[from bushwald] Did someone at EDS miss the memo?

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:52:40 -0700

[from bushwald] HP's big splash on EDS all about shrinkage | The Register

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:51:41 -0700

Ashlee says HP/EDS is about being FTF (Fire the Fuckers) optimization: "The loser gets choked with fistfuls of free doughnuts and has scalding hot coffee poured on his groin."

[from bushwald] HP chief Hurd fields questions about EDS buy - Network World

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:21:25 -0700

"You will see a blurring of lines between our software and services businesses. Our software strategy is to link and align it across HP."

[from bushwald] BMC's Beauchamp: No Impact On Sales From Downturn; Sees HP/EDS Deal As Net Positive For The Company

Sun, 18 May 2008 21:18:35 -0700

[from bushwald] BMC CEO Blasts HP Over EDS Deal | Software | BMC CRM EDS HPQ IBM INTU - TheStreet.com

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:17:53 -0700

"'In last 24 hours, [I] have spoken with very senior executives for the largest tech companies in the world who view' H-P's buyout of the consultant and systems integrator as a move toward becoming 'a more hostile, less friendly partner.'"

Networking: How to Work a Twitter Party

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:19:45 -0700

Networking has always been a high art in business. Just ask Susan Roane, my mentor and author of the seminal tome, “How to Work a Room.” (I know a handful of VCs and startup kings on Sand Hill Road who have her book tucked into a drawer.) I’ve been showcasing Roane’s lessons for founders in my Found|READ series, “What They Don’t Teach You At Stanford Business School.”

By now it’s time to address the latest, and arguably the most powerful, networking tool in any founders’ arsenal: Twitter. It’s simple. If you’re not “tweeting,” you’re missing half the conversation. Just ask Sarah Lacy. (How different Lacy’s now-infamous SXSW interview of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg might have been had she been plugged into the tweets flying around the conference room floor!) Don’t know how to use Twitter? No sweat. Here are my 8 Tips for How to Work a Twitter Party.
(Photo credit: News.com. SXSW Tweeters celebrating before the ill-fated Zuckerberg interview.)

First things first: For founders, the goal of Twittering isn’t to tell people what we ate for lunch, but to get technology influencers — like Dave McClure, Mike Arrington or Guy Kawasaki — to read and respond to our Twitter feeds. In Twitter nomenclature, this is called “following.”

1. Don’t be afraid to Tweet above your head. McClure is an Alpha Tweeter. One tweet from Dave is like a TechCrunch link two years ago. But you’re no one, so you’ll have to tweet Dave five times to get him to reciprocate, and do something really interesting for him to “follow” your feed. Reciprocity is also a must. Guy Kawasaki, a top Twitter-er, takes this to the extreme, following every Tweeter who follows him. So do I. Use text message updates to keep tabs on those tweeting you.

2. Watch your Twitter ratios. Spammers have a bad follower-to-following ratio, so don’t randomly follow 20, 200 or 2,000 people without some Twittering under your belt. Similarly if you’re twittering a little too substantively, or have a banal topic, then expect to have a horrible updates-to-follower ratio. (my updates-to-followers ratio is bad because I tweet about FICO scores, a topic so dull that my “ABC News” segment on YouTube only has 12 views.)

3. Leverage what’s going on. If you knew HP would buy EDS a week ago or a month ago, then tweet and claim credit. I’m not joking, people. Do this. Did you walk in on a powerSet 2.0 pitch at Peet’s on University Ave.? Twitter that too.

4. Move your Twitter conversation(s) off-line. Good meet-ups can start with Twitter marketing. Good examples include Startup School or Sarah’s book-signing in San Francisco. Twitter loves Y Combinator and vice versa! Tweet your friends to organize a pre-party (like a breakfast at Fraiche) and voila! One day prior to your event, and the RSVP list on Facebook is 50 percent over capacity.

5. Migrate your real-world conversation to Twitter. At ad-tech, I was with Oren Michels, Scott Rafer, Owen Thomas and others. During post-conference parties, people tweeted back-and-forth other constantly. What does this do? It stimulates more face-to-face conversation! Indeed, working the Twitter party makes the real party you’re at better, bigger and better-documented.

6. Time your tweets. A great man once told me: “Be a vacation in your interactions with people.” He meant: “Don’t tax your conversation partners.” Is reading your Twitter feed a part-time job, or a little beach break that people can take from right inside their cube at work? For maximum impact, release your tweets with the time of day in mind. News-related tweets fly in the morning. Post-lunch tweets should be on the lighter side.

7. Pre-write some of your material. There is nothing wrong with pre-composing a few impromtu tweets. Think improv comedians don’t prepare? So don’t post stream of consciousness to your Twitter. And whatever you do, don’t tweet with a buzz on.

8. Work the Twitter Room for product development. A product manager for pbWiki, Kris, was recently using Twitter to collect ideas for product tweaks. So I chimed in with a tweet requesting that updates to my company’s 400 pbWiki pages be distributed via email, but only to those who’ve actually edited those pages. Hey Dave Weekly (founder of pbWiki), did you know your employees work the Twitter Party for your benefit?

Written by Larry Chiang, founder of duck9.com, which helps college students improve their credit ratings. He is also a frequent contributor to Found|READ.

HP pays $13.9bn for EDS | The Register

Fri, 16 May 2008 03:17:42 -0700

Hewlett Packard has bought EDS for $13.9bn, doubling its services business at a stroke.

EDS' Next Big Thing Blog: Read and Respond to What the EDS Fellows Say About Technology : OASIS BPEL4People: Beating a Dead Horse

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:48:46 -0800

Via Sandy Kemsley - Fred Cummins of EDS on BPMN/BPDM vs BPEL. We really need more people like Fred to stand up and say "BPEL isn't designed<sep/>

Productivity by the dashboard light: EDS pursues growth through innovation simplification

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:12:31 -0700

“Life is measurement" ...

Open Sourcing of eds-sync

Sun, 27 May 2007 10:50:05 -0700

Making online IM contacts lists become part of your one single desktop contacts list.

EDS on SWiK