In Honor of His Loyal Friend
To live and Die in Colorado Springs, a Poem by the Naked Analyst, Wilensky My friend swims in the pool and sometimes drinks the water, I tell him he shouldn’t as we are parting ways just when I needed...
View ArticleFear Not, Resellers: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
This is a guest post by Hunter Richards of Software Advice. The original article is located here. VARs have traditionally made money selling and servicing on-premises systems, but now cloud computing...
View ArticleMy Personal opinion of the Loren Data Corp v. GXS peering and interconnect spat
Stay tuned for more on the State of the EDI Communications industry
View ArticleOn VAN Interconnections, briefly…
when an enterprise is no longer enterprising, when it is out of ideas, and its purchases - its acquisitions, fail to gel within the structure of an overheated and unwieldy organization, then the next...
View ArticleThe Churning and Burning of Legal Wrangling and Tangling in Connected Markets
the standards of review for antitrust violation under the Sherman act, both sections one and two, are very high, and being a legal specialty, Loren Data Corp finds itself in the august company of many,...
View ArticleA Man with a sense of Dignity and Justice was the First Telecom Trust Buster...
After all, in the words (Paraphrased) of Bill McGowan, the Chairman of MCI who took AT&T to task, " Are we just going to let huge companies dictate who can play, and who can compete? We just want a...
View ArticleA Stalled and Strangled Market – What we Owe Bill McGowan – What we Pledge to...
"Many people thought it was crazy for Bill to take on AT&T" Sound familiar, "Todd, you can't fight GXS!" Oh yeah?
View ArticleSteve Jobs, The Leader of an Inspired, Intuitive School of Design.
Steve Jobs has never had a true peer in the world of designed durable electronics. His sense of what works, what looks appetizing and inviting to use, and how design contributes to the human experience...
View ArticleMicro Commentary on Republican Contenders: Clown College
Jon Huntsman is a Republican wildcard, endorsed by the Boston Glob (not sure how I feel about that), that actually engenders in me less revulsion than Barack Obama. Wow.
View ArticleDirectory Services in EDI Networks
Directory Services are the most important basic service of interconnected networks, including layer 7 application messaging services, such as VANs and EDI service providers. Loren Data ECGrid has had...
View ArticleAnd now, the wise convened. You are also one of the wise, so you too, shall...
where none spoke, nor acted, GXS' grew by nasty turns without skills, and bereft of innovation, using PE to terminate a vibrant EDI communications innovator - but you, B2B entrepreneur, act now.
View ArticleUnderstanding Product Segmentation in B2B Communications
Short analysis: Bad B2B Communications Architecture with poor integration and supporting services = bad for mid market business.
View ArticleInterconnection as an Anticompetitive Weapon
An innovative B2B network communications company is struggling to survive its decade-long dispute against the largest company in their sector. We might cast Loren Data Corp. as the Rebel Alliance, and...
View ArticleWatch the Visionary Create New Architecture, while the laggard incumbent cuts...
However, when Todd initially went to market, there were few kudos. The VAN universe remains thus: strictly limit network functions and resources. And, of course, as we see today, uploads and downloads...
View ArticleThe present EDI era is …
Our present era is one where new EDI Communications are devolving into As2 islands with virtually zero addressability, and a collapsing system of legacy VANs that have done nothing to collectively...
View ArticleCross Post from Loren Data Corp’s President’s Blog: Antitrust Case Update
Without any editorial distortion on my part, Todd Gould, Loren Data Corp President, has posted an update on the upcoming appellate hearing (oral arguments) in re Loren Data Corp v. GXS Inc. It is an...
View ArticleSafeguarding the VAN Interconnect from becoming ‘just another tool” of the...
It's not surprising that SPS Commerce and other EDI solutions providers use Loren Data Corp ECGrid - for value, support, and advanced communications features. This is the #1 reason GXS has taken a...
View ArticleSaving the Newspaper business
Image via Wikipedia With apologies to Scott Karp. I hereby announce the first major aggregator of legacy newsprint style reporting for the 21st century, “ReadWipeWeb.com” the first newspaper printed...
View ArticleWhy use a VAN for managed AS2 ?
I saw this thread on AS2 Hosting vs. In-House configurations, a perennial favorite topic of flames on LinkedIn EDI Forums. My response was too lengthy to post there, so here is my take: Use a VAN to...
View ArticleOpen Letter to our Regulators and the EDI Communications Industry
Dear Colleagues: Periodically, I asses the sum total industry impact of the Loren Data Corp vs. GXS Antitrust action, and what (if any) action has fermented at various agencies – FCC, DOJ, etc., in...
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