This is the end, hold your breath and count to ten….
Hang on though. The sky hasn’t fallen, the lights are still on, the world is still turning. Did googlemageddon... View Article
Articles written by Mark Plant
#MME15 – Viva Las Vegas!
What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there! Mark Plant from Micro Focus reports back from Oracle's Modern Marketing Experience event in Las Vegas 2015. What did he learn and what should you take away from the event?
The Markies. 1st the worst – 2nd the best…..
For someone whose personal motto is often along Yoda’s lines of ‘Do. Or Do Not. There is no try’... View Article
Terminal Emulation & the magic of modernizing old applications
When I first joined Micro Focus I was lucky enough to sit through a number of product demos, the teams wanted me up to speed on what their stuff ‘did’. Up stepped ‘Rumba’. No – not Rumba the Latin American dance – this was a terminal emulator. Software for mainframe applications that gave the older ‘green-screen’ interface a fresh lick of paint or so I thought.
Winning isn’t everything – but wanting to win right now is!
Micro Focus Marketing Operations Director Mark Plant reflects on making the final cut in the #MME14 Eloqua Markies awards - Best Social Campaign @MicroFocus @Mainframe50
‘Will you walk with me Grasshopper?’
‘Will you walk with me Grasshopper?’ asked Po in the legendary cult Martial Arts series Kung-Fu, starring the almost-as-legendary... View Article
How website performance powers marketing success
Back in September my colleague Chris Livesey wrote a fascinating blog for Business Computing World called ‘Why Marketers should care... View Article
The TESTA Awards – where X Factor met the SDLC
Many of those reading this may well have come along and this blog is a wrap-up, both for those... View Article
Borland Software Customer Day: Altitude slickness
Bringing a new meaning to the phrase ‘elevator pitch’, yesterday Borland Software hosted a select group of customers and developers nearly 400 ft above Millbank in Central London for the inaugural Borland ‘Better Together’ event. Because, to achieve an all-round perspective, you need a room with a view and Altitude’s viewing platform is modelled on the Empire State Building (except it’s much harder to see Central Park).
The European Software Testing Awards (TESTA)
The European Software Testing Awards (TESTA) is a new, independent awards programme which will celebrate and promote excellence, best... View Article