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JUNE 5, 2023

I shared in this post that our research agenda is tracking four large software and services markets – vertical “edge” applications, applications for fast-growing global economies, custom development using low and no-code tools and Generative and other AI. The interest.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

With seven books under the belt, a number of first-time authors ask me for advice about book-writing. I am honest with them. I tell them to me the most enjoyable part is the extensive research, interviews for case studies etc.

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JULY 22, 2019

I read the Leander Kahney book on Tim Cook on the long Emirates flights to and from India. In India, I had a conversation with an Apple consumer like me (not really that knowledgeable about the operations of the company).

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MARCH 21, 2019

Then I got an email from Amazon "Congratulations, the paperback edition of your book. It is a glorious Spring day and I heard the Beatles this morning - this song cheers me up no matter what time of the year.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

The soft cover, print-on-demand version of the book, SAP Nation is now available on Amazon.com here at $ 19.95. Use promotion code BOOKDEAL25 towards the book. SAP Nation Book' Even better, they have a 25% off promotion till December 14. The hardback versions.

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JULY 7, 2016

My new book is nearing the end of the editing process and is headed to the design agency. It should be released by middle of September. Here’s a synopsis: “Never before have people had such a broad choice of occupations.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

Last week, at the grocery store checkout I overhead a man congratulate another about his new book. Curious I asked the author what his book was about. Hugh Sullivan has written about his 40 year career as a Navy Corpsman. Industry Commentary'

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JANUARY 11, 2019

I was in Shanghai, China recently. As I have told my friends, I ended paying a “tourist tax” everywhere. Moneychangers, gypsy taxi drivers, tour guides who took me to pearl and silk stores where I am sure they got a.

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APRIL 18, 2019

I saw an article aimed at authors and publishers on how to handle critical reviews. And I chuckled to myself "I could have written that myself" I took most heat for the first volume of SAP Nation - mostly from.

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AUGUST 20, 2014

I formally invited SAP to provide a 10 page, unedited column to include at end of the book I am writing - how things will be different with its new management team. The book model shows customer spend at a. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP)'

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JANUARY 1, 2013

While my book had a section which shows the distribution of those checks is uneven, and this NY Times article. Apple says it has written $ 6.5 billion in royalty checks to iOS apps developers in the last few years.

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JULY 1, 2015

Books are dead, are they not? Amazon had just launched a new way to reward authors for books under their Kindle Unlimited (KU) and Kindle Owners' Lending Library (KOLL) plans. People often smirk when I say I am an author.

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APRIL 15, 2020

I had enjoyed his book, Done Right (my review here) because he had so many examples. Alex Shootman, CEO of Workfront is one of my favorite tech execs because he is always positive - and that in an authentic way.

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APRIL 21, 2012

Offer for my blog readers - buy a copy of my new book, The New Technology Elite, and I will mail you copy of my last book, The New Polymath, a $ 39 list value. Email your proof of purchase.

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MARCH 13, 2019

The book is available for advance purchase on Amazon here. Over the next few weeks, as I do with all my books, I will share about 5% of the 400 pages. I am sending out media review copies this week.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Hard to believe but Amazon tells me some of you have still not read my books. Shocking The good news is with Thanksgiving and the December holidays coming up Amazon is discounting the Kindle copies of SAP Nation and SAP.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Books go through waves of reviews – executives, media, US readers, international readers. You appreciate them all because people take the time from their busy schedules to read, then provide feedback. Over the last couple of weeks I have received.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

I am reviewing the latest typeset draft of my next book. While much of the content is focused on SAP, its customers and its competitors, sprinkled throughout the book are glimpses of a rapidly changing enterprise apps market. Anshu Sharma.

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APRIL 24, 2010

The New Polymath, my upcoming book, got some nice blurbs this week from execs and authors - Maynard Webb, ex eBay; Ben Fried, Google; author Don Tapscott; Daniel Hamburger, Devry; Dave Duffield, Workday; Linda Avey, co-founder 23andMe; author Tom Davenport; Tags: The New Polymath.

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JUNE 11, 2012

In the 2005 parody of the music industry, Be Cool, the Harvey Keitel character indignantly points out he cannot lose one of his artists “A – she’s under contract B – she’s under contract” If the movie were made today.

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MARCH 18, 2010

From upcoming book - The New Polymath Consumerization of Technology - highlights the trend of the last few years where we have given the consumer unbelievable access to technology – and how that empowered consumer is changing every aspect of.

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APRIL 15, 2011

As I continue my research and interviews for my next book, I am presenting an interim perspective at the Lexmark/In2Lex Startup Advantage event in Lexington on Monday (am also presenting separately on my last book, The New Polymath). Some of.

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MARCH 21, 2011

While baseball spring training games beckon, over the last few weeks I have been conducting early research and interviews with some really smart folks around my next book which looks at the exciting convergence of technology consumption and production models:

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Read this post by Joe Konrath, and you will think that relations between book authors and publishers make those between spouses and mother-in-laws look cordial:) I have had a less tempestuous relationship with my publisher for two reasons: a) As.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Over the last month, as we get ready to welcome the 20s, I have been reviewing blog posts and books I have written and the notes from advisory work helping clients pick vendors, negotiate contracts, review vendor performance from the.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Business as Unusual book authored by Thomas Saueressig and Peter Maier that we helped interview a wide range of SAP, customer and partner executives for is being released on Amazon in two weeks – see book page at [link].

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APRIL 15, 2011

As I continue my research and interviews for my next book, I am presenting an interim perspective at the Lexmark/In2Lex Startup Advantage event in Lexington on Monday (am also presenting separately on my last book, The New Polymath). Some of.

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MARCH 6, 2012

Shame on me for assuming my book would come out on the Kindle after the hardback. That’s so one book ago. Amazon (and B&N) show a March 27 hardcopy ship date, but they released the Kindle version February 28.

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DECEMBER 17, 2022

The SAP Business as Unusual book by Thomas Saueressig and Peter Maier is being released this week. The book relies heavily on conversations with SAP, customer, partner, research firm. click on badge on left to link to the Amazon page).

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AUGUST 23, 2023

I was in 4 countries recently, and it reminded me I had been to each as part of my book tour a decade ago for The New Polymath. It also reminded me I had started the book with “sprezzatura” and.

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JUNE 12, 2012

IBM’s PR firm sent me a story idea about the Charleston Police Department using its analytics for “predictive policing”. It looked a very good candidate for New Florence, except that 6 months ago I had already posted about predictive policing.

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JUNE 1, 2014

I asked Satya Nadella at last Fall’s analyst summit why Microsoft had been slow to leverage the multi-billion investment in Azure infrastructure (I had first written about the innovative data centers in The New Polymath in 2009). He seemed a. Cloud Computing, SaaS Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP) Industry Commentary'

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

We all know amazon and growing self-publishing have changed the book industry, and Apple with iPad is about to do even more. So, as the industry morphs in confusing ways, I am so thankful I have access to many authors.

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JULY 15, 2010

Courtesy of the hospitality of a number of European bloggers I am doing small book events in various cities over the next few days. Please join us in for innovation conversations and raffles for free copies of my book.

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JANUARY 22, 2023

As part of the launch of the Business as Unusual book (click on badge on left to get to the Amazon page) by Thomas Saueressig and Peter Maier that we helped conduct interviews and research for, we will share excerpts.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Cognizant’s Insurance group in Toronto is hosting an event around The New Polymath on September 2. If you are in insurance, or broadly in financial services come meet and greet and also get to see their state of the art.

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JUNE 19, 2021

In the 49th episode of the series we have a repeat appearance by Sabrina Horn, CEO of Horn Strategy We discuss her new book "Make it, don't fake it". The book shows how authentic leadership eliminates the need for the.

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