The Grand Adventure
This is the kind of event that Sir Richard Branson used to build Virgin into a global enterprise. Yesterday, Jeff Bezos’ company, Blue Origin, beat SpaceX in a sub-race for a re-usable rocket. (The overall race is far from over) This is a fun race to watch, and winners here are the amazing scientists employed […]
I was recently talking with some thought leaders on the subject of increased value to customers as a result of a merger. The general consensus was that mergers are usually great for Wall Street, but maybe not so great for the combined customer base and usually presented problems for the combined company cultures. There was […]
Anyone remember the “diskless workstation” that IBM was marketing in the late-80s and 90s? The business drivers were predominantly associated with cost, as you could skip the disk drives, but security was also a great factor. After all, if someone stole a company’s diskless workstations, all they would get is hardware as no confidential information […]
The Volkswagen brand is in BIG trouble. If Volkswagen doesn’t handle this the right way, the brand will suffer irreparable harm. Could they could suffer a fate as bad as having to withdraw from the US market? I have friends who are religious about their Golf. The brand has die-hard fans, so I don’t think […]
I keep seeing tons of press around Google and what it plans to do with Motorola in terms of Android. I had an epiphany today that the real value of Motorola’s assets to Google is in the IPTV space. It’s a shame they only bought Motorola Mobility. There are really only three “types” of handsets […]
I ran across a blog post recently that pointed out that investors who ask for business plans probably aren’t a good match for funding your company since they probably either don’t understand your business or they don’t know you well enough to invest. My unsubstantiated opinion on business plans for startups is that the investor […]
If you are looking for a good technology platform for your business, it makes good sense to research the open source market in addition to the paid market. Many times, you will find projects that fill a specific niche much better than any paid product. And, many times, you will find a paid support offering […]
Amazon, Apple, the razor and the blade
With the Sun acquisition completed, Oracle has the opportunity to become the “Apple for the Enterprise”. Oh, and they have some nice collaboration and Enterprise 2.0 tools, too.
The frequency of world events might not have changed, but your perception of those events in today’s world might make you think so!