As others have pointed out, enterprise applications can be annoying beasts to deal with. Most of us are familiar with a time sheet application that seems to require more effort entering the time than it did in accruing it, or the order management...
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Innovation is hitting the top of the Hype cycle
Meaning most people using the term don’t understand what it means in terms of being relevant to whatever they are doing, but know that right now you have to claim to be using ‘innovation’ in your role, project, business unit, etc. Amazingly I...
Read moreCalifornian Fire Situation and MashUps
I guess if you wanted to take an example of an area in which extensive investments had been made to get communication of factual information right then the government emergency services would probably be a good case. Yet when an actual emergency...
Read moreSoftware as a Service – IT for the 21st century?
There are a few fundamental truths about the IT industry one picks up along the way, but which can sometimes become hidden by the rapid innovation in technologies, and the complexities of delivering business outcomes in the real-world. I’m sure...
Read moreWho am I? – A credit card is one possible answer
There is a continual chattering on the topic of identification, with the ability to prove who you are varying slightly with the type of transaction. There are a series of possible solutions in contention for high value transactions at the moment, but...
Read moreRadiohead leading, or destroying, the music industry
I have blogged already on the term ‘Innovation’ meaning innovation of your business model, as opposed to trying out a wide range of minor activities around technology that you have not tried before. Well this is a quick topical piece on the...
Read moreEnterprise Architects versus Business Architects
It’s the Open Group Enterprise Architects Practitioners meeting in Austin, Texas, and it’s notable for the fact that they are the group under fire, both from inside the profession and from others outside, and the cause of the fire? SOA of course!...
Read moreSAP acquire Business Objects
With the continuing focus on acquisitions and the results reducing the BI market to only one independent player, i asked my colleague Jon Gibbs for his views. Here it is below. Do not hesitate to comment and Jon Gibbs will answer you: With the recent...
Read moreMashUp to get the USA election debate you wanted
I can’t believe this site – you just have to go there. What you are looking at is the very first online candidate debate where you get to decide how to match up the issues and the performances. To quote from the site: Welcome to the first online...
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IT Auditors. I used to have an image of them. Not particularly a romantic image. More like a well-defined image, really. I sort of associated them with IT Security Experts: slightly more serious than average, a bit of the worrying type and with an...
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