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There were 7 blog postings during October (2007):
Five cool things about Master Data Management
Ok, so you never thought that Master Data Management (MDM) was cool. Well I just returned from IBM's Information On Demand conference and found that IBM has gotten MDM fever in a big way. In fact, they were handling out cool MDM buttons. Now, MDM...
Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates | 18th October '07
My talk at Government Service Oriented Architecture conference
I was invited to speak at a government SOA conference. I was asked to speak because of our team’s best selling book on the topic called Service Oriented Architecture for Dummies (published by Wiley last November). I wasn’t sure what...
Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates | 3rd October '07
An evening with Salesforce.com
I was invited to a dinner with some of the management team last night. This was the third year in a row that the company had held a little get together for key customers, IT analysts, and members of the press. In previous years, CEO, Marc...
Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates | 4th October '07
Why is SAP buying Business Objects?
The first time I made contact with Business Objects was in 1992 when I was hired by a venture capitalist to conduct due diligence on Business Objects. At that time the company was still emerging. At that time Business Objects was a tiny...
Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates | 10th October '07
Will Oracle win BEA? And what next?
It has been quite a week. First, SAP sets its sights on Business Objects and now for about the same amount of money, Oracle is ready to swallow BEA. Indeed, it looks like the world of enterprise software is continuing to consolidate. So, what do...
Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates | 12th October '07
Apple’s momentum: it’s all about innovation, isn’t it?
Apple has always been a company that prided itself on
innovation. In reality, Apple has been really good at taking a
technology and creating products that are usable and accessible.
Take the example of the Macintosh. Apple took the innovation of...
Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates | 25th October '07
Microsoft’s SOA and BPM Strategy: how is the journey?
I dragged myself to Redmond last night to attend Microsoft’s Fifth annual SOA and Business Process Management (BMP) conference. There are about 1,000 participants. Having watched Microsoft’s strategy evolve over many years, it is...
Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates | 30th October '07