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The answer to the first question is a big ‘YES, THEY DO!’ It’s just a matter of logic. Otherwise, can anybody think about how can the UK’s largest supermarket chain manage a retail data infrastructure operates in near real-time in … Continue reading →

Hi again from Greenlighthouse! At the Risk of  making this blog less and less green today we will focus on the ERP’s world… Again!  First of all, let me admit that a few days ago I was a layman on … Continue reading →

“Enterprise Resource Planning” was  born from a previous tool: Manufacturing Resource Planning that followed Material Requirements Planning. ERP had their boom in the 1990’s when many companies used the Y2K problem to  replace their information systems. An ERP is a … Continue reading →

Let’s start from the very beginning… What is’ Dell Hell’? Is it a movie? A new game for the Play Station? What do David and Goliath have to do with it? I must admit that this morning I had no … Continue reading →

So after our last posts we keep on running on numbers and today we’ll choose 2012. No, it’s not about the Olympic Games to be celebrated in London but rather about a more complex question: Where do you think Facebook … Continue reading →

After the last posts related to technology I wanted to go back to the ‘green world’ but… How to do it seamlessly? As in many other aspects of life, the answer is in the numbers! Today the game will consist … Continue reading →

So… What’s next? After our last post about Microsoft and its future, it’s Google’s turn. First of all, a bit of history. Sergey Brin and Larry Page, two Stanford University doctorate students, came from academic families and  were set on … Continue reading →

Where do I see Microsoft now? This is the question of today’s post. From my point view Microsoft is on top of the world. How many companies would like to be like Microsoft today? I’m sure there are a couple … Continue reading →

A new beacon of light for all the supporters of a greener world appeared a week ago. Let me use this humble lighthouse to spread the good news related to… Telephone boxes! What the hell have telephone boxes to do … Continue reading →

What makes a business model successful? The answer depends on four main groups: revenue sources, key expenses, investment size and critical success factor. Examples of this last element in, let’s say, blogging would be a good news research and comment … Continue reading →