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Verizons Ethics and Governance

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In 2007, when Verizon was negotiating Congressional immunity for its role in wiretapping, I wanted to be a fly on the wall to hear how its Shared Success Council (its ethics committee which reports to the Board) was reconciling government.'

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Government and IT: A recipe for rip-offs

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It says “The Government's over-reliance on large contractors for its IT needs combined with a lack of in-house skills is a. That’s the title of a report by the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) of the UK House of Commons.

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Governments and Business Model Innovation

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The DOJ is suing Apple and several book publishers over e-Book pricing. In a word, I am ambivalent. In my new book, I have a whole chapter on business model innovation facilitated by technology. Here is an extract: It was.

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Enterprise Software Churn: UNIT4 in UK local government

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The general presumption in the enterprise software marketplace is customers stay loyal for lifetimes – the more realistic thinking, of course, is they stay loyal for long periods, but not that long. When I was researching SAP Nation, I was. Industry Commentary SAP Nation Book'

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Auditor Independence and ERP/CRM projects - a conversation with Francine McKenna

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Francine McKenna is a prolific commentator on the accounting, audit, and corporate governance issues affecting public and pre-IPO private companies. Since 2006, McKenna has been an investigative reporter and feature writer for publications including Dow Jones MarketWatch, Forbes, American Banker,

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Scenario Planning - the Workfront angle

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I have long been a fan of long-term scenario planning and this Harvard Business Review article describes in a fair amount of detail the big thinking around such planning at Shell and other large companies and at government agencies.

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The futures so bright that we need government intervention!

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I wrote in this post 5 years ago “Quick name some of the hottest technology and business opportunity areas around. Would you say: - Globalization - SaaS - Mobility - Collaboration - Telemetry (GPS, RFID etc) Telcos are bang in.