Month: April 2005

Fight the Bull: More BS

2005-04-28 / / 0 Comments

The Bullfighters at work.

Press Release
Source: SAP AG
SAP Launches More Than 100 Industry-specific Analytic Applications
Tuesday April 26, 4:00 am ET
SAP(R) Analytics Deliver on Enterprise Services Architecture Commitment COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP – News) today unveiled more than 100 industry-specific analytic applications that empower users with innovative new ways to drive core processes and business decisions based on actionable business insight. SAP® Analytics are a new breed of model-driven composite applications that change the analytic application playing field across more than 25 industries. By merging data from SAP and non-SAP applications with business intelligence queries, SAP Analytics eliminate disparate islands of data and seamlessly combine transactional, analytic and collaborative steps across multiple business functions, departments and even organizational boundaries. The announcement was made at SAPPHIRE® ’05, SAP’s international customer conference, being held in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 26-28.

I need to drive those core processes using model-driven composite applications!
Yeaaaaarrrgh! Brain! Hurts! Must! Flee!

Apple: Safari Lead DDoS and Web Performance Threat to RSS?

2005-04-28 / / 0 Comments

Om Malik points out a potential threat to blogs: OSX 10.4 “Tiger”. The new Safari that ships with this OS comes with the RSS reader turned on by default!

That upgrade while great for the consumers, could come as a big shocker for those blogs whose feeds are included as part of SafariÂ’s default starter package. Infact it could be the biggest stress test for RSS thus far!
Most RSS readers are set to poll for updates every hour, and imagine when half-a-million Tiger Safari users who start hitting a server at the same time, pulling down RSS updates, because they have not changed the default settings. Server meltdown? Or an unintended denial of service? Apple says that most of the default feeds are going to be major news sites like CNN. New York Times, and LA Times. At this time they are not including any personal blogs as part of the default list. Even for them it is not going to be easy.

As a Web performance geek, I ask you: do you measure and monitor the performance and availability of your blog infrastructure?
Didn’t think so….
Enjoy the Weekend!

Siebel: Water pouring along Mariner’s Island Boulevard…and it’s still wet!

2005-04-27 / / 0 Comments

Hmmm…looks like Siebel may be in even more trouble! Wow! Shock and amazement! [here]
Stockholders want to drive the value of this turkey up through buybacks, and a group of large shareholders has posted FOR SALE signs in front of the headquarters.
Psssst! Hey buddy! Want to buy a bloated, arrogant and poorly managed company in an industry noted for not providing business value?
More on how I feel here and here and here and here.

Bill Gates: Bill, the RED pill, not the blue one (H1-B Visas)

2005-04-27 / / 0 Comments

Bill:
Now Bill, I almost sent you to go join Steve in the Bad Boy Billionaire Box (B3 Box) because I thought you wanted to cut back on H1-B visas. [here]
Then I re-read the article, and realized that C|Net was making it seem like you wanted to bar smart folks like me from coming to the US to help you become rich enough to buy Argentina.
You actually want more of us temporary workers here to help you get rich enough to buy all of South America. Sarcasm. Wow, the US doesn’t get it.
You’re still in the B3 Box, but you might get out in time to watch Desperate Housewives.

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