Insights into how technology and the outsourcing of R&D are changing the software industry

A lot of interesting stuff happened last week including the launch of the iPad.  Have at it.

1. Gotta lead off with a review of the iPad.  I got mine, did you get yours?
2. Concur completes $287M note offering.  Looks like they have some ideas on what to do with the money (via Tnooz)
3. Fantastic post on how not to confuse a product launch with a market launch by Enterprise Irregular Niel Robertson. Great breakdown of how he built and launched his startup, Trada.  Terrific roadmap for other entrepreneurs.
4. Good post by Open Travel’s Valyn Perini on how the industry is going to address the technical challenges around merchandising and ancillary revenues.  We’ll leave the issues around whether or not anyone likes the additional fees for another post.
5. Great post by Google’s Don Dodge on why Big Bang acquisitions often end in a whimper.  AOL/Bebo is the latest example.
6. Mike Vizard talks about the benefits of more structured code reviews in a globally distributed development environment and recent research by Forrester on the subject. Of course my company Ness Software Product Labs helps technology firms extend the value they derive from their software product engineering organization, so the topic was interesting to me.
7. Box.net raises $15M.  I’m for any company that may free me from Sharepoint…and provide cloud storage to access docs from my iPad.
8. Fear and Loathing in the airline industry. Farelogix CEO Jim Davidson pulls no punches against the BTC and wins by TKO. But wait – responses from the BTC and ASTA. Who doesn’t love a good fight?
9. Really good post by Mashable’s Ben Parr at the escalating mobile advertising war between Apple and Google.
10. Travelport extends agreement with IBM, commits itself to TPF legacy technology for 4 more years. Does this sound like a good idea for anyone other than IBM?