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Monthly Archives: June 2011
M2M Innovation in the Cloud
A slew of new applications are on the way as machine-to-machine technology taps into the cloud computing infrastructure. Product innovation takes time. Look at the smart phone. Mobile phone makers began with basic calling capabilities, expanded to include texting, then web browsing, and now fully featured mobile applications. Suddenly, there are all sorts of [...]
Posted in Product Innovation Tagged Axeda, cloud computing, Dale Calder, Enterprise Mobility, M2M, machine-to-machine, product innovation Leave a comment
Eli Goldratt Lives on in Manufacturing, and Life
The man behind the Theory of Constraints died this month, but his legacy will endure in the questions we ask ourselves. Eliyahu Goldratt died this month. Goldratt was the rare person who will live on after his death, not just in the hearts and minds of those close to him, but in the daily [...]
Manufacturing: Overconfidence Can Lead to Missed Opportunities
U.S. manufacturers can make their rebound more sustainable by embracing the growing field of sustainability, which they’ve let other countries dominate. The domestic manufacturing industry is flush with confidence as it leads the U.S. economy back from the brink, albeit at a slower pace lately than most would like. For years, manufacturers were the [...]
Posted in Sustainability Tagged China, hybrid cars, manufacturers, manufacturing, sustainability, sustainable, U.S. economy, wind farms, wind power, WTO Leave a comment
A New Strategy for Managing IT
Most companies subscribe to the mindset that forecasting the IT portfolio is impossible, given M&A activity and unknown future business needs. But there’s an app for that, and it factors in enterprise integration, business processes, and changing roles within the organization. CIOs worry about selecting applications that align with business strategy, and they worry about [...]
A Chat With SAP’s Bill McDermott
SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott talks about the ERP maker’s broadening product horizons, its belief in innovation, and what it’s like to be CEO of one of the software industry’s biggest companies. After lunch on Friday, I took the E train in Manhattan to meet with Bill McDermott, the co-CEO of SAP, the world leader [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, Enterprise Mobility, Product Innovation Tagged 1 billion users, analytics, Bill McDermott, CEO, Enterprise Mobility, ERP, Hagemann Snabe, HANA, HP, in-memory, Innovation, Léo Apotheker, SAP Leave a comment
Apple, Mobility Highlight New York Tech Fest