Executive Blogs

Banks Need to Lend Now

by Daniel DiSano
Though there are several reasons our economy that has been struggling, the credit crisis is front and center. Even after all of the government involvement and various stimulus programs, financial institutions remain ridiculously gun shy. This is so very frustrating. We, the tax payers, bailed out the banks but in return the banks have been reluctant to lend to stimulate the market and create “real job growth.”  Read More
Posted 2 years ago

I recently posted a question on LinkedIn...

by Peter Borner
Are you getting value for money from your CRM solution? I have spoken to several Execs over the past few weeks about their CRM systems. I heard differing views when I asked the question "Are you getting the ROI that you expected from your CRM system?". The answers ranged from "Adoption has been difficult" to "I am not sure I trust the data" to "The repeatability brought to our Sales Process has shown significant improvements".  Read More
Posted 2 years ago

2010 - Now Is The Time

by Daniel DiSano
Happy New Year Everyone! The pundits are predicting all types of economic scenarios for 2010. My read is that we’re going to see mixed results throughout the year and growth will vary based on sector of the economy. Overall, I believe we are going to experience a slow recovery and real economic growth with pitfalls and roadblocks along the way. Every month, the market will feel like we are taking two steps forward but then one step backward.  Read More
Posted 2 years ago

Applications, Business Process and the Cloud

by Peter Borner
In the last 30 years I’ve seen a plethora of trends in the software market. The two that currently dominate both A&M activity and end user buying behaviour are BPM and Cloud computing. I have searched in vain to find an organisation that is truely process focused and has used BPM to derive Activity Based Costings across their business. This led me to thinking about what are the barriers and why aren’t companies achieving value from their BPM initiatives.  Read More
Posted 2 years ago