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Surviving the Drop in Business Investment

Truly amazing news as the UK’s National Museum of Computing keeps the WITCH online — mechanical relays, paper tape and all! The computer’s “flashing lights and clattering printers and readers provides an awe-inspiring display for visiting school groups and the … Continue reading

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Tablets Mean Changes for the Enterprise

Plenty of hype has been offered as tablet computers (first the iPhone, then the iPad) arrived, sold in enormous numbers, and slowed PC sales. Software vendors were quick to deliver Apps – partly to ride the new wave and partly … Continue reading

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The Pendulum Swings

Anecdotal evidence of a US manufacturing rebound has been building for the past two years. Here and there manufacturers “reshored” production to address problems encountered in the rush to low labor costs in China and elsewhere. New statistical evidence supports … Continue reading

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Hype, Mixed Messages, Snark, and Cover-up

The convergence of cloud, mobility, and consumerization of business technology make a competitive environment for ERP applications even tougher. No vendor can deploy all the answers today. This leads to exaggerated claims and snarky counter claims by the big ERP … Continue reading

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To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before

[CEO presentation at this year’s user conference, ed.] Charting a new course Where to go? How to get there? As CEO, my focus is on leading HarrisData and our customers to a successful future. That requires answering a couple basic … Continue reading

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US Labor Costs Lower Than Elsewhere

More good news for US manufacturers as per unit of output labor costs decreased by 13% while increasing everywhere else. James Hagerty and Kate Linebaugh (Wall Street Journal, “In U.S., a Cheaper Labor Pool”, 1/6/12) report on manufacturing cost trends … Continue reading

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2012 Could be a Good Year

Boosted by productivity gains and higher costs in competitors, including China, U.S. manufacturing exports have grown at their fastest rate since the late 1980s. As we close out 2011 and start thinking about 2012, US manufacturing is getting positive reviews … Continue reading

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A Skeptic’s Take

Whatever your view of the cloud, a little perspective goes a long way. Cloud computing? “I think it’s a lot of hype,” he says during a recent interview in the company’s midtown Manhattan office. “Time sharing made a lot of … Continue reading

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Cutting Through Vendor Noise

In a tough economy, software vendors pull out all stops to get your business. As Trevor Perry explains this often results in so much noise that the vendors hurt themselves as much as they hurt your ears. His article is … Continue reading

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Operating for the Benefit of Wall Street is Bad for Customers

The lights have gone on for Josh Greenbaum at ematters as he confronts the reality of Oracle at their annual user conference. The problem with the Oracle of today is that the focus of a group of the some of … Continue reading

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