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Great post by Thomas Otter (@vendorprisey). The way I think about it is "begin with the end in mind". All transactional applications should start with how you want to use the data, not capture it and what problem(s) you are trying to solve for the user.

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Good advice for all vendors on software demos. Best demo I have seen is where the vendor let the customer (or analyst) drive with direction.

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Well said. Enough said.

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First, I wish I was this erudite. But, props to my colleague Thomas Otter on this post that is spot-on.

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The title pretty much says it all. It is a pretty funny (and unfortunately true) read. (Hat Tip to @dbmoore)

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Great article about the current state of economic theory and where it needs to go.

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Good thoughts on the future of HR and where the focus needs to be.

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Good advice on creating a strategy to retain top talent.

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This is a companion link to the other healthcare link I posted today. There are examples of providing high quality care at lower relative cost. The challenge with healthcare is systemic. The incentives are for doctors to provide more care (more tests, more visits, etc.) not necessarily achieve better outcomes. Until that changes, it does not matter who pays (single payer, private health insurance), we will not have dealt with the root cause of the problem.

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Nice post by Andrew about some important Gartner research on business strategy and technology.

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Brian is a pretty funny guy (I ought to know - I worked for him for almost 10 years).

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Good analysis for tech vendor mergers by a former colleague at Giga Information Group.

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Interesting viewpoint on the importance of industry/vertical market segmentation of business applications.

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This could be a big deal in terms of Oracle's Fusion Applications supporting non-Oracle DBMS (not to mention E-Business Suite).

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For those that are interested in the contingent workforce management software market, this data is probably not too surprising.

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Interesting article about things to do as a high tech company to survive and thrive in the downturn (subscription required).

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I offer no opinion here other to say I thought it was funny.

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My Gartner colleague, Scott Nelson, has a smart post about application strategy.

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> Source: Taking Apart the $819 billion Stimulus Package Washington -- Great charts on where the money in the stimulus package is going.

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For those that do not know, I did have a life before Gartner. Vinnie, thanks for the kind words. It was great to get together with some of the old team recently for dinner and drinks.

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