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Highlighting the impact of information technology on the chemical industry
A Pause for the Blog
Hi everyone, I’m posting this to let you know that I took on a new challenge at Microsoft and that...
Date: 11/11/2009
Microsoft Acquires Process Manufacturing Solution
I’m excited to write that yesterday we announced the acquisition of four industry solutions...
Date: 09/23/2009
Medway Plastics Case Study – Online COllaboration
We posted a new video case study of Medway Plastics’ use of Microsoft Office Live Meeting to help...
Date: 09/04/2009
Coca-Cola Enterprises Moves to Cloud Computing with Microsoft Online Services
Cloud computing, in particular the move of email and other business productivity services out of...
Date: 07/10/2009
Supply Chain Visibility and Collaboration Using SharePoint 2007
Guest blogging today is Dave Lassiter. Dave is our Solutions Director for Manufacturing &...
Date: 06/22/2009
Webcast Question Follow-Up: Scalability of Dynamics CRM
I just received all the questions that were on the webcast. I’ll go through those over the...
Date: 06/11/2009
Replay of ChemWeek Dynamics CRM Webcast Featuring Arch CHemicals
For those who couldn’t attend the live webcast, the replay is available on the ChemWeek site at...
Date: 06/10/2009
ChemWeek Sales Productivity Webcast on Dynamics CRM
Thank you to everyone who joined today’s webcast highlighting Arch Chemical’s experience deploying...
Date: 06/02/2009
Tackling the Sales Productivity Challenge
I was invited by ChemWeek to contribute a blog entry for the upcoming webcast on June 2nd @ 10:00am...
Date: 05/29/2009
Enabling the Agile Supply Chain
Join AMR Research, Microsoft and Infosys for a June 9th webcast about supply chain visibility &...
Date: 05/21/2009
Join Arch Chemicals and Microsoft on Dynamics CRM Webcast with ChemWeek
Arch Chemicals is a long time user of Microsoft Dynamics CRM for both sales and customer service,...
Date: 05/14/2009
Unified Communications in Manufacturing – With New Dow Corning Case Study
Back in late 2007, I posted a case study highlighting Dow Corning’s deployment of unified...
Date: 05/12/2009
Archer Daniels Midland Launches New Customer Experience on SharePoint 2007
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), a global agricultural processing company, recently launched their new...
Date: 04/27/2009
AspenTech Event and Upcoming User’s Conference
We co-hosted a fun, informal networking event with AspenTech on Wednesday evening at the...
Date: 04/24/2009
Chem4Word Sighting
I blogged back in August about a Microsoft Research collaboration with Dr. Peter Murray-Rust on...
Date: 04/09/2009
I Thought I Was in ShapE…
That’s what I told a group of tourists at the top of Lombard Street in San Francisco last week after...
Date: 04/06/2009
Accelrys Announces SUpport for Office SharePoint Server
Yesterday, Accelrys, a provider of scientific business intelligence software and services, put out a...
Date: 03/24/2009
Manufacturing Future Vision Video
I was with a customer this week up at our Executive Briefing Center in Redmond. In fact, I am...
Date: 03/13/2009
Global Energy Forum Decks Posted
Happy Friday. The customer presentations from the Global Energy Forum are now posted. ...
Date: 03/06/2009
Last Week at the Global Energy Forum
What a great day at the Global Energy Forum last week, and what a fantastic turnout. I was...
Date: 02/26/2009
This Week at the GLobal Energy Forum…
I’ll be in Houston this week for the Global Energy Forum. Nalco Company is speaking with...
Date: 02/16/2009
More on OSIsoft DOBA Accelerators
As promised, I am following up with more information about OSIsoft’s Dynamic Office Business...
Date: 02/06/2009
Connecting with Someone Who Reached Out To Me Last Week
Sorry to use this for a blog post, but if you sent me an email last week through the contact form...
Date: 02/05/2009
Re-Cap of THE UMT Portfolio Management Webcast Featuring FMC
UMT delivered a nice webcast yesterday featuring Blaik Halling, Project Manager and Senior Research...
Date: 01/29/2009
Reminder: Webcast Tomorrow Featuring FMC – Portfolio Management for Research and Development
Just a reminder about tomorrow’s webcast on best-in-class portfolio management in R&D, featuring...
Date: 01/26/2009
OSIsoft’s Microsoft Solution Accelerators On vCampus
A popular topic during my customer visits is about improving manufacturing operations. Many of...
Date: 01/19/2009
Eastman Chemical Videos Posted – Collaborating Across The Enterprise
In a previous post, I referenced a new case study highlighting Eastman Chemical’s use of SharePoint...
Date: 01/12/2009
Chemical R&D Portfolio Management Webinar Featuring FMC and Partner UMT
Welcome to 2009! We will kick-off the new year with a webinar titled “Best in Class Portfolio...
Date: 01/08/2009
Shutting Down for the Year – And a Note About Twitter
Just a quick note to wish everyone a happy holiday season. I will likely be off the blog until...
Date: 12/19/2008
Paul Hodges’ Chemicals And The Economy Blog
If you are looking for some insight into how the economy is impacting the chemical industry, I...
Date: 12/19/2008
Chemical Companies Embracing New Concepts Like Software PluS Services
We sponsored a CIO Magazine virtual conference called “The Intelligent Enterprise” back in...
Date: 12/12/2008
Watch The Change with Unified Communications
As a follow up to my post about saving money with Unified Communications, I stumbled across a site...
Date: 12/02/2008
American Chemistry on Facebook
I am now one of 147 fans of American Chemistry on Facebook. I’m really, really glad to see...
Date: 11/19/2008
The Social Media for Scientists Conversation Continues…
Okay, I’ve learned not to drift away from the blog for too long as conversations roll on without...
Date: 11/14/2008
Benefits of Plastics Summit Blog From the American Chemistry Council
A year-or-so ago I blogged about the (seemingly) lack of social networking going on in the chemical...
Date: 11/06/2008
NCH Streamlines Research and Analysis of new Technologies
We released a case study with NCH Corporation about their experience in building a custom...
Date: 11/05/2008
Owens-Illinois Cuts Excess Inventory by 50 Percent and IMproves On-Time Delivery
We released a case study earlier this month that you might find interesting. The case study is based...
Date: 10/27/2008
InformationWeek Article on BASF and Application Virtualization
Charles Babcock, from InformationWeek wrote a nice article on BASF's use of Microsoft application...
Date: 10/17/2008
Eastman Innovation Lab and Kor One
The inaugural Strategic Marketing and eMarketing in the Chemical Industry event finished...
Date: 10/10/2008
Day 1 of Strategic Marketing and eMarketing in the Chemical Industry Conference
I was in Atlanta today for day 1 of the Strategic Marketing and eMarketing in the Chemical Industry...
Date: 10/08/2008
AspenTech Announces BASF Is First Customer to Deploy AspenONE Using Microsoft Application Virtualization Technology
If you are an AspenTech customer using aspenOne software, this press release will interest...
Date: 10/07/2008
David kepler wins Chemweek CIO of the year award
The highlight of the ChemWeek IT forum this week was not my presentation with Colin Masson, rather...
Date: 10/03/2008
great microsoft rfid blog
If you're interested in a deeper view of Microsoft's RFID platform, check out Sudhir Hasbe's...
Date: 09/29/2008
Thoughts from Logichem 2008 in Atlanta
Last week, Microsoft sponsored LogiChem 2008 in Atlanta. Enrique Andaluz and Greg Walker represented...
Date: 09/29/2008
ERP Plus in Process industries - webcast with Fullscope and aberdeen
Yesterday, Steve Reed from Fullscope led a webcast on ERP Plus in Process Industries. Included in...
Date: 09/26/2008
Strategic Marketing and emarketing in the chemical industry
On October 8th and 9th in Atlanta, Georgia, Microsoft is sponsoring the Strategic Marketing and...
Date: 09/23/2008