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Strategic Thinking before Operational Actions: The Enterprise 2.0 Tool Cargo Cult Problem

Three posts about 'failure' in the 'Enterprise 2.0' space in the last few days from Sameer Patel ('Five ways to avoid Enterprise 2.0 failure' guest blogging on Michael Krigmans' 'IT Failure blog here on ZD Net), Dion Hinchcliffe (14 Reasons Why Enterprise 2.0 Projects Fail) and now Dennis Howlett (Enterprise...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Strategic Thinking, Dennis, Morten Hansen, Morten, Superstructure, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-27

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Driving Enterprise Software Financial & Business Value

While my day job is very much designing social business design with my colleagues at the Dachis Group, today we're announcing a loose federation of experts we've named 'enterprise advocates'. The intent, as outlined on the site, is to be advocates for the...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-06

While the EC wastes time with IE, Russia tackles bigger issues

While the EC wastes time with IE, Russia tackles bigger issuesConsumer Issue. Congress can enact same legislation.ntWell over due {nt}.Lack of SuperstructureThese are all independent companies. Without proof that there is some collaboration between them that results in a monopoly, can their independent actions,...

Tags: Operating systems, Economies-of-Scale, OS Installed, OEM, Linux, DVD, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

Why regulations are important

I'm making a trip to Europe next week, landing in Shannon Airport near Limerick Ireland Sunday morning then moving on to London that following Tuesday. In a way, it's like returning home, as I used to live in Limerick and know the Shannon airport and Limerick areas very well. In...

Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Network, Europe, Regulation, Charge, Net Neutrality, Geneva, Government, Regulations, Cable, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-12-07

A programming proposition

A programming propositionThe problems with prototyping(1) Validation and verification, especially of non-trivial functionality (beyond CRUD + basic aggregation), can be as or more costly than implementation activities. All changes to a production system require regression testing first.(2) Validation and verification are short-changed, leading to applications that yield incorrect and...

Tags: approval process, specification, programming proposition, programming

Discussion threads 2007-11-05

Clever Database Comparer ActiveX 2.2 (Windows)

The Database Comparer ActiveX represents the com-based superstructure on the Database Comparer VCL edition. The main purpose of the Database Comparer library is to provide to the end-users the higher-level interface available in any languages with com-support routines, such as Visual Basic, Visual C++, VBScript, JavaScript and many others. ...

Tags: DDL, SQL, Microsoft Windows, Borland InterBase, ActiveX, CleverComponents, Database Comparer ActiveX, Target, Master, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2007-05-29

Oil Platform 3D 1 (Windows)

You get a good idea of the enormous amount effort required in the extraction and production of oil when you get a chance to see huge superstructure of an offshore oil platform up close. The colossal steel structures are positioned in the middle of the ocean and are very visible...

Tags: 3D, Platform, Screensaver-network, Steel Structure, Microsoft Windows, Outsourcing, Operating Systems, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

Software downloads 2007-05-28

4GLs

4GLsIterative prototypesIt's my understanding that in the iterative development model, the prototypes are mere experiments to try out concepts and functional relationships at an abstract level. They're not meant to become part of the final product. In fact if memory serves they're supposed to be thrown out, and a new...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Software development, Development tools, Manufacturing, Federalism, software, subsystem

Discussion threads 2006-09-27

A minor travelogue - or holiday report

Fun with Hertz Since we're mostly living in Kitchener/Waterloo near Toronto, plans called for taking WestJet to Calgary, driving a Hertz rental to Whitefish, and reversing that on the way back. Westjet was great: fawned over boy child, left on time and landed right side up - in...

Tags: Mully

Blog posts 2006-02-03