By I have been meaning to get around to reading an IBM Research report entitled ‘From social media to Social CRM’. In an illustration of social networking this was highlighted by a colleague working on social CRM to those of us who are registered as...
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2CommentsBig data seems to be the new hype and continues to be mentioned in lots of press releases and presentations. As long as we define it by traditional internal structured data it’s really a game of more manipulation and more power to analyze what we...
Read moreOutside-in – an agile methodology or a radical approach to mobility?
Quoting from Wikipedia; Of all the agile software development methodologies, outside-in software development takes a different approach to optimizing the software development process. Unlike other approaches, outside-in development focuses on...
Read moreIs software deployment now in for a game change?
You have to admit that Apple introduced a real game change, and I don’t mean with their products, though it’s fair to say that sequentially the iPod, iPhone and iPad can all be described this way. No, I mean the App Shop, the real power that...
Read moreFrom Train to Scooter: the journey towards a new generation of Business Technology applications
By Ron Tolido
IT architects should learn: nothing beats a simple, powerful story. No, not even these six-layered, three-dimensional reference frameworks can do that; they are nice to discuss internally – among architects and all – but outside, in the real...
Read moreWriting and deploying software in 2011
My starting point for this blog was going to be about the large open source annual event of the year called OSCON 2011 and sure enough it was interesting in terms of the spread of topics and speakers advocating how and where open source is growing....
Read moreAre 3PL services becoming a commodity?
I was keen to have this guest piece by Dr. John Langley on the CTOblog as it raises some interesting questions about the apparent split between developed and developing markets in their use of third party logistics providers. My question is whether...
Read moreThe major players’ new products and events
My day pretty well always starts, or ends, the same way, with a check round the major manufacturers' press release sites, and some other sites that general seem to cover all the small, but frequently pretty innovative players. I have been doing this...
Read moreBudget season – clarifying three basic options
Budget season will be starting soon and of course all options for saving money will be required and onto the table go all suggestions. Virtualization is probably under way, so what about the other options that new technology is offering? The popular...
Read moreSalesforce.com sets out its vision for the front office
I suspect that Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce.com event in San Francisco, drew the eyes of IT practitioners, and very compelling it was too. However, I also expect that at least some of those who followed the proceedings, or are trying to...
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