by Chris Flanders | Oct 23, 2014 | Blogs
Watching the news updates of the Ebola crisis for the past few months, I am reminded of the H5N1 (bird flu) scare. No one was sure at the time if the virus would be contained and a vaccine created, or if we would experience a global pandemic in the form of the Spanish...
by Bob Clements | Oct 23, 2014 | Blogs
At the start of JDA FOCUS 2014, the company’s annual user conference, JDA Software Group Inc. CEO Hamish Brewer said that his company was at an inflection point, and it was time to reset the direction of the company. That direction was presented as JDA 2.0 and is...
by Bob Clements | Oct 23, 2014 | Blogs
Mergers and acquisitions are rarely successful. Studies have cited that 70 to 90 percent of all mergers and acquisitions fail. Sears and K-Mart, AOL and Time Warner, Sprint and Nexcom, and eBay and Skype are big name examples that illustrate my point. And for every...
by Bob Clements | Oct 23, 2014 | Blogs
This year was first time I have ever attended Inforum, Infor’s annual user conference. In the past, I’ve spoken at Lawson CUE and KronosWorks, and I’m a regular at healthcare shows like AONE and HIMSS. So, I felt like I had a good idea of what to expect from...
by Bob Clements | Sep 25, 2014 | Blogs
Reflexis held its annual user group conference at the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas from September 15 to 17, 2014. Over 165 people from 50 retailers attended the three-day event named Reflexions to share case studies and best practices, and learn about the latest...
