Although all major technology providers are obviously embracing the journey to the cloud, I would say that Microsoft is among the boldest in terms of their commitment to the new, game-changing scenarios that the cloud brings. This is why we have been...
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Business and technical services orchestration v system integration
I wrote the following article in response to a request for a piece on orchestration, currently a topic that is just beginning to have an impact because increasingly the shift into using services as opposed to applications becomes real. The idea of...
Read moreCommoditization or specialization of IT with a skills shortage?
As is usually the case there are several triggers for this post reflecting current news, events, and other posts in the blogosphere. Right back from when Nicholas Carr started the debate with his famous article ‘IT Doesn’t Matter’ the question...
Read moreHow do you feel about customers commenting on the quality of your software?
This week Capgemini and HP launched the World Quality Report for 2011/12, the latest edition of an annual report based on the experiences and surveying that the two companies’ testing businesses have uncovered individually and by working together....
Read moreBig data or is the accumulation of small data the real issue?
No less an organization than McKinsey has decided to draw attention to ‘big data’ being the next big thing in a new report. As you might expect it’s well researched and well written, but it seems to start from the principle that big data is a...
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