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22/08/2007

The next bit of Dave's next thing

Dave Duffield might be one of the pioneers of the applications software market, but he’s not averse to clambering on a successful bandwagon.

07/05/2007

Fighting talk

The battle royal between Oracle and... well, whoever it is this week, has long been one of the guaranteed entertaining aspects of the software industry. We have been through a number of contenders who have stepped up to the mark, only to be swatted away – Ingres, Informix, PeopleSoft and Siebel to name a few. But SAP has always proved a tougher nut to crack. For starters, it’s not so easy to rattle the corporate cage over in Walldorf.

03/04/2007

I predict a riot

Whenever Web 2.0 is mentioned I’m reminded of the gag: “Do you believe in astrology?” Answer: “I don’t even believe in astronomy.”

28/03/2007

Happy talking

There are three main causes of workplace unhappiness. The trick is not to ignore them

22/03/2007

Going through the motions

Companies have embraced the name of service management rather than the spirit of it

18/03/2007

NHS unworkable

One of the NPfIT’s prime contractors has broken silence about the ill-fated project’s progress and future

19/12/2006

Email confidential

The bottom of emails promise dire consequences for those rash enough to break their confidentiality.

11/12/2006

Relinquishing power

Mobile phones have overtaken cars as the most tedious TV ads.

08/12/2006

Tightrope walking

IT managers agonise about how to erect ever stronger barriers to their company’s information resources.

28/11/2006

Accenture bet on Salesforce.com

Systems integrator turns is attention towards SaaS.

17/11/2006

Tipping point ahead

If it’s October, it must be time for Dreamforce, Salesforce.com’s annual user gig and my, how its grown.

15/11/2006

University challenge

The future of science and technology in the UK seems to be entering something of a ‘push-me pull-me’ phase.

11/09/2006

Frontline trolleyology

It started as an idea to explore trolleyology. No, not the US version which judges people from their shopping and is used as a means of matching and dating. Would you go out with someone who only bought ‘value’ products?

Sold down the Yangzi

I really hate that feeling of being let down by someone or something that you thought better of.

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