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Monthly Archives: April 2009
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Cultural differences, every now and then it takes some time to explain. Being a Dutchman, wherever I come abroad I have to defend the infamous Dutch lunch. And believe me, there is very little ammunition. We usually stick to a miserable sandwich with some Gouda cheese. If we are in a daring mood, there may be a croquette. And always, there is buttermilk, the unnecessary cruel incarnation of what originally was meant as plain dairy. …
Are Trade Shows worth it? Surprisingly perhaps, I think yes!
I am off to SAP SAPPHIRE in Orlando, and in spite of time spent away from the ‘day job’ at a tough time, the cost/budget issues, and the awfulness of air travel these days, I’m looking forward to the show for the value it will bring me. Given my frequent comments about how we can use a variety of tools to access information and share knowledge, this might seem to be a surprising statement, so …
Re-Arranging the furniture for the Cloud Era part 2
In my last post I commented on the disruptive technology elements, some possible new entrants in to the market, and I suggested that a different approach could/would be taken to assembling and deploying. I ended with the following questions; What would the delivery elements, both products and services, be if my thoughts on this disruptive approach are right? I also included the diagram below to get some ideas and thought back as comments started from …
Re-Arranging the furniture for the Cloud Era
It has been a great month for speculation about major technology vendors acquiring each other, or buying still more minor players, though there is a notable silence from the vendors themselves. Why so many rumours, blog posts and trade press comments? Well, my view is that the ‘structure’ of the technology being deployed to build solutions is changing with the advent of a new generation of technology. Look with fresh eyes at the full virtualised …
‘It Is Me What’ – does connecting to the world require a World Language?
Yesterday, I talked to a conference audience about the virtues of crowdsourcing and collective wisdom. And nowadays, the best illustration of how that works is through a live demo. It has been done many times before – I know – but for me it was the first time to bring in Twitter and Yammer in real-time. Before I started my presentation, I asked the audience if they had any pressing questions concerning the subject. As …
