Butcher, baker and the candlestick maker
Another great post from my dear friend on Sharepoint Stories. BYOD, cloud, mobile, all mashed together. Awesome event.
Biggest thing since sliced bread and Cloud…
In case anyone missed it - open source has met the Cloud. Did you miss it? I hope not. This one might actually be important.
OpenStack - the consortium that is fighting closed cloud provider models such as Amazon Services and Azure, was just backed by Rack Space. Should you care? I think so.
This realizes choice for the rest of us. This choice is very holistic with Rack Space’s embrace. I would keep an eye out - there is more to the Cloud than Oracle vs. Microsoft.
The sound an implosion makes
This is always hard to read.
As an international executive, running all around the world, I relied heavily on my BlackBerry. 10 Years as a matter of fact. It was a partnership. Addictive at moments, but as much a tool to me as a hammer to a carpenter.
They had everything. The world moved on.
Goodbye RIM. I at least did not type this epitaph on my iPhone out of respect.
Perspective and Scale
Its incredible how important perspective and scale is. In my work, we assess this every day - risk, engineering, project management. But when it comes from the world around us, so many things are just assumed or taken for granted. Want to feel really out of place? Check out this link. http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white #in
Death of Firefox -Birth of WebKit?
Regardless of Firefox - the Browser Wars have been largely irrelevant - But don’t discount the Open Source movement and their impact here in going after the closed proprietary systems out there. Chrome and Safari - Largely WebKit - HUGE share in combined space.
Why is this important? If you are client facing - this needs to become part of your life as a development effort. Period.
#in
http://www.sharepointstories.com/2012/02/that-painful-slicing-sound.html?spref=tw
The three ring binder and managed information opportunity. A great read once again from Dan’s BLOG.
iPad in the corporate world: Succeeding and not trying?
This is striking.
Apple is redefining how strong the brand presence is in the Enterprise space. Everyone has known the old adages that, “No one gets fires for buying (IBM/Microsoft/blah blah)”, but never has a brand been as strong as it is considering Apple has NO “corporate sales team”, and no true reseller channel.
Despite this, inclusion of the iPad into the pc marketshare numbers place Apple as the #3 worldwide manufacturer.
Yet now this will shift. Industry-focus folks are being hired, Quality assurance teams in the corporate space are being corralled. Corporate device delivery tools are in place and volume purchasing is now available to the largest of organizations.
So - what happens when they get serious about this market? I guess it shows the power of several key components. First and foremost - BRAND. Undeniable. Second - the halo effect. When integration of the systems are as tight as they are between iPhones, iPads and Macs; the rising tide lifts all boats. Lastly, the retail experience. Who would have thought.
It’s magical.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-01/apple-invades-3-8t-workplace-market-with-ipad.html
