Loading ...I learned a valuable lesson today - do not trust everything the media wants you to believe.
My previous post inaccurately stated that Callidus lost a VP to Varicent. WRONG! Andrew Armstrong left Callidus in December 2007 and later joined the Aiimi/ReThink Group:
Andrew Armstrong, Sales Director, Aiimi (trading as RPS)
Andrew joined Aiimi in April 2008, having previously held Vice President Europe, Middle East and Africa and Vice President Asia positions at Callidus Software Inc. Andrew’s particular remit is to assist Aiimi in diversifying beyond financial services into other industries using performance and incentive management software, such as telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, utilities and the public sector.
Varicent… wasn’t that press release a bit misleading?
Julien,
I think this goes back to your trash-talking other vendors post that you had the other day. This seems to be a pattern among businesses today to try and steer (mislead is a strong term) people toward their point of view. Its not only done in press releases (and all companies do it), but it is also done in company literature and websites, including case studies.
Coming from an individual that has worked on projects that case studies have been written about, those projects were the most perfect project in the world and I must have done a good job in the project as the case study said so. The fact that I was still working on the project and it was never finished has very little to do with the actual facts.
Hi Mike,
Good point & thanks for sharing. Steering people toward their point of view is just business and I agree they all do it (and I don’t see anything wrong with this)… The extent to which facts can be stretched, and as you point out sometimes invented, is where companies can differentiate themselves.
Julien