A1S BBD

SAP unveiled the long awaited A1S product today, now dubbed Business ByDesign (BBD, which is actually a pretty good name).

I didn’t go to the event in NYC but a number of bloggers did, furthering the widely held view that SAP continues to understand how to engage bloggers better than any other company in enterprise software, [...]

She’s Geeky

I just know there is a theme song out there for this conference…

She’s Geeky (http://www.shesgeeky.org) A Women’s Tech (un)conferenceOctober 22-23 in Mountain View, CA.

This event is designed to bring together women from a range of technology-focused disciplines who self identify as geeky. Our goal is to support skill exchange and learning between women working in [...]

Be Heard, Vote

Future of Enterprise Software

I wrote a two piece "future" post for Gigaom’s Future of Software series, here’s Part 1. The three themes I picked to best encapsulate the theme are:

SOA infrastructure as a game changer for ISVs
Globalization driving not just product definition but also delivery
Restructuring of [...]

AWS’ Zip Lock Mouth Syndrome

Amazon has a legitimate game changer on their hands and most of the thought leaders I talk with agree, Amazon Web Services should be called Awesome Web Services. In the last 2 days I have talked with 4 completely unrelated companies and at some point in the conversation it comes up "oh yeah, we’re building [...]

Not a Good Car Day

This morning I notice that my tire is low on air, so I swing by a tire shop and the guy pulls the wheel off the car and tells me that my rim is bent, likely from a pothole, and by the way, the front wheel is bent too. Fortunately, they can take the wheels [...]

One Has to Have Goals

"The world’s oldest man celebrated his 112th birthday Tuesday, saying he hoped to live forever."

Crikey, if I’m still around at 112 I think my hope would be to live through next week.

Fear 2.0

I lifted the title for this post from Beth’s Blog because I don’t think anything else could possibly be better… hat tip to Laura Athavale Fitton’s Twitter chatter for the link.

Double Standards in Full Embarrassing View

Why is there conservative and liberal outrage when Erwin Chemerinsky’s offer to become Dean of the UC Irvine Law School is rescinded? The LATimes calling it cowardice:

“Rescinding that action, as the university’s chancellor did Tuesday, is an act of intellectual cowardice and self-destruction that brands the school as a haven for political correctness and threatens [...]

David Tebbutt Joins Open Research Firm

Which brings me on to the latest addition to the Freeform family. Against the above background, we are really chuffed to have one of the most well respected commentators and forward thinkers on the IT industry come to join us – David Tebbutt.

Freeform is lucky to get David, in my interactions [...]

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