Like most people, I hate getting old. But the fact that some robotic HR director will never feed me to the Zapoint "Web 2.0 talent management" platform almost makes it worthwhile. According to this ... More >
A recent silicon.com posting says "Analysts Fail Open Source." That reminds me that next up in the queue for me here at IT Business Edge is a review, promised in July 2008 , of how IT ma... More >
I am doing some research on a big contract the British government-associated educational consultancy Becta will be awarding in the fall, some details of which were announced July 7 . The press rele... More >
Back in June there was a flurry of blogopatter about high maintenance fees from enterprise software suppliers. The discussions were tied into SAP announcing that it was folding the TomorrowNow tent a... More >
In the whole six months of Microsoft vs. Yahoo vs. Google, I posted only one opinion. On the day the Microsoft bid was announced , I said I would like to see Ray Ozzie of IBM/Microsoft/Notes and Sco... More >
A summary of my recently completed research into the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) offerings of leading software suppliers and what users think about the subject is available on IT Business E... More >
"The National Federation of the Blind of Arkansas and two blind state employees have agreed to a settlement among themselves, the state of Arkansas, and software provider SAP Public Services, In... More >
There has been all kinds of misdirection and misinformation floating around the blogosphere concerning four- to eight-year old sentences in the Risk Factors section of Microsoft's 2008 10-K. &nbs... More >
In the dog days of August here on Cape Cod, it's harder to find something to write about regarding enterprise software on a daily basis than it is to actually write it. It's summertime and the living... More >

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