{"id":1641,"date":"2010-08-07T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/flaugust_080710\/"},"modified":"2010-08-07T15:12:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T15:12:00","slug":"flaugust_080710","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/flaugust_080710\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out our monthly newsletter:  &#8220;The Finish Line&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Like an\u00a0&#8217;86 Margaux, some things just mature with age, and one of those is the good ol&#8217; newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4292\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4292\" title=\"Bruce McCracken\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Bruceaward2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Read the Finish Line, edited by HfS analyst Bruce McCracken<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>So we asked\u00a0another fine vintage, HfS\u00a0senior analyst, Bruce McCracken, (whose claim-to-fame is once\u00a0receiving a fat check from the State of Texas), to pull one together for us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This month we&#8217;ve featured industry dignitaries such as Vinnie Mirchandani, Naomi Bloom, Ben Trowbridge and Mark Trepanier\u00a0airing their views\u00a0about Mahindra Satyam&#8217;s re-emergence and AON&#8217;s takeover of Hewitt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t miss a superb interview with EquaTerra&#8217;s Stan Lepeak, discussing the latest Industry Pulse and its new findings on Cloud Computing adoption.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/The-Finish-Line-August-2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">YOU CAN DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY HERE<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Bruce McCracken (pictured center) is senior analyst at HfS Research, and editor of the Finish Line.<\/em>\u00a0 <em>You can read his bio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/meet-the-team#bruce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>You can submit news and views that you deem appropriate for inclusion in future Finish Lines by emailing Bruce at bruce\u00a0dot mccracken at horsesforsources dot com.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like an\u00a0&#8217;86 Margaux, some things just mature with age, and one of those is the good ol&#8217; newsletter. 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