SME ERP: Netsuite + (eBAY AND AdSense)

Recently, I pointed out that there are 20 Million businesses in the US that don’t have any employee. These include ecommerce businesses that thrive on eBAY and small publishing businesses that leverage Google AdSense. I have also discussed the SaaS trend at length, and covered the NetSuite IPO that is coming. Netsuite has recently done

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Lufthansa to Buy Blog Ads via Washington Post

Via Steve Rubel: “Marketing Vox says that Lufthansa is buying ads on 100 travel blogs, all of them in the WashingtonPost.com’s Sponsored Blogroll program. I continue to think this program is a winner for everyone involved – the bloggers, media and advertisers.” I am talking with both Washington Post and FM right now, trying to

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Skype: Missing a Segment?

I was extremely annoyed by eBay’s Skype acquisition, and the consequent stock price drop that eBAY delivered. Needless to say, I am an eBAY shareholder, a rather restless one at the moment. Now that Skype is inside eBAY, however, I’d really like to see it perform, grow, deliver the grandiose numbers that were projected …

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Eric Jackson’s Yahoo Turnaround Push

I guess I am not the only one rooting for the Yahoo turnaround. Read Eric Jackson’s story here. :: The group’s nine-point plan calls for Terry Semel to be replaced as chairman and chief executive, citing “strategic missteps” that include his failure to acquire Google Inc. in 2002. The plan also faults Semel for loss

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GE’s Big Bet: Water Desalination

By removing salt from seawater, GE’s newest desalination plant in Algiers will supply enough drinking water to serve 25% of the country’s capital population. GE has joined the Algerian Government, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Algerian Energy Company (AEC), in announcing plans to build Hamma Water Desalination SpA (Hamma) – Africa’s largest

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Saas: PLM & the Extended Enterprise

I have written two pieces already, discussing the Extended Enterprise: – SaaS: Webex and the Extended Enterprise – SaaS: CRM and the Extended Enterprise In addition, I wrote CAD / PLM Shuffles, discussing the changes in the Product Lifecycle Management marketplace.

Saas: CRM & the Extended Enterprise

In the recently concluded Philippe Courtot interview, we discussed at length the Extended Enterprise and its challenges from the perspective of Collaboration and Security. I wrote a follow-on piece on how Webex has done an excellent job capitalizing on the Extended Enterprise opportunity. (You can read the Courtot interview here: [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part

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CAD / PLM Shuffles

There have been several changes in the CAD / PLM market in the last year, with UGS being purchased by Siemens for $3.5 Billion, and with Dassault reducing its dependence on IBM Global Services. Both moves are surprising, since I don’t at all, see any synergy between Siemens and UGS, and the IBM-Dassault partnership was

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