In the Volkskrant (a Dutch newspaper) I read two interesting articles The first one was titled: “Radiologist in India monitors Ethiopian baby”. The second one: “Drilling for oil in Iraq using a webcam”. If you take one step back and analyze...
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Smart phone killed the desktop star?
Rufus Ketting made in 2006 a nice parody on the 1979 Buggles pop hit “video killed the radio star”, named “iPod killed the video star”. With 2008 in the horizon, I make a parody “smart phone killed the desktop star”. Perhaps it’s too...
Read more(Cyber) Sex and Business Intelligence
At first sex with robots might be considered geeky, “but once you have a story like ‘I had sex with a robot and it was great!’ appear some place like Cosmo magazine, I’d expect many people to jump on the bandwagon,” said David Levy, a...
Read moreThe truth about web and services
The truth about web and services? What's the truth about web and services? A question that is often asked when I speak with customers about the current status of ERP packages (SAP in particular) and their possibilities in implementing...
Read moreWein, Weib und Gesang
“Who loves not wine, women and song; remains a fool whole life long”. This is an old German expression which means having fun. So why do I mention this? I am very enthusiastic about the upcoming trend in decision making to rely more on...
Read moreSome skin in the game
The desire and need to process and communicate information has come to be a dominant factor in our personal and business lives. Automation has meant that we are increasingly reliant on the machines that store, process and communicate this...
Read moreThe New Face of Offshore Testing
At a recent testing conference in October we were told that the 'traditional' offshore model was dead - and that the approach to offshoring is changing. This was based on the fact that the offshore companies are now recognising that they need an...
Read more“You can’t manage what you can’t measure”
A quote often used and with various theories on its origin, some attributing it to Dr. Deming although others claim him to be misquoted. Irrespective, the simple reality is that a lot of executive management is done “to make the numbers”; which...
Read moreTesting 2.0
On September 8th I had the good fortune to watch a World Cup rugby match in Lens, France, between England and the United States. England, the former World Champions were expected to treat the US Eagles with due respect, but still beat them...
Read moreSOA Tunnel Vision
Having delivered quite a few trainings on SOA and having observed several SOA-ish projects I notice that SOA solutions can be made very complex in a very short timeframe. Being a big fan of minimal approaches, it really surprises me that instead for...
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