Archives for November, 2009
by Michael Maoz | November 20, 2009 | 6 Comments
Watching the fortunes of the Fortune 500 gyrate in the chaotic machinations of world trade, you have to wonder if there is any advantage to investing in only one leg of a customer strategy. The biggest names in software have been touting sales force automation (SFA) applications for years, and one of the fastest rising [...]
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by Michael Maoz | November 15, 2009 | Comments Off
Thankfully, one of the flights I was on last week was mercifully short; otherwise the negative yammering of the two sales executives behind me would have possibly sent me over the edge. Each gentleman (I must be kind) was a regional sales manager for an engineering firm. One was going on and on about an [...]
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by Michael Maoz | November 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Last night’s flight from Toronto to New York was buffeted by the waning turbulence of Hurricane Ida, but aside from a delay and tumultuous descent, I arrived. It was late, and my aging Blackberry was having a senior moment as I tried to dial the car service to pick me up. Attempts to revive the [...]
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by Michael Maoz | November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
There we have it – Claude Lévi-Strauss passes into history. The man who interpreted myths was himself almost of the stature of myth. I hadn’t thought of him for 30 years and suddenly the newspapers are temporarily aflutter with news of his passing. As I read through the summaries of his works I wondered what he [...]
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by Michael Maoz | November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments
All I wanted was to order a replacement cartridge for my ink-swilling HP OfficeJet 5610, standard issue. I went to the site where our company has a corporate account. Nice search feature. But I wonder how much this cartridge costs versus a competitor? Now THAT would be interesting. But 692 reviews of a product that [...]
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