tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377815762012-03-16T16:06:56.832-07:00Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-41228727167202194572011-01-31T19:50:00.000-08:002011-01-31T20:03:44.343-08:00

The thought occurred to me in the context of shared services models that are pretty popular in most large multi-business companies in the process of evaluating an upgrade to our ERP package. My company implemented a shared services model years ago and then dissolved it because the ineffectiveness of the ERP softwares ability to handle the org structure and process in a simple manner.Years later

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-62806754353181506352010-05-10T08:23:00.001-07:002010-05-10T08:23:43.345-07:00

Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.Sir John Templeton

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Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly. ~ Langston Hughes ~

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-40498333121228294842008-09-18T18:53:00.000-07:002009-02-01T13:20:52.777-08:00

Read this blog entry firsthttp://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/running-php-5x-on-windows-using-tomcat-4x-or-5x/Download Tomcat 6.0Download PHP version 5.2.6 - Zip Distribution (the windows installer doesn't work properly)Add the php directory and extension directory to the system pathAdd the 2 environment variables noted in the blog referred aboveCopy the php.ini file from

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-35120869447044323502008-08-03T21:00:00.000-07:002008-08-03T21:03:54.602-07:00

If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-68370342703310787242008-08-03T20:46:00.001-07:002008-08-03T20:56:28.125-07:00

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation ... it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-44433407054212137782008-07-25T10:35:00.000-07:002008-07-25T10:42:44.159-07:00

Experience is something you get when you don't get what you wanted.Brick walls are there for a reason : to prove how badly you want something.

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-65825284737543858452008-07-17T20:00:00.001-07:002008-07-17T20:42:46.600-07:00

Are we still living in the USA, the role-model of a capitalist society. What happened to the invisible hand of the free market. We are actually discussing options where the government would come in and bailout all those 1-3 million people that are supposed to lose their homes.Now I am not a heartless SOB but bailing people out for making bad decisions only perpetuates the problem. Not resolve it.

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-5197056210498396452008-07-07T07:07:00.001-07:002008-07-17T20:51:12.813-07:00

There are 3 I's in every cycle. The "innovator" that's the first I. After the innovator comes the "imitator" And after the imitator comes the "idiot" that makes way for the innovator again

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-52310180998386123292008-06-02T21:23:00.000-07:002008-07-17T20:47:45.508-07:00

The most basic roadmap answers the 4 canonical questionsWhy What How When I also found another good snippet from the following postIt outlines in a little more detail the key components of a roadmap document especially as it relates to an Information Technology applications roadmap.Purpose of this Document - why write the doc Stakeholder Chart - whose needs are being met with the solution Signoff

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-40470052771859302432008-04-22T20:03:00.000-07:002008-07-17T20:58:37.676-07:00

Sometimes change management means just that, changing management.

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-8427849744464821562008-04-22T20:01:00.000-07:002008-07-17T20:52:01.810-07:00

Capitalism will never fail because Socialism will always be there to bail it out. - Ralph Nader

Ali Sareeanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37781576.post-72349569031120339972007-03-21T18:14:00.000-07:002008-07-17T20:55:23.892-07:00

Some tips and notes that I have assembled for managers who are getting ready to do performance appraisals.Preparation, Preparation, Preparation Make sure that you lay out the goals for the discussion. To highlight contributions that the associate has made to the company success and to set expectations on how they can continue to do so. Make sure they understand that it is a dialog , It should be

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