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- iPhone research 'somewhat unlikely' to surprise you
- Telelogic’s EA guru Jan Popkin: exclusive podcast
- Advice to Rational execs after Telelogic acquisition
- Oracle bags ESB guru Dave Chappell from Sonic
- Given India, Russia et al, can you possibly compete?
- Tony Blair slams Web 2.0, patronises blog readers
- You’re hired! I resign! The Apprentice's stupidity amazes again
- Joshua Treo: Bono invests in Palm
Jason Stamper's Blog: June 2007 Archives
iPhone research 'somewhat unlikely' to surprise you
June 29, 2007
Some new research into whether or not people are really rather likely, somewhat likely (kind-of), or not on your nelly likely to buy Apple’s forthcoming phone-that-plays-music has just been published by Harris Interactive. My life is now complete.
The first paragraph of their press release is pretty much all you need to know: “The iPhone™ from Apple® launches this week with a level of anticipation rarely witnessed in the consumer electronics industry. While fifteen percent of online Americans between the ages of 13 and 64 say they are at least somewhat likely to buy the iPhone and one percent are absolutely certain they will, only four percent of those at least somewhat likely to buy the iPhone say they plan on getting it as soon as it becomes available. More than half (55%) of those who are somewhat likely to buy say they will wait for a price drop and 49 percent say they will wait to find out how good it really is.”
Well who’d have thought it? What shocking news! Of those somewhat likely to buy the thing, only 4% of that 15% say they will get it as soon as it becomes available. What restraint! I can just imagine that 4% of the 15% of the poll sample sitting on their hands at home, trying not to leave the house and head to an Apple store or even go online in case their money burns a hole right through their pocket and forces them to part with their hard-earned cash in order to throw out their current phone and MP3 player for one that can – wait for it – make and receive calls and play MP3 music or video.
Telelogic’s EA guru Jan Popkin: exclusive podcast
June 22, 2007
Ok, I admit that this blog is going to be considered self-congratulatory, since it is, after all, the last live interview recorded with Telelogic’s enterprise architecture (EA) guru Jan Popkin before Telelogic announced it is being bought by IBM. Not that I knew that would be the case when I asked to interview Jan.
Advice to Rational execs after Telelogic acquisition
June 20, 2007
Having just bought a set of small wooden steps from Ikea, I was surprised to see that the instructions included some specific advice to IBM Rational Software executives, after IBM bought rival Telelogic for $745m....
Oracle bags ESB guru Dave Chappell from Sonic
June 19, 2007
Dave Chappell, an enterprise service bus (ESB) guru who quite literally wrote the book on ESBs, has jumped ship from the Sonic Software division of Progress Software and turned up as a VP & chief technologist at Oracle. I wonder why...
Given India, Russia et al, can you possibly compete?
June 15, 2007
I like the animated slide deck on www.theprocessfactory.com’s home page asking whether Western businesses can hope to compete in the face of both the domestic and international pressures facing all companies today.
There are some thought-provoking facts about the rise of India and Russia as competitive forces in particular, and outsourcing in general, which I had not seen previously.
It’s been put together by Jon Pyke, former CTO of UK-based workflow and BPM firm Staffware (which was bought by Tibco) and now The Process Factory CEO. He’s a bit of a guru in the BPM and workflow spaces, having written umpteen articles and books on the topic, and he also happens to be chair of the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) that still guides a number of key standards in the space.
Today Pyke’s The Process Factory is mostly doing BPM and workflow consultancy, though a little birdie tells me it may not be so very long before he or his firm once again get into software in a big way. Watch this space.
Tony Blair slams Web 2.0, patronises blog readers
June 13, 2007
In a speech about public life made in London’s Docklands yesterday, Tony Blair had a go at the media both old and new. Saying that modern media now “hunt in a pack” and that traditional media organizations have shown his party “ferocious hostility”, he also put the boot into Web 2.0 generally and bloggers in particular. So what’s his beef with us bloggers, eh?
You’re hired! I resign! The Apprentice's stupidity amazes again
June 07, 2007
I’ve written a few blogs about The Apprentice, my main problem being with it why anyone would want to work for Amstrad. Don’t get me wrong – The Apprentice makes great viewing and I have been glued, it’s just that Amstrad would be at number 137 out of the top 10 firms in technology I would want to work for.
While it may boast revenue for the six months ended December 31 of £40.6m, it’s not looking healthy. Sales were down 18% year on year. Profit was down from £8.7m to £7.5m. In that period it generated £4.3m cash from operations, down from £15.7m in the year-ago quarter. At latest count it had £28.3m in the bank. A year ago it had £49m in the bank.
Anyway, last night’s episode of The Apprentice was for me the funniest so far. While the episode in which they had to sell on a shopping channel was hysterical, I nearly laughed myself into a coma on watching last night’s. After 11 weeks in which she has had to complete all manner of pointless tasks like designing something for dogs, selling coffee on the streets of Islington (not exactly under-served by coffee shops) and selling British food at a French farmers’ market, Katie – aka the one with the shark-like eyes – fell at virtually the last hurdle.
Joshua Treo: Bono invests in Palm
June 04, 2007
Elevation Partners, a $1.9bn private equity firm that counts Bono among its five principals, announced it’s taking an approximately 25% stake in Palm, maker of the Treo smartphone range and the new Foleo mobile companion.
"As a result of this transaction, we will strengthen the Palm leadership team and create a more effective capital structure, which puts us in a great position to attract new talent, significantly strengthen our execution capabilities, and deliver long-term shareholder value," said Ed Colligan, Palm president and CEO, just before breaking into a special rendition of 'Where the Streets Have No Name', in which he sang mournfully of 'Where the Streets Have No Wi-Fi' (OK I made this but up).
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