The Register’s take on Microsoft and Oracle / Sun
Today I read an article on The Register by Gavin Clarke. This was about Microsoft’s potential response to Oracle’s proposed…
Recipes for success?
I should acknowledge that I am indebted to a conversation that I had with John Collins on his blog, Views…
Training IS a Best Practice – Not Just a Component
Staying abreast of best practices isn’t enough. You also need to know how to implement the fundamentals. A report…
Prioritizing Market Research
How do we as market researchers prioritize? Yesterday I was wondering what it would look like if research needs were…
Three Questions on the Oracle-Sun Deal
The only thing more surprising than Oracle’s $7.4B bid for Sun would have been a U.S. man or woman winning…
Combinatorics
Some of the furore following on from the announcement of the proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle appears to…
Your Company’s Data Supply Chain
photo by BotheredByBeesAt Baseline Consulting we've been talking for several years about the concept of a data supply chain. But…
Mergers and value
Today’s big news is of course that Oracle and Sun Microsystems “have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle…
Do not underestimate the need for automation in decision making
Tom Davenport wrote a nice piece last year that recently showed up on my radar - 10 Principles of the…
International Safe Harbor; Complying with EU Data Privacy
With the expansion of LashBack email intelligence and compliance services in Europe and the acquisition of new European sources of data, LashBack becomes a truly global company.…