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JANUARY 30, 2013

It is a new day for Blackberry – the rebranding of RIM, the new 10 Smartphones But I am more struck by the management team that CEO (since last January) Thorsten Heins has been building.

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Management 290

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Rob Preston at InformationWeek picks on an annual list of innovative companies from Boston Consulting Group: “Meantime, show us the seminal innovations in 2012 from the likes of No. 17 Coca-Cola (caffeine-free Diet Cherry Coke?), No. 18 Dell (a nice.

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Boston Technology 287

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Jim Holincheck of Workday presented a slide last Fall which was to me was striking. He showed small planning and testing projects around Workday’s 3 releases a year superimposed around much bigger, longer IT and other projects at customer sites.

Customer 274

Customer 274

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JANUARY 28, 2013

Peter Goldmacher at Cowen and Larry Dignan/Dennis Howlett at ZDNet have painted in the last few days a bleak view of the social enterprise. It is interesting to read their comments in a week which starts with the Connect event.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

I am glad I was part of a (virtual) fireside chat yesterday with Mark Hurd and Thomas Kurian on the Oracle Cloud before I read Bob Evans’ indignant post on Forbes which has the tone of “when is the world.

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Cloud Software 265

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

For as long as I can remember, the ads are as much a reason to watch the game, as the game itself. USA Today is celebrating its 25th year of Ad Meter, its measurement of consumer favorite SuperBowl ads. One.

Social Media 230

Social Media Media 230

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Verne Harnish at Fortune talks about 5 ways to close big deals – now. Help the deciders earn more Quantify the cost of delay Get them to put skin in the game Submit three proposals Hire an Influencer And it.

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Hiring Cost 230