tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-140498 2012-05-27T12:31:00-04:00 Vinnie Mirchandani on disruptive trends and economics in technology TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016305501afd970d 2012-05-27T12:31:00-04:00 2012-05-07T12:36:02-04:00

on the innovation blog Nokia in the Valley The Internet Minute Foods your grandma would not recognize Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm VPNs and Repressive Regimes

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016305501424970d 2012-05-23T12:25:00-04:00 2012-05-07T12:35:27-04:00

on the New Florence blog Technology and the SuperShuttle “Productivity”apps Silicon Berlin Lowes: The “Inception” store? The Innocence Project Amazon Prime keeps evolving

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168ebb3b9f4970c 2012-05-23T10:09:00-04:00 2012-05-22T23:22:12-04:00

I had a fascinating briefing with Scott Schenker, VP of Global Events last week as he walked me through some of the elaborate planning that goes into a massive event like SapphireNow. He talked nuances like “optimizing the linear frontage...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016305bdd162970d 2012-05-22T21:09:39-04:00 2012-05-22T21:09:39-04:00

A decade or so ago, Larry Ellison called companies like Ariba “single features”. Ariba has certainly grown into a “fat’ feature, but it is still a partial process player – provides portions of the source to pay cycle, and mostly...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016766af6274970b 2012-05-22T14:55:15-04:00 2012-05-22T14:55:15-04:00

Blogworld is abuzz with this (leaked?) internal email from Lars Dalgaard, SAP’s cloud czar (@LarsLuv). First of all – kudos. He probably saved SAP 7 figures not having McKinsey or Gartner Consulting do a SWOT analysis of SAP in the...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168ebac0249970c 2012-05-21T23:42:08-04:00 2012-05-21T23:42:08-04:00

At SuiteWorld last week, there was plenty of excitement about NetSuite’s successes in two market segments – subs of large multi-nationals (“two-tier” implementations) and fast-growing/recently public companies like Groupon and Splunk. You can slice its momentum by verticals or geography,...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168eba2b24a970c 2012-05-20T15:15:34-04:00 2012-05-21T00:27:49-04:00

I came home from my travel this week to a nice package. It was a copy of my new book signed by many of the folks I presented the book’s themes to at Stanford a few weeks ago. What a...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201676643d37a970b 2012-05-20T12:23:00-04:00 2012-05-07T12:34:54-04:00

on the innovation blog Dow Chemical’s wide range of innovations The new normal India’s Redbus Asteroid Mining Lufthansa’s new 747-8 Churchill Downs and Technology

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016766961702970b 2012-05-18T13:02:47-04:00 2012-05-18T13:02:47-04:00

“Not who you are, John” Last week when George Clooney hosted President Obama at a swanky Hollywood gathering, I curiously went back to the section in Walter Isaacson’s book where Steve Jobs helped the legendary VC, John Doerr with his...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168eb45f72c970c 2012-05-16T12:17:00-04:00 2012-05-07T12:33:40-04:00

on the innovation blog The Bionic Foot Ultrabook beauties Denver: a non-stop museum Delta Airlines to buy an oil refinery The Internet is a right, not a privilege The Third Industrial Revolution

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168eb87b1c5970c 2012-05-15T21:44:50-04:00 2012-05-15T21:44:50-04:00

Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite, in his keynote this morning at SuiteWorld welcomed SAP as a customer. SuccessFactors is a NetSuite customer, ergo with the SAP acquisition, he is right. Meanwhile, 2444 miles away (actually 2521 on my Virgin America...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201676677933a970b 2012-05-14T01:40:00-04:00 2012-05-13T14:02:09-04:00

“Is it just us, or does the outsourcing sector evolve much slower than other tech sectors?” asked a client recently. “Yes and No” I replied. “Many companies sign multi-year contracts, then renew with incumbents so there is a definite feel...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016766434993970b 2012-05-13T11:24:00-04:00 2012-05-07T12:33:05-04:00

On the New Florence blog Fortune’s Greatest Entrepreneurs of our time Technology and the TSA The neuroscience of Bob Dylan’s genius Lady Serendipity Green Colleges The multi-talented restaurant POS

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016305733d30970d 2012-05-10T14:13:06-04:00 2012-05-10T14:15:02-04:00

Gavin Davidson of NetSuite summarizes a major contrast I will see between SapphireNow in Orlando on Monday and SuiteWorld in San Francisco on Tuesday. "Normally when you attend a user conference hosted by a major ERP vendor, it’s quite a...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016305712409970d 2012-05-10T10:23:48-04:00 2012-05-10T10:23:48-04:00

I scour plenty of reading material as I look for 500+ innovation posts a year for the New Florence blog. This week, I was struck by the technology richness in two unexpected sources – Fortune and The New Yorker. Ok,...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168eb457180970c 2012-05-10T01:20:00-04:00 2012-05-07T12:32:28-04:00

on the innovation blog BAM: Baseball Advanced Media The Titanic and technology Street Pothole App Top 25 Technology Books Ecofurbished Electronics A hotel in the heart of VC country

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168eb51cc0d970c 2012-05-08T13:06:04-04:00 2012-05-08T13:06:04-04:00

A journalist called me a few weeks ago about a vendor we all know. He was puzzled why this vendor's marketing kept talking about their cool new projects – when his research showed him it was a small part of...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168eb456c75970c 2012-05-07T12:09:57-04:00 2012-05-07T12:09:57-04:00

on the innovation blog A Pharmacy – in your abdomen Next-gen warship The TechStars Accelerator Southwest’s new “Evolve” interior The “Laugh” Scientist The fastest growing – and dying - industries

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201676642cad8970b 2012-05-07T10:31:57-04:00 2012-05-07T10:42:46-04:00

I picked up Time and BusinessWeek in the mailbox yesterday and they both had unflattering China covers with words like lies and corruption. With our elections and their leadership transition coming up, Chen Guangcheng and Bo Xilai will be household...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20163052413ee970d 2012-05-03T21:23:45-04:00 2012-05-03T21:23:45-04:00

My friend and fellow EI Ross Mayfield has had a week which calls for multiple press releases. The company he co-founded, Socialtext has gained a strategic investment by Bedford Funding ($1.4B PE firm) and will integrate with Peoplefluent. The company...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201676606da1a970b 2012-05-02T14:15:18-04:00 2012-05-02T14:15:18-04:00

I read a fascinating article in New Scientist (sub required) which cites several academic projects to profile us based on social network data. These include: a) Work by Lars Backstrom, a researcher at Facebook, showed he could locate 2/3rd of...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168ea2233d8970c 2012-05-02T08:30:00-04:00 2012-04-14T20:37:32-04:00

On the New Florence blog The Silicon Valley airline? The FedEx EV Trial Mobile First? Reverse Innovation Inside Amazon’s Idea Machine

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016304fa101b970d 2012-04-30T11:02:14-04:00 2012-04-30T12:46:55-04:00

so said Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor in one of his talks at his company event last week. Darn, I should have had the quote in my new book. I describe the trend as “the enterprising of consumer tech”. The...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016304d92def970d 2012-04-30T00:07:00-04:00 2012-04-28T14:36:24-04:00

…Or fresh treats… The New Florence blog is benefitting from such a crop of innovation, it is already up to 205 posts this year. At that rate, it will have more posts for the year than all the posts in...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168eaef2217970c 2012-04-29T10:04:00-04:00 2012-04-30T15:57:56-04:00

I have been increasingly exasperated by the lack of wi-fi on most Southwest flights – either equipment not installed or their satellite based service (as different from the GoGo air-to-ground on other airlines) is spotty. To make up for that...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168ea222c52970c 2012-04-29T08:24:00-04:00 2012-04-14T20:36:02-04:00

on the innovation blog The Marvelous Marlins stadium Walmart’s Movie iCloud Match type offering The smart Rice Cooker The Scootercase John Lewis innovates home deliveries

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016304cb91df970d 2012-04-26T09:20:42-04:00 2012-04-26T09:20:42-04:00

Both in the panel I was part of at Inforum this week in Denver and in this guest column for InformationWeek, I highlight that consumerization is actually a major revenue opportunity for most companies. But to get there will need...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016765b9fd6b970b 2012-04-26T00:56:12-04:00 2012-04-26T00:56:12-04:00

Bill Starke’s sculpture in the lobby of the Hyatt in Denver I stayed at this week is a good metaphor for the changing enterprise software industry. In general, everyone treats SAP and Oracle as the pursued, and SaaS vendors as...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201676520bc3c970b 2012-04-25T08:19:00-04:00 2012-04-14T20:35:06-04:00

on the innovation blog He said, she said The Queen in 1952 and 2012 Google’s Easter Eggs The feature which launched a thousand projects A Financial Services app store

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201676520bae5970b 2012-04-22T08:18:00-04:00 2012-04-14T20:33:55-04:00

On the New Florence blog 21st Century Cocktails Epcot Flower and Garden show Cupcake ATM The Forgetting Pill Revolutionizing Solar Panel production

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20163049020da970d 2012-04-21T19:54:42-04:00 2012-04-21T19:54:42-04:00

Offer for my blog readers - buy a copy of my new book, The New Technology Elite, and I will mail you copy of my last book, The New Polymath, a $ 39 list value. Email your proof of purchase...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168ea82ef51970c 2012-04-21T14:24:08-04:00 2012-04-21T14:24:08-04:00

Dean Homer Erekson at my alma mater, The Neeley Business School, asked several alums to contribute to a collection titled Major Moments for its 75th anniversary. I was honored to be invited and contributed below – I wrote it last...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168ea7660d5970c 2012-04-20T13:36:10-04:00 2012-04-20T13:39:05-04:00

Ian “Fresh” Burns of the Oracle Racing Design team did an exhilarating talk over dinner at the Oracle analyst event this week. It was about the long, storied history of America’s Cup going back to Queen Victoria (with slides on...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201676520b94c970b 2012-04-18T08:16:00-04:00 2012-04-14T20:32:20-04:00

On the innovation blog Google I/O: The New Benchmarks Really Big Data at the NSA Crowdsourced Maps Longest flights Unilever and other sustainability leaders

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168ea300a38970c 2012-04-15T23:43:06-04:00 2012-04-15T23:43:06-04:00

Thanks to Charles Dickens, one of the enduring images of the French Revolution is that of the ladies who sat around knitting between the public executions at the Guillotine. Over the last few years, I have been struck by how...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20163042a6a26970d 2012-04-15T04:03:00-04:00 2012-04-14T18:38:48-04:00

It was early in 2010. I was finishing up research for The New Polymath. I had a generous page in the manuscript on Hasso Plattner’s in-memory vision. An SAP employee reviewed an early draft and encouraged me to reach out...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e9805008970c 2012-04-14T19:13:00-04:00 2012-04-01T00:14:05-04:00

on the innovation blog Consumer Reports Top Auto Picks 2012 What would you do with the 1 GBPS web? CNN Audio Tech The Richat structure from the ISS Over a century of tech according to GE annual reports

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016764fe19ff970b 2012-04-12T14:30:56-04:00 2012-04-12T14:30:56-04:00

We all go to way too many industry events that are product centric – launches, demos, speeds and feeds etc. So it is nice to go to events that focus on trends, strategies etc. It’s one reason I look forward...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e9f7284c970c 2012-04-11T22:43:39-04:00 2012-04-11T22:43:39-04:00

The DOJ is suing Apple and several book publishers over e-Book pricing. In a word, I am ambivalent. In my new book, I have a whole chapter on business model innovation facilitated by technology. Here is an extract: It was...

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016764f1dcca970b 2012-04-11T14:35:34-04:00 2012-04-11T14:35:34-04:00

The contrast is striking. In a week, when Facebook’s $ 1 billion acquisition of Instagram showed mobile apps are the new path to get closer to the consumer/enduser, SAP announced it wanted to go the other direction - deeper into...