August 13, 2012 from Computerworld – “There’s one thing everyone working in enterprise IT agrees about: Technology for its own sake is bad. Every new product you adopt has to bring a business value to your organization, either by reducing costs or otherwise improving the bottom line. Sounds great, in principle. In practice, every technology vendor has a detailed explanation of how each of its products will help your company. It’s up to you to figure out which ones really will. Here are five questions that can help, courtesy of Rebecca Wettemann, vice president at Nucleus Research, which specializes in […]
Where the hell is Matt in 2012?
180 View – We included Matt’s 2008 video in our February 2009 newsletter. This one is even better. Check it out […]
Review: Up close with NetSuite’s deep ERP
June 13, 2012 from InfoWorld and written by Michael Burns – We have started in-depth reviews of ERP systems for InfoWorld. InfoWorld requested we that we start with ERP systems available as (SaaS) Software as a Service, so it’s appropriate that NetSuite be our first review considering they are “One of the pioneers in cloud computing, NetSuite launched a cloud-based ERP system at a time when SaaS was widely considered risky to both the security and the availability of an organization’s data…” Read more […]
10 Things You Just Gotta Have in Your Cloud Contract
April 30, 2012 from CFO – “A CFO’s guide to the wild and wooly world of cloud services in which contracts are mutable, companies come and go, and politics a continent away could materially impact your business…” Read more 180 View –Although we don’t think that cloud computing contracts are as risky as the article indicates, there are still some good suggestions. […]
Brand New Key
It’s an entertaining commercial from HP and Evian. Check it out […]
Uncle Drew
After spending four hours in makeup, 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving heads to the courts of New Jersey to devour some young bloods in a pick-up game. Check it out […]
9 Bad KPI Habits to Change
March 2012 from KPI Library – “Well this is not an exhaustive list by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a list of the bad habits I see the majority of my clients consistently practicing when it comes to choosing, creating and using performance measures or KPIs. We reap what we sow, and that’s why it can be a useful exercise to see if you do have any bad KPI habits and start developing some better ones…” Read more 180 View – All our projects start with a discussion of CSF (Critical Success Factors – what an organizations […]
Swimming with Sharks
180 View – Gives a new perspective on swimming with sharks. Check it out […]
Supply Chain News: Dr. Elli Goldratt’s Unplugged Interview with SCDigest – 180Systems
February 1, 2012 from SupplyChainDigest – “Last week, we noted the 2011 death of Dr. Eli Goldratt, originator of the “Theory of Constraints,” author of “The Goal,” which introduced TOC to the world, founder of the Goldratt Institute, and much more… There are two pillars to the Theory of Constraints. One is the starting assumption of all the hard sciences, which is that in all real-life systems there is inherent simplicity. If you can just find that inherent simplicity, you can manage, control and improve the system. The other pillar is “that people are not stupid…” Read more 180 View […]
10 biggest ERP software failures of 2011
December 20, 2011 from Computerworld – “With the year drawing to a close, one thing seems abundantly clear: There are still an awful lot of ERP and other software projects running off the rails out there. Software project failures are no fun for anyone involved. They lead to piles of wasted money and effort, heaps of accusations and recriminations, and even to lawsuits. Here’s a look at some of the highest-profile problem projects to surface this year…” Read more 180 View – One of the 10 biggest failures is “the attempt to provide electronic health records for all of the […]