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Consider this an opportunity to learn about the world of finance

November 25, 2008 Business

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Over the last few months, we’ve seen a roller coaster ride of unequaled magnitude in the financial markets.  Having been in the institutional banking world myself, I’ve had many friends and colleagues ask me if I can make sense of what is going on out there.  Many are just worn out [...]

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Thoughts from Dreamforce (Salesforce Developer Conference 2008)

November 10, 2008 Business

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Last week I was at the Salesforce developer conference, Dreamforce 2008.  Most of the significant news (linked below) to emerge from the Moscone Center was tied to the theme of ‘Cloud Computing‘.  This included announcements related to the availability of Facebook integration, the ability for customers to host their websites on [...]

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The Powerset acquisition and what it means for Microsoft’s enterprise software business

July 2, 2008 Feature

Since the rumor about Microsoft’s $100M acquisition broke last week (now no longer a rumor, but a fact), I’ve had several people ask me on my take of where Microsoft is headed with this new tool in its search toolbox. First let me frame my angle here. Over the last four years I’ve worked [...]

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