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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Will SharePoint 14 become SAP Netweaver’s biggest threat?
Just back from a discussion with Microsoft in Redmond on Azure, BPOS (SaaSy Microsoft solutions) and SharePoint 14 and one thing that popped up in my mind during the day was “djeez, SharePoint 14 will become Microsoft’s Netweaver or WebSphere”. In the evening in the bar, I mean behind my desk catching up with work of course, I was thinking “djeez, SharePoint 14 might even become a big threat to SAP’s Netweaver”. So first of …
Ahoy There Pirates!
Yes, this means you, you, and yes, you too. The only people exempt are those that can honestly claim to have had no contact with computing, Internet and mobile technologies, (and live under a rock for good measure), but even so I think they’d still struggle to prove their innocence on charges of file sharing.
The best platform for Enterprise2.0
Social networking is not about technology, it is about people and about the culture in the organization and among those people.
Featured job role: Expert Group lead and Java based Integration Technologist
At Capgemini we unite experts in a technology focus group, which we call an… “Expert Group” (don’t search too long for the meaning behind it ;-) ). See it as some kind of special unit within a police force that is doing the “hard” work. In this week’s “featured job role”, we’ll talk with Arjan Kramer who is Expert Group leader of jIntegrate. His team is specialized in Java-based integration using the Oracle Fusion and …
Java based Integration Technology
Is Java the new hot or the next not? Arjan Kramer, Oracle Fusion thought leader at Capgemini Netherlands gives his Java temperature check in this guest blog post. And I can add that this will also be his last guest post, since he will join the league of awesome Capping IT Off bloggers and thus post directly! Arjan is also featured in next Monday’s edition of “Featured job role: Expert Group lead and Java based …
Web 2.0 Expo – socializing?
I am going to Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco in the beginning of April. Needless to say, this will be a great and most educating conference. And hey, I will get to see SF, from what I can gather from Bullit is a quite tremendous little city. Anyway, I want to meet up with people of all sorts, Capgeminin people, web people, readers of the blog people, all kinds that havea common interest in …
Featured job role: Chief Technology Officer
One of the roles that actively leads Capgemini’s vision on IT strategy is the CTO. In this week’s “Featured job role” edition, Ron Tolido CTO for Capgemini Netherlands, will shed some light on what a CTO is actually doing for a living and how a not-so-average day in his life looks like… Name. Ron Tolido Role: Chief Technology Officer, Capgemini Netherlands Age: 50 # years working for Capgemini: yes, a number of years… What does …
Old media doesn’t get Twitter
I don’t get the point of telling the world that you’re eating a peanut butter sandwich!? People don’t talk to me! I’ve heard the two statements already a dozen times but it frustrates me the most when I hear it from an “old media” journalist that created an account and just tried it to see what this Twitter fuzz is all about. You don’t “get” Twitter by trying it a couple of days and telling …
The ISP Dilemma (adapted)
It seems of late that Internet Service Providers (or ISPs) are facing some very difficult choices that could either completely change their business models at best, and / or undermine their ability to operate as independent viable business entities at worst.





