Monday – I’m looking back onto three days of CeBIT and ask myself what I was able to take with me. And yes, besides numerous conversations with providers and users, I participated in some interesting events and discussion rounds. However, … Continue reading
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Sixth National IT Summit – or: “The Remains of the Day”
Tuesday – SAP and Microsoft kicked off the week with some news, and I’m heading out to my first summit – the ‘Sixth National IT Summit’. High-ranking representatives of politics, economy and associations get together – casually spoken – to … Continue reading
Microsoft pushes the ‚data protection‘ – or: “Trust is good, but no carte blanche”
First of all – I’m not a lawyer. However, for me as well as for other involved and interested parties in the cloud environment the topic data protection is of essential significance. Hence, I followed up Microsoft’s press conference invitation.At … Continue reading
SAP acquires SuccessFactors – or: “Old memories come alive”
Weekend. And before the final eventful last week of the year – amongst others the ‘6th National IT-Summit’ – starts, SAP announces the acquisition of SuccessFactors. Many things have been written and analyzed so far. Is the takeover price justified? … Continue reading
cologne IT summit_ – or: “Topic missed, though hit the mark”
Again Monday. Another conference –‘cologne IT summit_’. What gets me to an event that suggests a more regional setting? Quite simply, a discussion aroused my curiosity – ‘Smart Cloud 2035 – which IT trend will last and what will really … Continue reading
Launch of the ‘Open Cloud Business Initiative’ – or: “I have a dream”
Monday. I follow up an Open Source Business Foundation (OSBF) invitation. Topic: Formation of the Open Cloud Business Initiative (OCBI). Fine, again another initiative dealing with the cloud, crossed my mind. In the invitation 6 basic principles were mentioned – … Continue reading
A politician as a speaker – or: “How a keynote can be fun”
I had pretty much already decided on the topics for my blog when I was headed for Cloudforce 2011 in Munich: the sector’s ever-present “social enterprise” buzz word, salesforce.com’s products in this area, and what they mean. I expected that … Continue reading