50 pictures are included with the complete version: Bear Cub, Bison Calf, Cow Calf, Camel Calf, Chicken Chick, Chipmunk Pup, Deer Fawn, Dog Puppy,Duck Duckling, Elephant Calf, Fox Pup, Giraffe Calf, Goat Kid, Guinea Pig Pup, Hamster Pup,...

Tags: Mice, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2007-04-16