Archive for Logistics Software Vendors

I’m so glad it’s Friday. Just saying.

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“We hired an HR Director, so I guess this means we’re becoming a real company.”

So joked Monica Wooden, CEO of MercuryGate, during her opening remarks at MercuryGate’s User Conference 2011 last week. The joke was meant to underscore the company’s continued growth, both in terms of customers and resources. MercuryGate serves more than 160 customers (about 40 shippers and 120 logistics service providers) and it now has… Continue reading

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Will the US raise its debt limit? Will it loose its AAA credit rating? Will the world economy crash next Tuesday? It feels like Y2K all over again, with everyone looking at the calendar, counting the days, the minutes until…what? We’ll soon find out.

In the meantime…

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It is the unofficial start of summer this weekend. Many of you will probably leave work early today, so let’s get right to the news.

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Osama bin Laden is dead.

Two years ago, on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I shared my recollections about that day (see “Remembering 9/11”). For me, the news of bin Laden’s death was a bit anti-climatic, a loose end that needed to be tied in a long, complicated narrative that continues for the victims, their families, and the rest of us that still see and feel… Continue reading

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