Daily Archives: September 15, 2015

SAP Insists CRM Is A ‘Tired Acronym’ — It’s Time For Reinvention

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Remember when SAP used to be an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) company? No hang on. Remember when SAP used to be a data platform (SAP HANA), mobile (it bought Sybase), Business Intelligence (it bought Business Objects) and then a cloud and developer company? Yes we know; it keeps reengineering itself in an exacting Germanic fashion — if not a wholly organic one. Now SAP is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) company. At least that’s the latest reinvention is designed to tell us.

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Why Men Are 86% More Likely To Be Funded Than Women

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A report studying diversity in Britain’s startup ecosystem indicates men are 86% more likely to be funded than women. The findings are part of an ongoing project called Startup DNA. Telefónica’s accelerator, Wayra, led the research, seeking to determine whether diversity drives acceleration. The short answer is yes. But the gender facts that emerged from polling more than 220 early-stage digital startups in the UK are even more interesting.

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PS4 Gets A Price Cut In Its Home Turf

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Sony’s PS4 is getting a price cut in Japan, the company announced today. It’s down from ¥39,980 to ¥34,980, which translates to about a $41 cut, effective October 1st. President of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and Asia Atsushi Morita said the cut “provide an opportunity for users who have not yet been exposed to this device to dive into the world of PlayStation 4” in a statement provided to Polygon.

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Davíd Guzmán Makes HD Smith’s IT More Efficient Then Makes It A Source Of Revenue

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David Guzman has held the top IT role at a number of major companies including K-Mart, eBay Enterprise, Acxiom, and Owens & Minor. For the last four years, he has been the CIO of HD Smith, a multi-billion pharmaceutical products distribution and services business based in Springfield, Illinois. During that time, he has simplified the way in which IT does business, employing cloud technologies to simplify the infrastructure and introducing process excellence in the form of Lean Six Sigma and ITIL, for example. He has introduced a number of analytics and mobile solutions that have changed employee and customer experience, and he intends to have more of his team’s time spent on externally focused innovation. He covers all of the above and more with me in this interview.

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