United States Presidents are some of the most amazing men (and someday women!) in history. Reading their personal letters helps give insight into their minds. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, Mental Floss's list is a must-see. Here's one example, a letter by a 10-year-old JFK A Plea for a raiseBy Jack Kennedy Dedicated to myMr. J. P. Kennedy Chapter I My recent allowance is 40¢. This I used for areoplanes and other playthings of childhood but now I am a scout and I put away my childish things. Before I would spend 20¢ of my ¢.40 allowance and in five minutes I would have…
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10 Hot Export Markets for Small Businesses
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Paul Graham: Why Y Combinator Replaces The Traditional Corporation
Fast Company22 Feb 2012 | 11:35 amIf Y Combinator is the next PayPal Mafia, then Paul Graham is Silicon Valley's godfather. Graham is the cofounder of Y Combinator, the investment firm that plugs seed money ($18,000 on average) into early stage startups in exchange for mentorship and access to its ever-growing network of alumni. It's the latter benefit that's truly made Y Combinator a Valley powerhouse--YC's vast network of influential entrepreneurs that includes breakout Valley stars such as the founders of Dropbox and Airbnb. (We attempted to capture this network on our list of the Most Innovative Companies in Business with… -
Tencent CTO: Facebook Took a Page From Our Biz Model
TechCrunch22 Feb 2012 | 11:32 pmEditor’s note: Guest author Gang Lu is the editor of TechNode, a bilingual blog based in China. As Facebook’s imminent IPO became the talk of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, you might have read from the social networking site’s SEC S-1 filing that it pulled in more than $1 billion in profit on revenue of $3.71 billion last year. What Facebook’s prospectus will not tell you, is that the social giant has taken a page from Tencent’s business model, at least according to the Chinese Internet giant’s CTO. Xiong Minghua, Tencent’s CTO, said in a speech at the ChinaBang Awards…
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10 amazing presidential letters
22 Feb 2012 | 11:33 pmUnited States Presidents are some of the most amazing men (and someday women!) in history. Reading their personal letters helps give insight into their minds. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, Mental Floss's list is a must-see. Here's one example, a letter by a 10-year-old JFK A Plea for a raiseBy Jack Kennedy Dedicated to myMr. J. P. Kennedy Chapter I My recent allowance is 40¢. This I used for areoplanes and other playthings of childhood but now I am a scout and I put away my childish things. Before I would spend 20¢ of my ¢.40 allowance and in five minutes I would have… -
Phrases that signal BS or authenticity
22 Feb 2012 | 11:24 pmCEOs who are perceived as inauthentic are also seen as bad, incapable leaders, according to Marketing Profs. So how can you avoid inauthenticity? Watch out for five key phrases. Here are two phrases often perceived as inauthentic: "This deal is a win-win." Bloggers commented that few business deals, if any, are really a win-win—particularly in the current economic climate. "Thinking/working/planning outside the box." That phrase is viewed as classic corporate-speak, according to the interviewed bloggers. Full story at Marketing Profs. Top careers news. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink |… -
Nifty social media ideas to learn from [video]
22 Feb 2012 | 11:21 pmSome social media campaigns are so nifty that there's plenty to glean from them. Open Forum offers a few examples, such as: GranataPet's Foursquare-Enabled Billboard Pet food brand GranataPet earned worldwide attention last year for its billboard in Agenta, Germany. This wasn't just any billboard, though. It was rigged so that if a consumer checked in on Foursquare, the billboard would dispense some of the company's dog food. Someone from Granata's ad agency filmed the billboard in action, and the video now has more than 50,000 views on YouTube (in various iterations). What you can learn from… -
How to increase your business with LinkedIn
22 Feb 2012 | 11:16 pmMost think that LinkedIn is soley useful for individuals. However, there's also a place for businesses on the professional networking site. Smart Brief article offers a few suggestions for optimizing your business's LinkedIn. For example: Use LinkedIn’s tools to their full advantage Write a snappy headline and use the 120 available characters to describe what you do in an attention-grabbing way, Ruff says. Also, be sure to use all 2,000 characters allotted in the summary space under your bio. Compose an elevator pitch that tells prospects who you are and how you can help them. Then end… -
11 early indications that your startup may be in trouble
22 Feb 2012 | 11:02 pmIf your startup has to go the way of the dinosaurs, wouldn't you want to know as soon as possible? Startup Smart gives eleven early warning signs that your startup might be failing. Here are two examples: Increases in fixed costs without an increase in revenues Fixed costs have a direct impact on your profitability. If you increase your fixed costs these need to be linked to revenue and profit expectations. You also need sufficient capital or funding to cover these costs if increases are needed to facilitate growth. Funding your business with debt rather than equity finance If your business…
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DataLocker Aims to Allow Personal Cloud at Work
22 Feb 2012 | 4:40 pmAppSense Labs today released a new product aimed at making free-wheeling consumer cloud practices such as synching of mobile devices more acceptable at work. But while Dropbox is popular and DataLocker is welcome for encypting mobile data, the bigger question facing IT soon will be what to do about iCloud on Macs and SkyDrive on Windows 8. -
Alleged Accomplice of Accused Cable-Modem Hacker Testifies Against Him
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After Oracle Lawsuit, HP's Itanium Sales Take a Hit
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Ex-Apple Man Streams Flash Onto the iPad
22 Feb 2012 | 4:13 pmOn Wednesday, OnLive unveiled a new version of OnLive Desktop -- a iPad application that lets users access a virtual Windows desktop and Windows applications housed on servers in the proverbial cloud -- and this new version includes a browser equipped with Adobe Flash. Famously, Apple doesn't allow the Flash player to run locally on the iPad, but OnLive is offering a way around the restriction.
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10 Hot Export Markets for Small Businesses
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Twitter 101: How to Join the Conversation (Video)
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Seven Ways to Keep Angry Customers (Like Me) Happy
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10 Little Known Social Media Tools You Should Be Using -- Now
21 Feb 2012 | 9:00 amWant to take your social media campaigns to the next level? These tools can help you get there.
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Paul Graham: Why Y Combinator Replaces The Traditional Corporation
22 Feb 2012 | 11:35 amIf Y Combinator is the next PayPal Mafia, then Paul Graham is Silicon Valley's godfather. Graham is the cofounder of Y Combinator, the investment firm that plugs seed money ($18,000 on average) into early stage startups in exchange for mentorship and access to its ever-growing network of alumni. It's the latter benefit that's truly made Y Combinator a Valley powerhouse--YC's vast network of influential entrepreneurs that includes breakout Valley stars such as the founders of Dropbox and Airbnb. (We attempted to capture this network on our list of the Most Innovative Companies in Business with… -
Follow-Up: Google's Goggles Come Into Focus
22 Feb 2012 | 10:09 amGoogle's working on a new device, a pair of augmented reality glasses that've been all but confirmed by the New York Times. We looked at this idea a couple months back--now here's what's new.The New York Times isn't messing around with today's headline: "Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses By Year's End." Nick Bilton's convinced enough by info from his sources to really go for it. And the article's original pre-publish headline even borrows a little sci-fi iconography to spice things up: "Google to Sell Terminator-style Glasses..."That's more or less what we said back in December when we… -
How To Pitch A Startup In Three Minutes
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Brands Get Physical To Build Trust
22 Feb 2012 | 7:47 amFrom handshakes to hardware, intimate signals constantly affect us in life. As the world becomes increasingly digital, we are losing many sensory signals that once moved us. Here's what can companies do to reclaim these touching moments.I’m sure you’ve had the experience of reaching out to shake someone’s hand, only to be surprised by a palm so limp that it feels more like a dead fish than a warm welcome. What was your immediate impression of the person? How, then, did you reassess them? If you thought it indicative of a weak character, you’re onto something. Some years ago,… -
Google May Sell AR Glasses This Year, New Premium Ads Expected From Facebook, Apple Plans Second Enormous Data Center
22 Feb 2012 | 7:38 amBreaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.UK Govt. Calls For Innovation, Alternatives To GPS. There's a sore need to innovate in the navigation space and create GPS alternatives, a committee has warned. The way things are wired today, fluctuating space weather could easily knock out GPS systems crucial to everyone from the military to financial systems, leaving no back-up plan if such an event took place. --NS--Updated 10:30 a.m. ESTGoogle's Doodle commemorates 155 years since the birth of Heinrich Hertz, the first person to prove the existence of electromagnetic…
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Tencent CTO: Facebook Took a Page From Our Biz Model
22 Feb 2012 | 11:32 pmEditor’s note: Guest author Gang Lu is the editor of TechNode, a bilingual blog based in China. As Facebook’s imminent IPO became the talk of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, you might have read from the social networking site’s SEC S-1 filing that it pulled in more than $1 billion in profit on revenue of $3.71 billion last year. What Facebook’s prospectus will not tell you, is that the social giant has taken a page from Tencent’s business model, at least according to the Chinese Internet giant’s CTO. Xiong Minghua, Tencent’s CTO, said in a speech at the ChinaBang Awards… -
Cloud Security: DataLocker Lets You Encrypt Your Sensitive Dropbox Files For Free
22 Feb 2012 | 9:55 pmWe’re all becoming increasingly reliant on consumer cloud services, as cloud storage providers like Dropbox make it easy to share and store files, folders, images, sync between platforms, and more. They make our lives easier, but because they store an enormous amount of potentially sensitive data, there are some inherent risks. While Dropbox is for personal use, it and services like it are increasingly being used by businesses — another example of the ongoing consumerization of enterprise and IT. It’s also true that most people want their data in their cloud service to be… -
Report: Video Accounts For Half Of All Mobile Traffic; Android Biggest For Mobile Ads
22 Feb 2012 | 9:22 pmMobile video now accounts for half of all mobile traffic; and on some networks, that number is as high as 69 percent — a testament to the rise of smartphones and tablets as the mobile devices of choice for consumers, and their growing interest in using these devices to do a lot more than just make phone calls. The data, from quarterly report on mobile data usage out today from mobile analytics firm Bytemobile, also found that Android is generating more mobile ad volume than iOS devices, and that Google now accounted for 75 percent of ad-generated data across all platforms. Bytemobile… -
Clothes Horse Wants To Solve The Biggest Problem With Online Shopping: Finding Clothes That Fit
22 Feb 2012 | 8:58 pmClothes Horse, a fashion technology company based out of New York, is publicly launching its platform today in an attempt to address one of the biggest challenges facing online shoppers: buying clothes that fit. Through the use of a customizable widget that merchants add to their own websites, Clothes Horse can determine within just 30 seconds how the retailers’ items will fit any customer. The goal is not only to decrease shopping cart abandonment, but also the rate of returns due to ill-fitting clothes. The problem with shopping for clothes online is that customers have gotten… -
The Winners Of This Year’s $100,000 TechFellow Awards Are…
22 Feb 2012 | 8:33 pmTonight, Silicon Valley’s heroes gave competition a rest and joined together at the third annual TechFellow Awards to celebrate the spirit of innovation. An all-star committee of industry moguls carefully considered your nominations of visionaries in the fields of engineering, product design and marketing, general management, and disruptive innovation. They chose 5 leaders per category and awarded them each a $100,000 grant to invest in a startup of their choice. Supported by Founders Fund, TechCrunch, and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the awards ceremony was hosted by Jim…
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10 Free Android Apps You’ll Use Every Day
22 Feb 2012 | 8:56 pm1. Alarm Clock Plus You can start every morning with this alarm clock app. If waking up is tough for you, this app lets you set several alarms, each with its own ring tone. Are you the type that sub-consciously turns your alarm off in your sleep? There's a math feature that makes you solve a simple equation to dismiss it. This way, you know when it's really time to get out of bed. For $.99 more, you can also get the app with no ads.Click here to view this gallery.From the moment you wake up in the morning to the second you close your eyes at night, your smartphone is probably the first and… -
Marketers: What Mobile Users Will and Won’t Put Up With [INFOGRAPHIC]
22 Feb 2012 | 8:29 pmYoung people between the ages of 18 and 24 are even more connected to their mobile devices than you might think. Nine in 10 young adults spend between one and five hours on their mobile devices daily. Nearly one in 10, meanwhile, are on their gadgets between five and ten hours each day. Just under a third would actually like for brands to send them promotions via smarthphone and tablet, but more than half say that it’s “extremely important” to be able to opt out of such come-ons. This is all according to a study by mobile interaction and payment agency mBlox, which… -
Adele Is First To Go Double Platinum on iTunes
22 Feb 2012 | 8:05 pmLike many artists before her, global pop star Adele experienced a post-Grammys album sales boost, selling 730,000 copies of 21 in the past week. Unlike every other artist in history, however, Adele is the first person to sell 2 million copies of one album on iTunes in the U.S. The album, which has been out stateside since Feb. 22 of last year, reached double platinum status on the heels of Adele’s Grammy appearance: She won six awards and performed for the first time since being sidelined by vocal cord hemorrhaging and subsequent microsurgery. SEE ALSO: Adele Finds Her Voice on Twitter… -
Use Online RSVP Tool to Help Your Party Make A Splash
22 Feb 2012 | 7:35 pmThe Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Splash Quick Pitch: Splash offers a simple way for event planners to manage and share events with guests. Genius Idea: Splash users can track RSVPs and post event photos on a customizable event website. Planning the perfect event can be a lot of pressure — ordering the food, booking the talent, picking the decorations and, of course, how to get the guest to the party. Ben Hindman,… -
Samsung Totally Copies Us With Galaxy Note ‘Street Challenge’ [VIDEO]
22 Feb 2012 | 7:07 pmThe Samsung Galaxy Note, a so-called “superphone” that has a massive 5-inch screen, gives quite a first impression. Not only is it huge, but it sports an accessory that has waned in popularity over the last few years: a stylus. Those odd physical qualities are why we took it out to the streets to see what real people thought when they were suddenly confronted with the gargantuan, pen-toting Galaxy Note (you can see our video below). It seems Samsung’s people thought the idea was good enough to do themselves, and they created a “street challenge” for the Galaxy…
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Romney Duels With Santorum in Republican Debate
22 Feb 2012 | 11:37 pmMitt Romney tried to regain his lead in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination, assailing the voting record of Rick Santorum in a fiercely combative exchange. -
Baghdad Car Bombings Kill Dozens
22 Feb 2012 | 11:37 pmAt least 22 people across Iraq’s capital were killed on Thursday in a series of apparently coordinated car bombings and small-arms attacks. -
The Freedom, and Perils, of Living Alone
22 Feb 2012 | 11:34 pmLiving alone means freedom to come and go and space and solitude to recharge. It can also unleash eccentricities. -
Colonoscopy Prevents Death, a Study Affirms
22 Feb 2012 | 11:07 pmAlthough many people have assumed the cancer screening must prevent deaths because it is so often recommended, strong evidence had been lacking. -
Ruling Adds to String in Favor of Same-Sex Couples
22 Feb 2012 | 10:48 pmA federal judge said that the Defense of Marriage Act violated a clause in the Constitution by denying health benefits to a woman’s spouse.
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Kodak, Linsanity, Pinterest, Pirate Bay: Intellectual Property - Bloomberg
22 Feb 2012 | 9:21 pmKodak, Linsanity, Pinterest, Pirate Bay: Intellectual PropertyBloombergThe company claims infringement of inventions related to digital photographs. The complaint at the commission accuses Apple and HTC of using Kodak inventions covered by four patents related to image transmission, including a way for users to share Trade panel to review Kodak's latest infringement claimsRochester Democrat and Chronicleall 5 news articles » -
Unimas scores big in international technology expo - Malaysia Star
22 Feb 2012 | 5:08 pmUnimas scores big in international technology expoMalaysia StarOne of the stars was Unimas Applied and Creative Arts Faculty Assoc Prof Dr Nazlina Shaari's invention called “Eco-Mordant: Utilising Sago Effluent in Natural Dye Process” which won the Very Best Invention and Innovation Award. Her invention showed an -
Ohio health system invites employee inventions - Cincinnati.com
22 Feb 2012 | 1:34 pmOhio health system invites employee inventionsCincinnati.comBy Tim Feran, The Columbus Dispatch COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTW) — The inventions range from a high-tech 3-D joint scanner to a low-tech yet highly sanitary toilet-seat lifter, and the inventors range from a top-flight surgeon to a part-time shuttle-bus -
Ohio health system invites employee inventions - NECN
22 Feb 2012 | 1:06 pmOhio health system invites employee inventionsNECNCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The inventions range from a high-tech 3-D joint scanner to a low-tech yet highly sanitary toilet-seat lifter, and the inventors range from a top-flight surgeon to a part-time shuttle-bus driver. But in the end, the result is the and more » -
InventHelp Client Patents “A.K. Easy Comfort” - Invention Could Help Alleviate ... - Albany Times Union
22 Feb 2012 | 12:44 pmInventHelp Client Patents “A.K. Easy Comfort” - Invention Could Help Alleviate Albany Times UnionInventHelp®, America's largest invention submission company, announces that one of its clients, an inventor from New York, has designed a head/back rest that would provide ergonomic comfort while a user relaxes. This invention is patented.and more »
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MITx prototype course opens for enrollment
12 Feb 2012 | 9:01 pmIn December, MIT announced the launch of an online learning initiative called “MITx.” Starting this week, interested learners can now enroll for free in the initiative’s prototype course — 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics.Students can sign up for the course at mitx.mit.edu. The course will officially begin on March 5 and run through June 8. Modeled after MIT’s 6.002 — an introductory course for undergraduate students in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) — 6.002x will introduce engineering in the context of the lumped circuit abstraction,… -
Cuthbert receives $500,000 Digging into Data grant
10 Feb 2012 | 3:41 amMichael Cuthbert, the Homer A. Burnell Career Development Professor and associate professor of music, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Digging into Data consortium. The grant, given to Cuthbert in concert with an international team of researchers, supports his work using computational techniques to study changes in Western musical style.Cuthbert says he was “ecstatic” when he heard the news. “I've already been working on some parts of the project, and knowing that I will now have the support to complete it is a great boon."He will receive roughly $175,000 specifically for his… -
MIT IDEAS Global Challenge teams innovate around the world during IAP
8 Feb 2012 | 8:22 amOver Independent Activities Period (IAP), dozens of MIT students traveled around the world to develop solutions to critical quality-of-life barriers as part of the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge, a competition that charges MIT students to work with alumni and community resources to invent and innovate around public service. The budding projects will be finalized over the next two months and submitted to a panel of expert judges in early April. Top teams will win up to $10,000 to implement their solutions. The Takachar team visited Nairobi, Kenya, last month to research robust ways to convert… -
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams showcase inventions at White House Science Fair
8 Feb 2012 | 5:32 amOn Tuesday, President Obama hosted the second White House Science Fair celebrating the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. The president announced key steps that his administration and its partners are taking to help more students excel in math and science, and earn degrees in these subjects. At the fair, the President viewed exhibits of student work, ranging from breakthrough research to new inventions, followed by remarks to an audience of students, science educators and business leaders on the importance… -
Education, empowerment and enlightenment through guided disassembly of your broken stuff
7 Feb 2012 | 3:32 amThere’s a lot of broken stuff in the world. A lot of it ends up in landfills prematurely. What’s more, most of us can’t imagine opening up and inspecting a complicated electronic device, much less fixing it.But that was not the case during an Independent Activities Period Saturday in January when about 40 people — grandfathers, granddaughters, parents, children, MIT students, staff, alumni and more — arrived at the Fixit Clinic held at the MIT Edgerton Center. Armed with their no-longer-working stuff — a circa 1989 Sony amplifier with a broken volume knob, a first generation iPod,…
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Mild winter concerns some maple syrup producers - MiamiHerald.com
22 Feb 2012 | 9:01 pmUSA TODAYMild winter concerns some maple syrup producersMiamiHerald.comBut syrup producers say the weather during the six-week season when sap flows matters more than the weather leading up to it. “The mild winter, I'm sure has some effect on the trees and the soil and the microorganisms and so forth, but as long as you Sticky wicket in the sap bizAlbany Times UnionMaple sap flows weeks ahead of schedule due to milder weatherGuelph MercuryEarly start for maple syrup puzzles producersWaterloo Recordall 254 news articles » -
SAP-SucccessFactors roadmap takes shape - SearchDataManagement.com
22 Feb 2012 | 7:05 pmV3.co.ukSAP-SucccessFactors roadmap takes shapeSearchDataManagement.comLess than three months after SAP's announcement it was buying the on-demand human-resources software maker SuccessFactors, the two companies Wednesday provided some initial details on what that combined SAP-SuccessFactors portfolio will look like and SAP and SuccessFactors Accelerate Unified Product DirectionMarketWatch (press release)SAP Lays out Product Direction Post-SuccessFactors DealPCWorldSAP Lays Out Product DirectionCIO IndiaVentureBeat -CRNall 41 news articles » -
MasterCard Targets Cash Sales In Emerging Countries - Wall Street Journal
22 Feb 2012 | 3:03 pmMasterCard Targets Cash Sales In Emerging CountriesWall Street JournalIts first partners are Comviva Technologies Ltd., SAP AG (SAP.XE) subsidiary Sybase 365 and Utiba Mobility Inc., which already offer closed-loop payment services through wireless carriers. Such services are limited today because they don't allow a SAP AG : Sybase 365 and MasterCard Partner to Enhance Mobile Money Services 4-tradersall 40 news articles » -
Newsbyte: SAP Announces Sybase Positioned as A Leader in Industry Analyst ... - Bradenton Herald
22 Feb 2012 | 1:07 pmNewsbyte: SAP Announces Sybase Positioned as A Leader in Industry Analyst Bradenton Herald22, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that Sybase has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse (DW) Database Management System (DBMS) report based on evaluation of Sybase and more » -
Deloitte Receives Four SAP Partner Impact Awards - Bradenton Herald
22 Feb 2012 | 2:35 amChannelBuzz.caDeloitte Receives Four SAP Partner Impact AwardsBradenton Herald21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte has received four 2012 SAP® Partner Impact awards for its outstanding contributions to overall SAP sales and pipeline-generation goals. "We're thrilled to be recognized by SAP," said Craig Hodgetts, principal, SAP channel chiefs plan enterprise, cloud moves with partnersChannelBuzz.caall 9 news articles »
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More Transparency On Cloud Revenue: SAP Realigns Its Income Statement (Webmessage)
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SAP Extends Offer to Acquire SuccessFactors, Inc. and Waives CFIUS Condition
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Oracle to SAP: See you in court. Again.
8 Feb 2012 | 12:45 pmYou could almost hear the collective thud of SAP’s attorneys banging their heads against the wall over Oracle’s decision to ask for a new trial in its intellectual property claims against SAP. Not that it’s any surprise, of course. I’m sure SAP could see it coming. It’s just that SAP would love to close the books on the roughly five-year-old court case. “We are disappointed that Oracle has passed up yet another opportunity to resolve this case,” SAPspokesman James Dever said, putting it mildly. During the trial, Oracle accused SAP and its… -
SAP begins laying out smaller, faster, enhancements to Business Suite
7 Feb 2012 | 1:01 pmAs I wrote last fall, SAP will roll out enhancements to its Business Suite software on a quarterly basis as a way to deliver newer technologies faster, and with less disruption. On Monday, SAP announced the first round of the “incremental updates” it’s going to make available to SAP customers. The changes include, according to SAP: Improved analysis of suppliers’ performance within the SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) application A new marketing user interface (UI) that allows users to interactively compile target groups for marketing campaigns from multiple… -
Are SAP Solution Manager users missing out?
1 Feb 2012 | 12:39 pmMore SAP customers are finally beginning to manage their SAP landscapes with Solution Manager (SolMan) even if it’s for limited scenarios. Roughly 42% of respondents to a recent SearchSAP.com survey are using SolMan as opposed to third-party tools, nearly twice as many as in last year’s survey. Tony De Thomasis, the SAP NetWeaver practice lead at Acclimation, an Australian IT consulting firm, whom I recently spoke with about the Service Desk application within Solution Manager, said he’s also seeing growing adoption of Solution Manager as companies try to rein in the… -
SAP acquires workforce performance software from datango AG
16 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pmToday SAP announced its intention to acquire software and relevant assets from datango AG, provider of workforce performance software that companies can use for ERP training. Datango’s mission is to help “people adopt, use and benefit from the software enterprises invest in to make them more productive.” Datango’s performance suite is currently incorporated into SAP Business ByDesign to assist small and medium businesses with application rollout and education. “The workforce performance tools market has become increasingly strategic and critical to our… -
It’s not easy being green – or is it?
14 Dec 2011 | 11:52 amWhile at the 2011 SAP Influencer Summit yesterday, Scott Bolick, Vice President of Sustainability Solutions, commented “The real battle in sustainability is going to be on the energy side.” I met up with him later in the afternoon to follow up on this (and to discuss the state of the Red Sox, but that’s another story). What makes the energy side the biggest area for sustainability right now? As you can probably tell if you heat your home with oil or drive a car, energy is rising in term of cost - there is quite a bit of volatility in pricing. In fact, Bolick estimates that…
