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Adobe SAP RedMonk: a nanomonk nanoconference

by James Governor on 07/23/2008 19:41   0 comments ,37 views
Given that I am at an Adobe analyst show today I really need to post this soonest. Better do that right now in fact…   We recently stumbled upon a new microconference format (as opposed to a new microformat conference), when I ran an event intended to encourage cross fertilisation between Adobe and SAP’s respective developer communities. My service level, under the terms of [...]
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Earthquakes, Google Juice and How Content Beats AdWords

by Zoli Erdos on 07/23/2008 18:38   0 comments ,18 views
I often find out what’s happening in the world just be looking at the keyword activity in my blog referral log.  Like today, when I received readers looking for news on the earthquake in Japan.  This is actually sad, I feel bad for people looking for real info and getting “hijacked” - I am clearly [...]
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Google: 99.9% of People Know Nothing Useful

by Charlie Wood on 07/23/2008 17:42   0 comments ,20 views
From the post Knol is open to everyone on the Google Blog: millions of people know useful things and billions more could benefit from that knowledge And here I thought that everyone knew useful things.
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Zimbabwe “Money”

by Jeff Nolan on 07/23/2008 17:39   0 comments ,21 views

I just bought one of these on eBay, and whenever someone asks me about it I’m going to say “100 billion dollars” in a Dr. Evil voice.

addthisurl = 'http%3A%2F%2Fjeffnolan.com%2Fwp%2F2008%2F07%2F23%2Fzimbabwe-money%2F'; addthistitle = 'Zimbabwe+%26%238220%3BMoney%26%238221%3B'; addthis_pub = '';

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LEDs, the Green Option Even if They Are Blue

by Jeff Nolan on 07/23/2008 17:39   0 comments ,27 views

For all the talk about the lowly light bulb being a primary front in the ongoing journey to becoming green, the fact is that there are few good options to replace the incandescent when it comes to light quality, cost, and environmental impact.

I have a few CFLs in the Nolan household but I simply don’t [...]

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$19 Billion Gets You All of It

by Jeff Nolan on 07/23/2008 17:39   0 comments ,18 views

Gets you what? $19 billion is the market capitalization of 10 of the major U.S. newspaper stocks. Put another way, about 1/8th the value of Google.

To be clear, this is not the valuation of the top 10 newspaper companies because Hearst, Tribune, Cox are private and Dow Jones is part of behemoth News Corp, but [...]

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Paper-less Tigers

by Vinnie Mirchandani on 07/23/2008 17:39   0 comments ,18 views
I was impressed to see Dennis Howlett mention in this post he has been paperless for 3 years. I had a manager at Gartner, Dave Taylor who had disciplined himself to electronic documents 10 years ago! I admire such folks....
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The Middle Market Turns Green with Sustainability Envy

by Jason Busch on 07/23/2008 16:12   0 comments ,27 views
By now, many Spend Matters readers are probably familiar with a story of at least one Fortune 500-size company that's taken the green leap. From Wal-Mart to Toyota to P&G to Tesco, it's hard to not read at least one headline each day about a new corp...
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AMR Research's SAP SRM Analysis: Much to Prove

by Jason Busch on 07/23/2008 11:09   0 comments ,46 views
AMR's Mickey North Rizza recently wrote a thorough and excellent brief (registration and membership required) analyzing SAP's current and planned SRM product roadmap (including procurement, sourcing, spend analysis, and contract management, among oth...
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Welcoming a New Sponsor to Spend Matters / Navigator -- Next Level Purchasing

by Jason Busch on 07/23/2008 07:06   0 comments ,35 views
I'm thrilled to announce that Next Level Purchasing has become a sponsor of Spend Matters Navigator and the first learning / education advertiser on Spend Matters. For those who don't know Next Level Purchasing, the organization represents what I bel...
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