Archive for the 'EAI' Category

Software as a Service leads to Value Networks

Monday, March 5th, 2007

There was another slide in Software as a Service (SaaS) for Small to Medium sized Businesses ( PDF), one that warrants a separate posting:

The story here is about business webs, and how taking one SaaS service, such as Salesforce.com can lead to adoption of another, compatible, integrated service. Salesforce.com is leading the way in its […]

Posted in Value Networks, Collaboration, Complexity, Knowledge Management, Organizational Transparency, EAI | 2 Comments »

TIBCO: could these padded jackets reduce M&A insanity?

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

I worked for Arthur Andersen a few years ago, specializing in systems integration using Middleware platforms such as TIBCO, IBM WebSphere MQSeries, Vitria and SeeBeyond. Since 2001 I shifted my focus from systems integration technologies to Knowledge Management integration strategy (more on that shift in a later post), but I do keep an eye on […]

Posted in Business, Innovation, Software as a Service, Systems Integration, MBA, Middleware | No Comments »

I’m at IBM tomorrow afternoon

Monday, December 11th, 2006

I’m off to IBM at Yonge & Steels tomorrow from 2pm till 6pm to give feedback on an IBM Middleware product. I am under contractual obligation to not reveal product details, which at present is not a problem as I don’t know any! I suspect it’ll be beta testing for a newer version of IBM […]

Posted in Canadian Life, Middleware | No Comments »

Workflow powers process. Process powers efficiency. Wikis need workflow.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

I took 30 mins out this afternoon to write 2 upcoming (and one, ahem, late) greetings cards to my family in the UK. (Tidbit: Sending cards is a custom in the UK far more common custom than here in Canada)
Anyhow. So I did the selections, payments etc, for the first two. I was using remind4u.com […]

Posted in Efficiency, Wiki, Culture, moonpig, Workflow, remind4u, Middleware | 1 Comment »