Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Technology
I met Don Swann, former Deloitte partner and currently principle of Don Swann Consulting LLC, on a Brand Velocity project in Irving, Texas. Don is one of the most productive and smart project managers that I’ve had the pleasure to meet. After one discussion regarding the “Business of IT” Don mentioned that in 1989 he […]
Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology
Listed below are some of the best websites from Africa and South Africa. Another good source of African IT news is ITWeb. My friend Thomas Otter writes some very insightful posts about technology in South Africa. Google recently expanded into Africa as well. Google has a specific site for South Africa.
Synthasite is a site where people […]
Posted on May 19th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Entrepreneurship, HCM, South Africa, Technology
Martin Sacks and HumanConcepts just announced the release of OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint, further solidifying the company’s position as leading provider of workforce decision support software.
OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint uses a Web 2.0 solution and allows executives and managers from across a company to collaborate on organizational changes and planning decisions.
Martin has been the CEO of HumanConcepts […]
Posted on May 14th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Leadership, SAP, Technology
I sent the “10 signs that you aren’t cut out to be a CIO” post to some of my CIO friends and I received the following interesting feedback: A seasoned Fortune 100 CIO said:
I read the top ten list but haven’t read the whole article. I think the points are valid but thought the way […]
Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under SAP, Saas, Technology
SAP has its own TV channel and you can find numerous interesting videos on the SAP-TV website. I found this video describing SAP Business ByDesign. SAP released this video before the recent announcement that they are delaying the launch of Business ByDesign. Also see SAP’s SAPPHIRE 2008 announcement that it will bring SaaS to large companies.
Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Leadership, Technology
My friend, Matt Brown of CorData recently sent this article my way. Late in 2007 TechRepublic listed 10 things you should consider before applying for a CIO position. Here is the list of 10 signs:
You are uncomfortable working with senior management
The concepts of financial management totally elude you
You have no desire to participate in business […]
Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology
Seems like Pieter de Villiers is a good name for South African success stories. There’s the rugby player, the hurdler, the business consultant, and the IT whiz. De Villiers (the whiz) is the CEO of Clickatell, the first (and leading) global high-speed service provider of bulk SMS messages. Its 8,000 customers can connect in […]
Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Technology
More and more I’m migrating desktop (offline) work to the Internet or the Cloud. I’m still not there, but I hope to be using only web apps in a few years. Technologies like Google Gears and Adobe’s AIR will make it possible to take your online (Internet-based) applications offline. Micro Persuasion wrote a great (but technical) article […]
Posted on March 30th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology, Venture Capital
Roelof Frederik Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the most influential VC firms in the world. Sequoia has the highest rating on TheFunded website of 3.9. Here is his bio from the Sequoia website:
Roelof Botha is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital focusing on services and software investments. Prior to joining Sequoia […]
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Blogging, Technology
OM Malik’s post on Scribd’s iPaper prompted me to try this service and so far I am very intrigued by the possibilities. It’s easy to sign up and the viewer works great. Here is NOT an example of an embedded document. I couldn’t get it to work on my blog (It may be an issue […]
