How to move Prestashop to a new server

If you want to move Prestashop from one server to other, this guide is the more complete one. https://www.squirrelhosting.co.uk/hosting-blog/hosting-blog-info.php?id=27 In addition to me, I created a parking DNS to redirect the DNS from 1 hosting provider to other without change the domain contract. I had an issue when uploading the SQL database because it was … Read more

Whiteout mail

Awareness about security is always something challenging, and have good habits in this area is important. Mail encryption was always a technical complex issue, but now it seems to be easy for users. The answer is this German company Whiteout.io Installation Once you install it, you enter your user and generate a PGP key, the … Read more

who will buy Salesforce?

This is a buzz that has moved the market after Salesforce jumped 15% in the market: NYSE:CRM. This is just pure speculation exercise, nothing else. I have several questions, who, why, when. Who and why: there are different alternatives, and plausible reasons. These are my bets. Oracle Salesforce is having some inability to make waves … Read more

La sociedad del cansancio

Vi este libro en una noticia de un diario y lo compré casi impulsivamente. Más que un libro me parece un ensayo, tanto por la extensión como por la forma de escribirlo. Me parece un buen ensayo, pero no me parece un libro. Invita a leerlo conjuntamente con más personas y reflexionar sobre los puntos … Read more

Zurmo non-sent e-mails

When I do massive use of a campaign, I have sometimes the problem that some e-mails are not sent. There is not user report that enables you to get them, so I have gone through phpMyAdmin to find and analyze them. The table used are: 1.- e-mail messages not sent: SELECT * FROM `emailmessage` WHERE … Read more

Six Sigma DMAIC Vs Toyota Production system principles

  Learning about lean principles, I finish myself looking into different Toyota Production System principles reading about concepts, culture and behavior. I started this diagram to remind these concepts and link them with a well-known methodology to me: Six-Sigma. Any mistake? Any suggestion to add?

Gemba attitude in situational awareness

Gemba Japanese term means “the real place”, in business  “the place where value is created”. To solve a problem, you have to go to the “Gemba” or to the workplace, the machine, the plant, … the place where the root cause of a problem is happening. The combination of Kaizen & Gemba are clear: continuous … Read more

Too much data will not improve business strategy for most companies

I need to remind this post of Simon Wardley’s blog which contains a great explanation of how to define a strategy, how to assess it. “Situational awareness: the strategy always starts from WHERE, then you can clearly articulate WHY you are making a specific choice.” “Using visual representation (the board, the map) to articulate encounters … Read more