Letter to MBA Summer Interns - Five Things I Learned The Hard Way

I had dinner a few days ago with some very smart interns who are spent their summer at salesforce.com. We talked about what they did, who they work...

Mortgage Crisis Explained: Warren Buffett Tells A Story

As we go through this volatility and near madness in the equity markets triggered by mortgage crisis - further enhanced by hedge funds; I thought i...

My Favorite Blogs and Non-Blogs About Business, Marketing and Sex

Even as my blog revolves around technology - my favorite blogs don't - no offense to my favorite Enterprise Irregulars friends. Here are some of my...

Customer is King - Feedly RSS Reader Launched! Long Live the King!

Its been a great day for feedly - the start up created by Edwin Khodabakchian and his impressive team. I have known Edwin since Oracle acquired his...

Haiku Poet

My blogging life touched a new low today. Or high, depending on your taste in literature. I am honored to be a published poet - using both words 'p...

Platform as a Service Magic from Coda with Google Apps and Force.com

The value of platform as a service (PaaS) is not that you can take your on-premise applications and run them in the cloud - that's so ASP! In my op...

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not: SaaS and SAP

From the Department of Irony and Confusion:Businesses Reject SaaS as Core PlatformSAP's Business ByDemand: The Perfection ConundrumByDesign, the yo...

Run by Wall St? Cause or Company?

In light of the Yahoo! - Microsoft fiasco, fellow bloggers Larry Dignan and Vinnie Mirchandani have been asking the question whether there is too m...

In India, with Force(.com) !

The Tour de Force events across the globe continue to draw great attendance and interest from developers looking to build new SaaS applications. Th...

First US Real-Estate, now UK : India & China - You Are Next!

Calculated Risk, my favorite blog on the mortgage mess reports from the Economist. From The Economist: The bust begins ... finally, tighter credit ...

Franchises are for Pizza and Burgers, Not SaaS and Banks

I get a feeling that some mediocre MBA read a case study on franchising and the huge profits it has delivered to companies behind the big pizza and...

Cloud Computing: Its Raining Ideas - Want a Cup of Starbucks?

I know I went overboard on metaphors in the title (cloud, rain, coffee) but then when you have the last few weeks like we have had at Salesforce.co...

What Game Are You Playing? Snakes and Ladders? Chess?

Our world view predisposes our behavior and reaction. I have lately been thinking about how people use the metaphor of sports and games to describe...

India, Real Estate and Some Numbers

I just returned after spending a few weeks in New Delhi, India. The incredible pace of growth in India inspired me to see if I can participate in t...

The New Internets: Is Microsoft Already Ahead of Google? Who Needs Yahoo!?

Google has a clear lead over Microsoft when it comes to desktop based internet search and advertising. The big pond that Google is going after to e...

Next Step: Salesforce.com SaaS Platform

I am excited to share with my readers that I have joined Salesforce.com. I am on the product management team and will help drive strategy for Sales...

Oracle SaaS Platform Growth

Phil Wainewright writes:The event itself signals Oracle’s increasing awareness of its opportunity to become a leading supplier of the building-bloc...

Fixing the HD DVD v Blu-Ray Dilemma With A Guarantee

So, the HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray wars continue and but for the early adopters, there is little adoption of either format. The problem is that customers d...

Thought: Good Looking PC Or Mac Wannabe?

Quick Question: What do you think of when someone mentions a great looking computer that works well?If your answer was Apple as was the response fr...

? Huckabee for President. Mind, Not So Much.

So Huckabee and Obama have won the primaries and if nothing else this shows that Americans care about what kind of a person you are rather than how...

9 Predictions I Will Regret in 2008

The season of top 10 predictions is fully upon us and I could not resist coming up with my own top 10 list.Google Will Decide Against Doing Somethi...

Warren Buffett Explains Mortgage Meltdown

Chris (BloggerJacks) has written an excellent post talking to the current malaise in the credit market and its impact on the economy. He referenced...

iPhone is not a Phone, Its a Substitute for that Ferrari You Can't Afford

Time and again, people bring up the fact that phones with similar features from other vendors and on better networks may be available for way less ...

Italy Refuses Visa; Sings Aria of Disappointment

Let this be a lesson to all nations including America - if you close your doors to foreigners: immigrants and visitors - prosperity is unlikely to ...

Humans 1 : Machines 0

So, machines (also known as computers) have been threatening to take over our jobs for decades and are indeed encroaching (automating) our lives. B...

Beating India and China at their own Numbers Game

Yes, China and India have huge populations - 1.3 billion and 1.1 billion by latest estimates. I am tired of hearing how they are the place to be be...

Aberdeen Group on Oracle SaaS Platform: A Leader

The Aberdeen Group has issued a research note evaluating the Oracle SaaS Platform. The Insight report talks to the leadership and momentum of the S...

Nick Carr Doesn't Understand Anything (Weekend Humor)

Nick took umbrage at Michael Krigsman post entitled Robert Scoble doesn’t understand enterprise software . He responds with Michael Krigsman doesn'...

Enterprise Software Sexy like Diane Keaton, Not Britney

Scoble asks Why enterprise software isn’t sexy in response to a question recently raised by Bill Gates. And I say its sexy but its in the eye of th...

Aberdeen Group Report on Leadership of Oracle SaaS Platform

The Aberdeen Group has issued a research note evaluating the Oracle SaaS Platform. The Insight report talks to the leadership and momentum of the S...

Not a Bubble?

Goldman: Chinese or Indian Banks May Buy American Banks

I never thought I would see this in my lifetime but emerging market financial institutions from India or China may be able to buy out American bank...

Oracle SaaS Platform - Gaining Momentum as a Leader

This was an exciting week for Oracle & SaaS - SaaS was a prominent topic of discussion by key executives whether it was Larry's keynote featuri...

Charles Phillips meets with Bloggers and Discusses Fusion, SaaS, SAP and more

Today, Oracle took a significant positive step in blogger relations and reached out to Enterprise Irregulars - arranging a sit down with Oracle Pre...

Oracle, SaaS and OpenWorld

Oracle OpenWorld (Nov 11-15, Moscone Center, San Francisco) will be one of the biggest events in San Francisco. If you are interested in SaaS - as ...

Oracle Previews Social CRM at SIIA On-Demand before OpenWorld

Oracle's Anthony Lye gave a keynote at SIIA On-Demand where he gave a sneak preview of Oracle CRM On-Demand taking CRM beyond tracking and reportin...