Blogologue
I’m reminding you of this because it appears that there are still some vendors out there that would have you believe it’s e-Sourcing or e-Procurement, or some fractured combination of both - because that’s what they have and they want all of your business.e-Procurement and e-Sourcing are not the same thing. They’re too halves [...]
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Those of you who read the On-Demand / Software as a Service Application Platforms wiki-paper, already have fifteen (15) great reasons to go SaaS, which include: Pay As You Go Instant Deployment Single Instance Economies of Scale Provider Handles Administration, Maintenance, [...]
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the doctor recently came across an article in The Negotiator Magazine titled Emotion in Negotiation that had some good advice on incorporating emotional awareness into negotiations, as long as you don’t take it too far, especially when you’re the buyer and the purchase under consideration is a technology solution. The article suggests that because emotion [...]
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Late last fall in the doctor wonders why the elephants in the room are often so hard to see and the doctor exposes the elephants in the room I exposed the elephants in the room that were hiding behind the blinds, couch, lamp, and projection screen. But this is a very big room - [...]
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the doctor recently stumbled on an article titled Globalization - Risk and Opportunity for Mid-Sized Distributors, and was quite disappointed. Even though the article suggests that there are lots of opportunities for mid-sized distributors who are flexible, transparent, collaborative, and customer-focussed, it asks more questions than it gives answers. This leaves one the [...]
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The One System Solution Is Still a Pipe Dream! And no vendor is going to get all of the pieces right no matter how big they are or how many resources they have. I bring this up because, in talking to a number of smaller, innovative, vendors lately the number one reason that they’re [...]
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As I said yesterday, everywhere you look, someone is summarizing the best of 2007 or making their predictions about the forthcoming year on a technology-by-technology or vendor-by-vendor basis. However, since the nature of futurism is that it’s virtually impossible to get the micro-level details correct, I’m instead asking the Magic 8-Ball what’s in store [...]
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Everywhere you look, someone is summarizing the best of 2007 or making their predictions about the forthcoming year on a technology-by-technology or vendor-by-vendor basis. However, since the nature of futurism is that it’s virtually impossible to get the micro-level details correct, I’ll instead ask the Magic 8-Ball what’s in store for a bakers dozen [...]
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The unnaturally observant will notice that this is the 666th post. Knowing that the majority of readers of this blog are from North America or the UK, that the predominant religion in these parts of the world is Christian, and that many Christians associate 666 with the number of the beast, I feel that [...]
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I know that you’re still without your evening monologues, and as defacto members of the larger Colbert Nation, I know that you’re finding it tough, but it is that time of year where even pundits take a break for the holiday season. Furthermore, with the 12 Days of X-emplification starting tomorrow, you’ll still be [...]
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