by Debbie Wilson | September 23, 2010 | 1 Comment
This week I have immense, newfound respect for vendors that operate high-reliability networks. A good friend of mine works for a 5 sigma (99.999%) guaranteed uptime B2B integration vendor. She got the “pleasure” last week of receiving the “special” blackberry, which means she was on 24 hour per day call, for 7 days, for any [...]
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by Debbie Wilson | September 15, 2010 | Comments Off
It has been s a pleasure to attend Emptoris’ Boston Empower conference once again. Although this is the first year in memory that Emptoris did not announce a major release of its platform (9.0 is scheduled for release in late 2011), there have been many impactful new capabilities revealed. Emptoris is addressing a historical reporting/analytics [...]
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by Debbie Wilson | September 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
I’ve really enjoyed a change of my normal business schedule today – which I have spent listening and learning at Elemica’s North America Sourcing and Supply Chain conference. I’ve had the chance to hear about Elemica’s thriving e-sourcing services business, inherited from RubberNetworks, and its VMI solutions. It’s been especially nice to catch up with [...]
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by Debbie Wilson | September 13, 2010 | Comments Off
The house is quiet and clean. My sheltie keeps looking at me rather anxiously – with concerned questioning in her deep brown eyes. My cat can’t seem to keep her paws off my keyboard – and I’m getting good at hitting the “save” button the instance I see her approaching. Every creature in my house [...]
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