If there are things that Oracle OpenWorld 2013 will be remembered for, it’s probably the record number of 60.000 attendees flooding the city and – of course – Larry Ellison’s unapologetic absence from his Cloud keynote as...
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Extreme Application Landscaping
I hope you are familiar with our Application Landscape Report? The 2011 edition provided a lot of useful insights around the state of the nation of typical application portfolios within major organizations across the world. To us, one of the most...
Read morePlatforms – why they have come of age!
Let’s face it, the way we want to consume services has changed. If you are like me you want to access the services you want, from where you want, when you want and using the devices you want. Of course, you wish to do so without having to...
Read moreSuper Techies Go Wow Again
When Alice Fredenham auditioned for Brittan’s Got Talent she supposedly was too shy to let anybody else know. But she undoubtedly had talent, and it took only three, mesmerizing minutes of performing My Funny Valentine on stage to convince the...
Read moreSkySight And the Meaning Of Life
Today – while writing this short post at our Les Fontaines premises, north of Paris - is a very cloudy day. An appropriate backdrop indeed for our announcement of SkySight, quite an interesting and ambitious cloud orchestration service...
Read moreClose To The Edge
It may be a matter of getting used to it, but clearly the hay days of cloud evangelization are over. Our own research and daily experiences* show that especially at the business side the benefits are very well understood, including many that surpass...
Read moreGoogle's Art Of The API
Already last year it became clear that Google’s I/O conference has taken pole position, leaving Apple behind when it comes to show, highly anticipated announcements and overall coolness. And although the 2013 conference was just as big, to some...
Read moreWhy the Cloud is causing a Split in the Role of the CIO
Businesses with high levels of "digital maturity" can reap significant financial rewards. According to Capgemini Consulting research with MIT, companies implementing digital initiatives such as engaging customers with technology and...
Read moreI’m in an enterprise grade state of mind
One of the consistently hot topics across the CTO community in Capgemini is the readiness of enterprise-grade, cloud-based applications. As a service integrator and orchestrator continually innovating services, we need to assess what...
Read moreStop undifferentiated, bland marketing messages!
You may have caught an (as always) astute publication from Gartner called, “Gartner Says Service-Led Solutions Will Displace Traditional Sourcing Approaches Through 2015”. On the face of it, this headline may seem to be stating the...
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