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New Gig – ACI Worldwide – Farewell TIS
New Gig – ACI Worldwide – Farewell TIS

New Gig – ACI Worldwide – Farewell TIS

So this is my last day at TIS (though I’m on Vacation) and my journey starts with ACI tomorrow morning with “Challenger Training” – then a week of sessions and keynotes and parties at the ACI Worldwide International Sales Conference.…

My Finovate Presentation (Video)
My Finovate Presentation (Video)

My Finovate Presentation (Video)

Stood up there in front of 1,500 people – it was fun and though I wish I had remembered all my lines, it was worth it. I’m demonstrating for TIS an integrated part of multi-channel approach to capturing the necessary…

Does Mobile have a Place in Lockbox, Integrated Receivables, Payment Reconciliation?

I’ve been thinking a lot about how much Treasury Management has changed since I started in the business just over 25 years ago. Although I’ve been out of the game for at least 4 years, it seems that Lockbox (especially…

Silicon Vally Secessionist Balaji Srinivasan is an arrogant ignorant brilliant chickenshit

I missed Srinivasan’s diatribe back in October 2013 and recently herd of it as the inertia builds among the newly rich people who build the stuff I sell. You can watch it here on YouTube I read a great article…

Why Apple broke iWork and made it free. How MS Office on Mac is Better and why Apple doesn’t care right now

My thoughts on no mail-merge in the new iWork, Free iWork for new users, where is iOS and OSX coming together, and how we work is different now than how we did when integrated office software was created. I recently…

A few tidbits – #eBay simplifies Storefronts, #Snapchat turns down $3Billion, #Amazon.com and Drones – and we will all print in 3D someday

Interesting article about how Ebay is looking to go the other direction – physical storefronts to expand a company’s digital footprint.  The company has always been helping businesses to connect with customers but this is a great example of expanding…

Opened Bank Accounts with @getMoven and @Simplify to see how they work web & #mobile – will see how #online #banking is useful here

Two new financial services entities have come into the market recently: Moven.com and Simple.com.Simple started out as a credit card based mobile solution while Moven was the creation by the now famous Brett King who drove us all to sell…