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How communities can fail

Earlier in the week I attended the excellent SOMESSO event. In this 9min 52sec video, Marilyn Pratt, friend and fellow SAP Mentor explains how communities can fail. Her address was in the context of IFRS but it could equally apply to any professional services organization attempting to create a community ...

Fidor Bank: a new kind of community bank

Earlier on the week I mentioned I'd spoken with Matthias Kroner, CEO of Fidor Bank. Here is a video of his presentation. In it he questions the classical model of risk averse, product led banks. He offers an alternative view that positions the bank as open as in open source, ...

PwC off the hook over Satyam? Not so fast!

When I read this article while hanging around in Madrid airport people must have thought I was nuts when I yelled: 'WTF?' Here's what happened: Earlier on Wednesday, the Delhi-based franchise of PwC had approached the Delhi high court seeking quashing of proceedings initiated against it by the government in the ...

The new bank

Earlier today I had the privilege of meeting Matthias Kroner, CEO and founder of Fidor Bank at the SOMESSO event in Zurich. As @hubculture suggested: 'is fidor bank the worlds first social community bank?' I doubt it. We've understood the notion of community banking for many years. The difference today is that ...

SOMESSO 09

OK - we're off and running - SOMESSO 09: Social computing and the financial services industry. I'll be livestreaming through to here for most of the day. Enjoy. SOMESSO09

If you’re implementing SaaS, be cautious

In my piece where I commented about the Business Case for SaaS, I made mention of the need to treat a SaaS implementation in the same way you would any other IT project and in particular paying attention to data. Earlier today I received a paper from Fujitsu that adds a ...

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Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

tecosystems » Is the Hourly Model Broken?
Very badly broken

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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT

SAP Users: Support Debate Isn't Over - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
This reflects the kind of thing I am seeing in the conversations I've had with users. The problems isn't going away. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cio.com%2Farticle%2F443602%2FSAP_Users_Support_Debate_Isn_t_Over
SAP: Financials Are Rosy, But Trouble Is Brewing in the Ecosystem | Advice and Opinion
SAP: Financials Are Rosy, But Trouble Is Brewing in the Ecosystem | Advice and Opinion
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fadvice.cio.com%2Fthomas_wailgum%2Fsap_financials_are_rosy_but_trouble_is_brewing_in_the_ecosystem%3Fpage%3D0%252C1
SandHill.com | Opinion : C.K. Prahalad on the New Age of Innovation
Looking up (and down) at the blogosphere’s ivory tower ¦ Online Media Cultist
A case study in myopia - check the highlighted section and my notes. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fonlinemediacultist.com%2F2008%2F08%2F14%2Flooking-up-and-down-at-the-blogospheres-ivory-tower
Is Linking to Yourself the Future of the Web? - O'Reilly Radar
This really is a bad idea - internal linking is another form of navel gazing Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fradar.oreilly.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fis-linking-to-yourself-the-future-of-the-web.html
Corporate Income Taxes - Gross Stupidity at the NY Times | Venture Chronicles
They do need some accounting types on the job. This really is daft reporting at its most egregious

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Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Businesses deliberately cheating U.S. out of $40 billion in payroll taxes - Financial Week
What surprises me is that the figure isn't higher.

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Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Seth's Blog: Are you in the tribe?
I'm wondering whether Seth has jumped the shark with this stunt
Who Is Your Information Filter? « I’m Not Actually a Geek
Interesting concept but not one with which I wholly concur
SAP: Oracle Software Support from TomorrowNow to End - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
This is ot going away. The industry is in for a torrid time
Congratulations to the OpenWorld Session Winners | Oracle AppsLab
Now this is a bit different - driven by community
HMRC Is Shite: IT Is Not Our Business - PAYE Cock Up
Ken taking the pish - in his own inimitable style
FT.com / Companies / Media
The gruesome reality of being in the public gaze