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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
Echos of Understanding: Recent SAP Post Resonates with the Readers!
September 22, 2010
My September 20th post titled “With SAP, failure is not an option . . . often times its the only option!” seems to have struck a harmonious chord with readers who have long recognized the fact that SAP, while being widely used in sectors such as government, is often times not the right tool for the […]
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Live Broadcast Schedule from eWorld includes 13 seminars and a Roundtable discussion on “Security in the Outsourcing Cloud”
September 21, 2010
Well the 10th Annual eWorld Conference in London takes place next week on the 28th and 29th of September, and the PI Window on Business Show will be broadcasting to you Live 13 seminars and a Special Roundtable discussion on “Security in the Outsourcing Cloud.” Adding to what amounts to be an exciting lineup of […]
With SAP, failure is not an option . . . often times its the only option!
September 20, 2010
What does a bankrupt drug store chain, a County in Washington and an IT integrator have in common? All have collectively lost tens of millions of dollars through failed SAP initiatives. The following is a white paper that was originally released in early 2008 and examines the myriad of challenges experienced by government organizations in […]
A Big Brother with HP, IBM and Oracle Senior Executives?
September 17, 2010
Dear CBS, have I got a great idea for your next Big Brother run . . . execs from HP, IBM and Oracle will bring double crosses, feigned alliances and even a sex scandal to the show. Call me! Related Posts: September 17th, 2010 (Procurement Insights): Drinking the HP Kool-Aid September 17th, 2010 (Procurement Insights): […]
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Drinking the HP Kool-Aid
September 17, 2010
ianlevine98 – There is another way to look at this, that HP is only competitor that none of these companies can go head to head with and they are just admitting that working together is the only way they stand a chance to avoid getting run over the by HP train bearing down the tracks […]
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The reported detente between Oracle and IBM underlines the true silliness of the industry and suggests a possible Big Brother series!
September 17, 2010
It never ceases to amaze me how ridiculously solipsistic the industry giants can be as they continue to operate in a vacuum of perceived invincibility. Like Hitler in his bunker in the waning days of World War II, the leaders of these organizations continue to plot “market domination” strategies that fail to take into account […]
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Coupa’s Latest “Cloud” Innovations Brings Back Memories of the Late 90s
September 16, 2010
I can remember the first time we attempted to use the geographic polling capability of what at the time was referred to as the Interactive Parts Ordering System or “IPOS” in a production environment. The concept was fairly simple although advanced for the time whereby a buyer would plug in the MRO part number that […]
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Defense Secretary Gates Calls for Procurement Reform…and He Puts Competitive Bidding at the Forefront of the Pentagon’s New Priorities
September 15, 2010
The following excerpt has been reprinted electronically with permission from the the Reverse Auction Research Center Blog. Use the following link to access the post in its entirety: Procurement Reform. Big news out of the Pentagon has Robert Gates, The Secretary of Defense, has issued a new report calling for big changes – fundamental changes […]
Roundtable on Outsourcing and Security in the Cloud just one highlight for eWorld 2010
September 10, 2010
The PI Window on Business Show is launching a busy Fall schedule which includes our 200th Episode Anniversary Special and Live Event Feeds from both London and Stockholm. For those who did not have the opportunity to tune in to the broadcast, here is the link to our 100th Episode Special . The Live Event […]
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Starbucks Blended Coffee and Seinfeld’s Muffin Stumps
September 23, 2010
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I am sure that we all remember the Seinfeld episode in which “Rebecca De Mornay” storms in on Elaine and her former Pendant Publishing Boss Mr. Lippman, who has just opened a bakery named ‘Top of the muffin to you!’ that sells only the tops of muffins. Ms. De Mornay who heads up a homeless […]