by nxhyfiuq | Sep 25, 2005 | 3 - A Critical Look At Blue Ocean Strategy
Fast Second: How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets by Constantinos C. Markides, Paul A. Geroski presents an interesting counterpoint to Blue Ocean. This from the book promo:If you get there first, you’ll lead the pack,...
by nxhyfiuq | Sep 25, 2005 | 9 - Miscellaneous Marketing Postings
Apple has posted an article about how Deutsch uses Apple Computers to increase it’s competitiveness. The article titled Command, Control and Creativity – caught my attention based upon how radioactive the phrase command and control is with the business...
by nxhyfiuq | Sep 13, 2005 | 9 - Miscellaneous Marketing Postings
We’ve spent the past couple of days running Salesforce.com through our center of gravity analysis. It turns out that Salesforce.com has significant short term exposure to attack. Several events and/or situations will open up vulnerabilities in the Salesforce.com...
by nxhyfiuq | Sep 12, 2005 | 9 - Miscellaneous Marketing Postings
I’ve been watching CNBC’s coverage regarding Oracle’s acquisition of Siebel. Almost all the analysts are cautioning that Oracle will be sidelined while they digest Siebel. Marc Benioff over at Salesforce.com sent an email to employees claiming this...
by nxhyfiuq | Sep 12, 2005 | Uncategorized
Oracle announced today it was buying Siebel for $10.66 a share for a company that a few years ago was trading well north of $100 a share. We predicted back in June that the company would be sold for scrap and that newly appointed CEO George Shaheen did not have what...
