Michael Platt's WebLogComputer EngineeringThe Opportunity for Web 2.0 in the Enterprise- July 31, 2006 Dislocations cause business opportunities, new marketplaces and new models of commerce. This latest dislocation is no different than previous dislocations as can bee seen from the huge number of small dynamic startups that there are in the Web 2.0 space. As in previous dislocations we will see many of these business techniques and technologies move into the enterprise and provide new marketplaces and opportunities. Whilst there will be opportunity in the IT space caused by the...http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2006/07/31/444227.aspx The Service Platform- July 31, 2006 The Consumer web (Web 2.0) and the enterprise Web (SOA) both have value and applicability, the consumer web where responsiveness and scale are important the enterprise web where security and integrity are paramount. It is highly unlikely that organizations will either replace all their present systems or find the security and data integrity available in the consumer world to be appropriate to business critical information but they will want to take advantage of the Web 2.0 levels of...http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2006/07/31/444204.aspx Disruption in the IT market- July 30, 2006 So how has this disruption effected the IT market In this context we have to think of the market as being the Enterprise Market and the Consumer Market. The Enterprise can in turn be thought of as two different parts; the Business element and the IT Organization. The IT groups in enterprises have been struggling for a number of years now with the rapid and flexible creation of new applications for the business in a cost constrained environment whilst they have to support, maintain and...http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2006/07/30/444088.aspx Service Component Architecture- July 30, 2006 So yet again I think I must be stupid because I dont understand the whole Service Component Architecture thing. It looks like a programming model (e.g. set of API's) to build web services. I thought thats one of the many things that J2EE was meant to be supplying. Anyway Microsoft already has that with Windows Communication Framework (WCF) so what's the big deal Why do we need yet another way of calling web serviceshttp://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2006/07/30/444074.aspx The New Marketing- July 30, 2006 As I have commented on before the disruption that is taking place in the consumer space that is commonly called web 2.0 will rapidly move into the enterprise and cause massive dislocations in product development, marketing, sales, support and training. The first hit will be marketing, indeed I am already having meetings with "Directors of Disruptive Marketing" for fortune 100 companies. John Hagel has a interesting and accurate assessment of the change in marketing in his latest post. Watch...http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2006/07/30/444065.aspx The Next Disruption- July 30, 2006 We are entering a time of rapid change in the IT industry which will cause considerable disruption and change in business, IT companies and the way that people perceive and use technologies. This dislocation is similar to the PC and internet revolutions in terms of scope and effect, touching millions of people, huge marketplace, models of commence, ways of making money and IT usage. It has already spawned new marketplaces, industry's and multibillion dollar companies, has engaged...http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2006/07/30/444064.aspx Broswer Client War part 1 million.- July 28, 2006 The "browser can do everything" vs "one (old) size wont fit all" argument rumbles on with Robert and Tara (love the picture) on one side and Joe and Ryan on the other. I remember when the PC was first attached to the Mainframe using a 3270 card I took a job working on a project (PCG) which would allow you to do all the PC things on the mainframe using a "smart" 3270 protocol (TCA). I even demo how to run space invaders on a mainframe via the PC... It was not a great success to say the...http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2006/07/28/443843.aspx Experience And Service- July 28, 2006 The snag with my previous diagram was that there was a big oval called delivery that S+S didnt address. Ray has just fixed that by describing the Experience Hub at the Microsoft's annual Finacial Analysts event. He also rolled up Software + Services into the Software Platform so we now have: : Brilliant!http://blogs.technet.com/michael_platt/archive/2006/07/28/443841.aspx |