I’ve heard “business led integration” mentioned a few times in the last month or so, usually as part of a presentation at a conference or trade event. The idea seems to be that getting the business directly involved in our integration projects...
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French Revolution
Let’s be honest, it’s not exactly the storming of the Bastille. But it caused global headlines all the same: the French parliament is dumping Windows on its desktops and is replacing it by Linux and other open source components. We’re talking...
Read moreAwareness as a Business Trait !
If you are starting to read this blog with out having read the previous blog ‘personal awareness versus business adaptiveness’ may I take the unusual step of asking you to read the previous entry first !! This blog is about developing the thought...
Read moreIt does what it says on the tin, but unfortunately it's not what I want
I was presenting at the IET’s conference on innovation recently and I heard a fascinating presentation on the changing nature of technology in defence. One of the observations was how the UK MOD has changed its procurement approach, and how it’s...
Read moreI voted. Yes, we know.
Just to make sure you are aware: today we have general elections in the Netherlands. Of course you are – like the rest of the world – holding your breath and anxiously awaiting the results: we all know that changes in the Dutch government will...
Read morePersonal Awareness versus Business Adaptiveness !
The fact that you are reading this blog shows that you have changed your behaviour at a personal level. Those of us who actively participate in the new online world are aware that we need to be more aware, so we go looking, out there, somewhere, for...
Read moreThe Real Java Milestone
I honestly don’t know what to think of it. Sun finally released its Java base code to the open source community. According to Sun’s Executive VP Rich Green this signifies nothing less than a ‘milestone for the whole industry’. That’s...
Read moreWelcome to the end of Business as usual – a serious comment
Some will know that this is the theme to recent Capgemini events, and it applies to many industries, but overwhelmingly to any sector where a key customer element is the technology literate 35 years old or younger person. Known as ‘Generation Y’...
Read moreMashUp Corporations – the shape of Business to come?
Oracle Open World was the scene for the launch of the Book; ‘MashUp Corporations; the end of business as usual’. After almost exactly a year to be handed an actual physical copy of the book that you spent so much effort in producing is an amazing...
Read moreSAP TechEd '06 TakeAways (II)
Although the next event in Bangalore is almost taking off already, I still have to fulfil my promise to provide you with some additional takeaways of the recent SAP TechEd conference in Amsterdam. I’m terribly sorry it took me so long. What can I...
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