Martijn Linssen
Founder of We Wire People, Martijn has 15 years experience in the field of Integration, as an Architect working in and for Enterprises. He mainly advises in case of mergers, application rationalization and Cloud / Social Media back-office integration
Martijn blogs at martijnlinssen.com
Resource identification is not a REST invention
An article on programmable web – pointed out to me by Fred Verheul (thanks Fred!) – gave me an adrenaline rush. It was so full of bollox that I almost started to hyperventilate – which is a pun on the abundant use of the word hypermedia in that same post Let me just quote one [...]
How pubsub works – and always has, and will
[Image by RIA Novosti] Brenda Michelson triggered me into a small conversation on pubsub – of course I did a quick search and analysis via my Twitter search tools and learned that it’s been mentioned 91 times in the past week, the vast majority of which seem to be treating the word sub as in [...]
Twitter is NOT where the party is at
You couldn’t possible have missed the messy story around NBC and Twitter, resulting in suspension of Guy Adams’ Twitter account. Guy’s latest reaction on that is here, and contains the concise version. I do have to say that “which is widely listed online” is an exaggeration for sure, as it’s only to be found on [...]
Google you are so sad, you drive me mad
Google has tried a new trick to lure in people to their destined-to-die Social Network, aka Google+ Why the harsh words? Because I’m appalled by the method they choose. If you’re not getting enough attention for your product or service, you should try to make it more attractive (financially, operationally, which ever way) – not [...]
Microsoft, the bleedin’ advertisers
This week Microsoft produced their annual report for 2012. It’s been commented on by many and the main theme seems to be that they’ve reported their first quarterly loss since ages (or ever). Well, yes. And so what? The Online Services Division, a eufemism for “we wanna go where Google went” has been a [...]
Apple Q3 2012 – for better or worse?
Yesterday Apple announced its figures for Q3 2012.I decided to have a good look at them, given the news and blog posts that flew around. Here are the clean stats: 2012 Q3 Revenue of $35.0 billion Net profit of $8.8 billion Gross margin 42.8% 26.0 million iPhones – 28% growth 17.0 million iPads – 84% growth [...]
Google Drive breaks Google Docs?
Starting yesterday, I’ve been receiving requests from people to share some of the content I have on Google Docs. Yesterday I also shared a link with a friend of mine, and he couldn’t access it. That puzzled me I checked the last link myself, signed out, and tried again – I got a log-on. What? [...]
The long tail of IT: the Indian connection
This is a theoretical post lacking research and analysis – for that, I’ll have to take a few days and I’ll follow up in my next post. However, I have this idea in my head and usually, that leads to something good and insightful. So please bear with me while I set out my thoughts [...]
How CEP will make SaaS the killer app
I got the insight at TIBCO’s Transform event I blogged about yesterday - how we can finally solve the Customisation Riddle we’ve been unsuccessfully combating in IT for decades. Software as a Service is breathing down our necks and guaranteed to replace quite a few on-premise apps in this decade alone. Starting with your tertiary (cleaning, [...]
TIBCO Transform – it says it all
I attended TIBCO’s Transform event in London. Located at the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza hotel, around 600 people were there. Kicked off by Raj Verma, Senior VP of worldwide Marketing, a 2 hour session started that never bored for a minute. Very smoothly Raj led us through a full history of TIBCO, showing impressive figures [...]
Need a mindset for adaptation? Team up
My latest post told my story of a week of hiking. In essence, it was a classical story of engaging a new venture, preparing for it as best as you can, being confronted with (utter) failure and adapt to the changed circumstances by listening to yourself, your peers, experts in the field – and then [...]
Will adopting social tools leverage adaptation?
After a week of hiking in Ireland (hence the picture), it’s hard to pick up blogging again. Thankfully, Michael Brito got me going and an interesting conversation, with an old theme, unfolded: RT @martijnlinssen: @Britopian I think the need to adapt rather than adopt is what stalls #socbiz. Takes a few times longer than usual [...]
No Custom Code, No Customization, No Requirements. And No Integration
The title comes from a conversation between Ron Tolido and me in which we perused the joys and challenges of SaaS. Ron has a very sharp mind and an even sharper tongue, although he somehow magically manages to give people the idea of adressing them in their comfort zone – I never said I was [...]
Hybrid mobile apps will conquer the mobile enterprise
[Image by HLundgaard] There is a difference about how we thinks things will evolve, and how they do. I’ve been wondering about Mobile and app stores for a while – they seem contradictionairy. Mobile has taken such a great flight because of lowered cost and increased availability of Internet for mobile, the old-fashioned telephone has turned [...]
Enterprise Integration interview by Richard Seroter
I got the chance to participate in Richard’s Interview Series – I was number 40 and you might know what that number means to me Richard is a principal architect and Microsoft MVP, and well-versed in integration on a whole, especially Microsoft / BizTalk. He’s been blogging since 2007, authored / contributed to three books [...]
