Microsoft shows off JPEG rival

This article about Microsoft’s new graphics format offers an interesting lesson in the pitfalls of looking backwards to build a technology adoption plan. When I was reading it I immediately thought “will Photoshop support it” and only at the end did I realize that is the wrong question to ask… “will camera phones and Myspace […]

O’Reilly trademarks “Web 2.0″ and sets lawyers on IT@Cork!

Well this pretty much sucks… link via Om O’Reilly trademarks “Web 2.0″ and sets lawyers on IT@Cork! » at Tom Raftery’s I.T. views:

Basically O’Reilly are claiming to have applied for a trademark for the term “Web 2.0″ and therefore IT@Cork can’t use the term for its conference. Apparantly use of the term “Web 2.0″ is a […]

California reds win by a nose in tasting rematch

Totally off topic but I’m reading a book about the original Judgement of Paris, a competition between California and French wines in the 1976, so it was pretty cool to read about the rematch and how California won - again. What is really amazing to think about is how the top placed California wines, and […]

I Like Companies That Say “We Suck”

This is something along the lines of people who like it when people say “I’m sorry”. As for me, I really don’t care what companies say, I care about what they do… just like with people, it’s not that you are sorry about something but rather what are you going to do in the future […]

Venturing into SAP Ventures and the NetWeaver Fund

Given my history with SAP Ventures, I have and will continue to refrain from writing about the Netweaver Fund that SAP launched last week, at least as it relates to SAP Ventures. However, I do wish to point to something that Jason wrote which in my opinion does a very good job of articulating the […]

Light blogging lately

What with SAPPHIRE and a lot of travel I have not been blogging much lately. Looking forward to slowing down later this week and getting some writing done, here’s what I am interested in right now:

AMR Research: SAPPHIRE ’06: My 10 Takeaways

Bruce provides an interesting Top 10 list from last week at SAPPHIRE. I agree that SAPPHIRE was pretty boring from an “inside baseball” perspective, but customers sure seem to like steady and secure.

AMR Research: SAPPHIRE ’06: My 10 Takeaways:

Instead, what we are seeing is the maturation of SAP’s strategy around business process platforms and enterprise […]

Bloggers shaking up analyst industry

Good article in InformationWeek about how a small group of bloggers are attacking the traditional analyst firms. There’s still quite a way to go before bloggers are a threat to the Gartners of the world, but considering that the analyst firms are pretty static in terms of coverage and the amount of output while the […]

Microsoft VC Summit

Ed has a great write up on the Microsoft VC summit from last week.

BeyondVC: Microsoft VC Summit:

For those who care, the sweet spot for Microsoft is to buy a more engineering and technology focused company versus a sales and marketing oriented one. In terms of price, I thought I heard acquisitions in the […]

SAPPHIRE Day 1 thoughts

Our first day with bloggers at SAPPHIRE was a big hit with everyone involved ending the day on a high note. Keep an eye on posts coming out of SAPPHIRE on del.icio.us and technorati, as well as my digital images on Flickr.

What Worked:

1) The bloggers earned respect quickly with our executives coming out of the […]

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