Self Service And Cloud
Recently a journalist contacted me to talk about a company she was covering. Since I never interacted with the vendor, I told her that I can talk about general trends in the market segment rather than anything specific about the vendor. I then checked the vendor’s website which claims to be a cloud services company. [...]
The 20 Year Enterprise Innovation Cycle–Defrag Session (Plus Free Passes!)
I’ve spent a lot of time over the past couple of decades thinking about the organization of the future – every now and then I bump into people or read something that renews my interest in this crystal ball-gazing habit of mine. I’m sensing a real acceleration in the need
Apple’s flanking move with iPad Mini and life after Steve
Last week’s Apple event has been widely reported in detail, but with a minimum of real analysis on the importance of the why, the how and the what being communicated. For me there were three significant aspects: Apple improving their leading position in the tablet business by making the leading product even better, as well [...]
The End of Legacy
The first time I heard “Legacy Systems” was in the early 90s when working at Coors. It was in reference to the mainframe and dumb terminals around the campus. I was far more excited about the cutting edge stuff like Windows For Workgroups including Schedule Plus. We were busy installing this stuff via Novell Netware [...]
