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One of the oldest software companies in Europe - if not in the word - purely founded for the purpose of software as a business, is Software AG in Germany. Unlike some older companies, Software AG never dabbled into anything hardware - but only focused on software for its 40+ years in existence.
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Oracle Openworld just finished in San Francisco - and it was the event it promised to be - not big, but mega - in all aspects - size, attendees, number of sessions, steps walked between meetings (I even walked myself some blisters...), number of press releases etc. But let's look at the good and the bad.
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Data may be defined as Personally Indentifiable Information (PII) if it is potentially identifiable. That is, data may count as PII long before it is actually identified (which only seems prudent after all). The uncertainty about identification and the room for interpretation makes some security practitioners anxious. But I like to think the loose definition provides an opportunity for security professionals to actually embrace privacy practice, precisely because, more than ever, privacy management is about uncertainty and risk. After all, security threat and risk is all about making educated guesses about what might happen in future.
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Leading blogger Richard Napier has created a quiz to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Oracle Siebel product.
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Okay okay, Blackberry will not disappear from the face of consumer electronics, but it is facing its Waterloo and being sent to Saint Helena (for you Napoleon history buffs). Blackberry has to hope that going private and being tucked away on a symbolic island away from prying eyes will allow the once mighty company to rediscover itself.
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The finalists for the ADMA Young Marketer and Young Creative of the Year have been announced, celebrating and showcasing the work of the Australians under the age of 30. It’s hotly contested, with winners flying to New York City in 2014 on an all-expenses paid trip to meet with leading marketers, creatives and agencies including Google Creative lab, OgilvyOne Worldwide and Anomaly.
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If you're involved with enterprise software, you need to pay attention to what Workday is doing--even if you're not interested in HR or financial systems. Because Workday is one of the best examples of how enterprise applications can and should be delivered in the cloud. The differences between Workday's practices and the approach of traditional enterprise software vendors are striking. There are several points of contrast, but in this post I'd like to focus on how Workday delivers software upgrades and some new twists in how it does this.
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Oracle's massive OpenWorld conference kicked off the other day - opening with the traditional Larry Ellison keynote - and a partner keynote - this time Fujitsu talking about the goods of their M10 system.
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A week and a bit after Apple released the iPhone 5S with its much vaunted "TouchID" biometric, the fingerprint detector has been subverted by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). So what are we to make of this?
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Let’s be frank. The past five years at Oracle Open World have disappointed even the faithful. The over emphasis on hardware marketing and revisionist history on cloud adoption bored audiences. The $1M paid advertorial keynotes had people walking out on the presenters 15 minutes into the speech. Larry Ellison’s insistence on re-educating the crowd on his points subsumed the announcements on Fusion apps. Even the cab drivers found the audience tired, the show even more tiring.
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Different Strategies for Moving Ahead with Siebel Implementations and Methods to Assess Your CareerDownload the report snapshotOracle Siebel is a mature application showing signs of both robustness and age. With Oracle sending mixed messages about the product’s future, this market overview helps current customers determine where they stand with Siebel and the different directions in which they can take their implementation. The report also includes a section with career advice for people with Siebel skills. The intent of this paper is to provide readers with both objective and subjective methods of evaluating the information they receive so they can make the right decision for their business and influence the direction of their careers.
I had the opportunity to attend Twiliocon this week, and what I saw there convinced me that the way organizations reach out and communicate with their customers or constituents has changed forever.
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While it was in June that Oracle surprised the ecosystem with the surprising partnerships with Microsoft, NetSuite and Salesforce.com. It was today Salesforce.com and Workday's time to announce a strategic partnership. Of course it was mere coincidence that the announcement fell on the same day as Oracle’s Q1 FY 2014 earnings announcements and equally happens 2 workdays before Oracle Openworld starts. Hony soit qui mal
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The state of Siebel in 2013 J. Bruce Daley discusses options for your siebel implementation, how to evaluate your stance with siebel, & steps you can take with your siebel career. Download slides.
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"Where Do You Stand with Siebel" webinar recording, slides, and Siebel implementation evaluation survey now available.
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I can still remember the first time I heard about this little startup called Box.net who decided to play David to Microsoft's SharePoint Goliath by providing a simple web based file sharing service. Fast forward a few years and not only has that startup renamed themselves to Box.com, but they have evolved far beyond their "file manager in the cloud" roots to become a powerful content centric platform that straddles (and blurs) the lines between file-sharing, enterprise content management, collaboration and more.
Today in front of approximately 3000 people at their 3rd annual BoxWorks conference in San Francisco, Box made several important announcements:
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With one of the largest - if not the largest - user conference dawning on us in the less than a week - Oracle OpenWorld - starting September 22nd in Moscone Center in San Francisco, I thought it would be good to get the topics sorted that we all would like to know more when returning from the event.
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When I first started blogging I voraciously read Darren Rowse’s Problogger website. It seemed like every conceivable issue I was facing had already been tackled and fixed by Darren. Similarly, I followed Yaro Starak’s advice, thinking I’d tread the entrepreneurial path. And when it came to marketing, I’d look to Olivier Blanchard’s insightful Brand Builder blog.But I wasn’t really looking for a “how to guide” – I was seeking to learn the ropes. To understand the ways of this new, digital world.
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During the last election, I was constantly amazed by the way that politicians of all persuasions bored us to death with FACTS. It was as if they were following a mantra which was to wheel out fact after fact as though they would eventually convince us through the weight of their overburdened arguments alone.
We would hear about HOW many jobs had been created. Or HOW much debt had been accumulated. But hardly, if ever, would anyone dive below the facts to discover anything deeper. Once upon a time, journalists would have done the hard work of contextualising the facts – connecting the dots, explaining the WHYs and WHEREFOREs – and otherwise telling the story that the facts alone never reveal.
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Constellation Research to Hold Webinar on Where You Stand with Siebel September 18, 2013
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The past decade has seen a dramatic expansion of countries legislating data protection laws in response to citizens’ insistence that their privacy is as precious as ever. Consumerized cryptography promises absolute secrecy. Privacy has long stood in opposition to the march of invasive technology: it is the classical immovable object met by an irresistible force.
So how robust is privacy? And will the latest technological revolution finally change privacy forever?
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The Workday Rising conference has concluded and - fair to say - it was a very good event for Workday. There is something naturally exhilarating for customers, partners and vendor when their is significant growth - everything gets bigger and better including a user conference like Rising. And customer and partners are invigorated to see more companies being on board, doing the same as them.
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With this mornings announcement of SAP announcing it's intention to acquire San Francisco based analytics vendor KXEN, we may be witnessing the beginning of the fall season of acquisitions by the usual suspects.
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Not much I can add, just read this tweet. The brain receives about 40,000,000 pieces of information every second – Only 40 of those are actually consciously processed. — UberFacts (@UberFacts) September 10, 2013
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