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- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
can actually use." Paul Hamilton-Smith opined that software companies "mostly subsist from their renewal revenue stream. That stream is generated by 'new and improved' software versions." And... View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
Software giant Microsoft is launching the Windows 8 version of its operating system this week, and suffice it to say that it's radically different from Windows 7. The familiar Start button and menu are gone, for example, replaced by a... View Details
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
about capturing value through intellectual property regimes, standards, and technology platforms. Digital convergence takes center stage in the final module. Convergence examples, suddenly, are plentiful. Computing and entertainment have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Making Finance Personal
use over engineering-driven solutions in the consumer-software space and showed that simplicity trumped bells and whistles, an important lesson for subsequent entrepreneurs in those early days of the computer and View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
Scott Cook Even as a kid, Scott Cook was interested in figuring out how computers could help ordinary people. In high school, he sketched a tablet-style computer that could read handwriting and calculate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
In a few years there will be no such thing as an e-business," says Vivek Y.Ranadivé (MBA 1983). As founder, chairman, and CEO of Palo Alto-based TIBCO Software, Inc., (www.tibco.com) it would seem that Ranadivé is predicting the demise of his own company. Among other... View Details
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Lawrence J. Ellison
Ellison founded the second largest software company in the world – building the first commercially viable relational database. Oracle applications power more business-to-business and administrative systems than any other View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 02 May 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
Hindu/Muslim conflict. Designed for each computer to be shared by two to three students, the children work with each other with minimal direction from a facilitator. “The stories that have come back are incredible,” Mendhro says. “One of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
else’s problem — until now. A phone call from the IT department reports that your company’s computer systems have been accessed by an intruder. Troves of business and financial data, your customers’ as well as your own, have been... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
Given the demands of his HBS studies, he wisely teamed up with former MIT classmate Bob Frankston, who did much of the programming work on the project. Together, they founded Software Arts, Inc., early in 1979. "Those were the days of the... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
thousands of HBS alumni. Whether through creative destruction, disruptive innovation, or riding a societal quantum leap forward, HBS alumni entrepreneurs have founded or grown companies that are pervasive and familiar, from consumer products to financial services, from... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
according to one report, “been positioning (Microsoft) as tech’s moral leader.” The focus of Nadella’s attention was the organization’s culture. With comments such as “The C in CEO stands for culture,” he set about changing the company’s mission from “a View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
programs? What management practices work best? Catching Affiliate Fraud Edelman and Brandi, admitted computer geeks, developed software that allowed them to observe management structures within companies... View Details
Carissa Bryce Christensen
with evidence-based decision making, Carissa has built a career in complex, cutting-edge tech environments. She co-founded QxBranch, a quantum computing software firm acquired by Rigetti View Details
Thomas M. Siebel
Siebel founded his firm in 1993 as a provider of sales force automation systems. Though his firm quickly became a major player in sales force automation, Siebel Systems achieved tremendous growth when its software was applied to customer... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Alex Iskold
Alex Iskold Is a Founder and a Managing Partner at 2048 Ventures. Alex is a 4x founder, a software engineer, and an investor in over 150 startups. He writes one of the top startup blogs called Startup Hacks. Alex is a life-long learner... View Details
Scott D. Cook
Though he was not the first individual to launch a personal finance software company, Cook was the most successful. His focus on easy of use and customer service helped to develop Quicken into one of the most successful View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game Dysfunction
exercise, administered in the computer lab. A software program simulates a supply chain from retailer through wholesaler and distributor up to the beer factory. Students take roles as a participant in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Juicy Story
Office software for the Mac. In 1998, Apple launched the iMac, a candy-colored computer that fit well with its ad campaign to “Think Different.” Even so, it sold only 6 million units over the course of three... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
When Donna Dubinsky joined Palm Computing in 1992, the eight-person start-up was one of several companies developing a personal digital assistant. Under her leadership, Palm introduced the first successful PDA, creating a multi-billion... View Details