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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Business led integration
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 will make the projects more successful. The problem is that this seems to describe a desire from IT rather than a real solution to a problem. If the business was actually interested in …
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 here about eleven hundred workstations affected, which probably explains one of the comments on the Internet: “this must be a .00000000000000000001% hit on Windows”. And come to think of it, there’s some resemblance to …
Awareness 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 that personal awareness is driving new behaviour in people, certainly externally as consumers, and internally as employees, to the extent that their employer may allow new ways of working. More importantly it’s …
It 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 getting better value as a result. Apparently, the MOD used to precisely specify all the components for its equipment. This of course constrained the suppliers bidding for the work and there wasn’t much to …
I 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 have a profound impact on the global economy, politics, and culture alike. And I’m not even mentioning the Antarctic ozone hole. It is sort of pity though, that some of …
Personal 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 information, or capabilities, that will make a difference to our lives. We are confident that these things exist, and that when we see the right thing we will …
The 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 definitely one way to put it. Others might add that it is also confirming something we already knew for some time: there is simply no way you can make money with developing and maintaining a …
Welcome 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’ this is the generation that has never known business life without PCs, and in many cases, life without cell phones, or the Internet, and accordingly view technology as a life skill rather than …
MashUp 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 experience, and to be able to get together with two of your three co writers, Chris S. Thomas and Dan Woods, for a book signing was fun. Sadly our …
SAP 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 say? Browsing through all of the sessions handouts took me two weeks straight in a row and then – of course – there was no time for blogging left. One thing …
