Archive for December, 2007
Total Cost of Ownership for Business Intelligence Application
2 comments so farThe cost for implementing the BI tools is rising and therefore the CIO and other business managers are becoming aware of new licensing and implementation costs. There are several options. The BI tools are rolled up into the Enterprise applications. Some vendors provide stand alone BI tools. Then there is Open Source BI application. Both […]
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Impact of Social Computing on Marketing
2 comments so farRead a very pertinent article on Social Marketing on Knowledge@Wharton. The article talks that the buzzwords like Fansumers, viral video etc are more than the marketing gimmicks. These trends are game changers and are going to impact the conventional marketing thinking at Madison Avenue. There is a real need by the consumer to be heard […]
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Wisdom of the crowd and the Bullwhip effect
No commentsBullwhip effect is an important concept in Supply Chain Management. This is the phenomenon when a slight change in demand gets amplified as you move away from the customers in the value chain. Let’s say the quantity of office supplies sold by the retail stores in a region has stagnated. But if […]
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Traditional Manager and the curse of Institutional Imperative
No commentsWhat is Institutional Imperative? It’s a concept that is promoted by Warren Buffett, world’s ‘smartest’ investor. Buffett describes the institutional imperative as the “need” for the managers to act and do like their peers no matter how irrational it may seem. Its peer pressure for CEOs, Executives and the Managers. I have paraphrased […]
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Google and Microsoft reveal their Data Center Strategy?
No commentsTwo recent Information Week’s blog talk about Data Center Strategy for Google and Microsoft. They are aptly titled Google’s Data Center Strategy Revealed and Microsoft Drops Few Data Center Strategy Hints.
Though the titles are provocative, both the blogs provide scant detail regarding each company’s Data Center Strategy. Information has been scarce for a long time […]
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