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  • Import.io Ends the Scourge of Data Scraping

    July 25, 2013

    Business
    Application programming interface, Data model, Data Warehousing, Databases, hewlett packard, Io, Web browser, World Wide Web
     

    While attending Structure in San Francisco recently I was briefed by import.io about there solution. During the event I probably did a dozen briefings but import.io really stood out to me. What they’re doing is in really fact pretty…

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  • EdgeSpring and the Democratization of Business Intelligence

    May 16, 2013

    Business
    Big data, Business intelligence, Crunchbase, Databases, Equinix, intacct, Netflix, Sales
     

    Making sense from the ever-increasing quantities of raw data available to us is a recurring theme in the companies I speak with. Indeed one of my theses when looking at companies is to search for fabrics that span multiple…

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  • On Organizations’ Real Requirements Around BigData

    December 10, 2012

    Business
    Big data, Business, cloud computing, Data mining, Data Warehousing, Databases, gartner, Vocus
     

    Every time another vendor takes the “big data” moniker and applies it to some legacy system a cat somewhere on the internet dies. Like “cloud” a couple of years ago, big data has become the term de jour –…

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  • Indicee Launches Analytics for Chatter

    August 28, 2012

    Business
    AppExchange, Business intelligence, Databases, Indicee, Salesforce Chatter, Salesforce.com, Social enterprise, yammer
     

    I’ve been using Salesforce Chatter for a few years now, I’ve also used other so-called enterprise social tools – Yammer and Socialcast for instance. While these tools are useful for small teams directly engaged in projects, it has always…

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  • TechCrunch Wrote a Post, Oracle got Pissy. Sigh

    August 13, 2012

    Business
    Blog, Databases, Florian Müller, google, Java, netsuite, oracle, Oracle Corporation, techcrunch
     

    So Alex Williams (a great guy, good friend and awesome cloud pundit) wrote a post a week or two ago entitled “Why The Open Cloud Wins And Oracle Loses When IT Gets Virtualized.” (subtle huh?) Oracle wasn’t overly happy…

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  • On Privacy, and Software Vendor’s Access to Customer Data

    January 27, 2012

    Business
    37signals, Basecamp, cloudcomputing, Customer, Databases
     

    A mini firestorm broke out recently when 37Signals posted about their 2011 growth statistics. As part of the post, 37Signals told the world that the 100 millionth file to be uploaded to their software was the picture of a…

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Papers

The Future of ERP – Moving at the Speed of Change

If we look back a generation, business tended to be static. While it is undeniable that innovation occurred, it tended to at a much slower pace. While Henry Ford’s manufacturing and distribution models certainly marked disruption for the horse and buggy industry, this was a change that took decades.

Channel Strategies for Success in the Cloud Age

Cloud Computing is perhaps one of the biggest shifts in the technology industry in a generation. Alongside the technology shifts involved in Cloud, there is also a significant change in the way technology will be supplied, implemented and delivered going forward. While this shift offers real benefits to consumers in terms of reduced costs and increased agility

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Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator. Ben covers the convergence of business and technology.

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