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Fri, Nov 20, 2009 12:21 EST
Information Wants to Be Free, But at What Cost?
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Posted by: Thomas Wailgum in News Topic: ApplicationsBlog: Enterprise Software Unplugged
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Everyone has heard the quote: "Information wants to be free." Ever since Stewart Brand uttered it in 1984 at the first Hackers' Conference, this quote has been a rallying cry for those who
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Leo's Letter to Larry: SAP 'Olive Branch' to Oracle Turns into a PR Nightmare
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Posted by: Thomas Wailgum in News Topic: ApplicationsBlog: Enterprise Software Unplugged
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File this under high-tech PR nightmares: Oracle is facing protracted European antitrust review proceedings over its Sun Microsystems purchase. At issue: The future of the Java programming language
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iPhone & ERP Go Together Like PB & Jelly
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Posted by: Thomas Wailgum in News Topic: ApplicationsBlog: Enterprise Software Unplugged
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I know what you're thinking: Puh-lease, Tom. iPhones are very cool, and it's great for me, personally, and we do let some of our employees get their corporate e-mail over their iPhone. But giving
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IT Management Lessons from Bernie Madoff
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Posted by: Thomas Wailgum in News Topic: ApplicationsBlog: Enterprise Software Unplugged
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Bernie Madoff was a lot of things to a lot of people—a once-trusted financial advisor, a man who always beat The Street, and, as it turned out, a felonious con-man who caused thousands of his
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Millennials + Enterprise Software: Doomed to Fail
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Posted by: Thomas Wailgum in News Topic: ApplicationsBlog: Enterprise Software Unplugged
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We can talk on and on about enterprise software ROI, TCO, upgrades, integration, delivery models, SaaS vs. on-premise, maintenance fees, but we tend to forget about usability. As in, are the
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Magic Quadrant Lawsuit: Would You Jump Off a Bridge If Gartner Says So?
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Posted by: Thomas Wailgum in News Topic: ApplicationsBlog: Enterprise Software Unplugged
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When I was little, my parents would give me a dose of the straight talk when they felt I was listening to too much of one friend's youthful advice, or going along too easily with the peer pressure
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Oracle vs. SAP: Like Mac vs. PC, Without the Funny Ads
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Posted by: Thomas Wailgum in News Topic: ApplicationsBlog: Enterprise Software Unplugged
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As a buyer of enterprise software, what do you really want from your vendor's leadership? I've asked and explored this question before, in various ways and formats during the years at CIO. After
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