deal architect tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-140498 2012-01-27T13:35:00-05:00 Vinnie Mirchandani on disruptive trends and economics in technology TypePad More Innovation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016760e51517970b 2012-01-27T13:35:00-05:00 2012-01-21T13:40:25-05:00 on the New Florence blog SpaceX and spacecraft reusability The Virtual Sky Turn wood into sugar The OnLive Desktop: MS Office on iPads The new benchmarks tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016761224ca3970b 2012-01-26T16:47:53-05:00 2012-01-26T16:47:53-05:00 I am helping review for a client competing proposals from several consortia of software vendors and systems integrators/outsourcing firms. The range of on-premise versus SaaS, onshore versus offshore talent, opex, capex, EBITDA calculations of license, hosting, maintenance, implementation etc. is... Zach Nelson: A Decade in the Clouds tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e6167e6b970c 2012-01-25T19:20:08-05:00 2012-01-25T19:35:32-05:00 Zach Nelson is a really interesting tech executive. He has a wide rolodex (over 20 pages in my last book, The New Polymath came from interviews with Zach and several others he introduced me to), diverse interests (numerous relationships with... More New Renaissance tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20162fff05322970d 2012-01-24T13:32:00-05:00 2012-01-21T13:34:23-05:00 on the innovation blog Click first, Focus later Electronic Noses The future of war Next-gen Cruise Life Boats The technology news supply chain tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e5fcad51970c 2012-01-23T23:09:29-05:00 2012-01-23T23:09:29-05:00 My friend Brian Sommer recently pointed out “On 5/14/2012, SAP, NetSuite, Plex Online, Host Analytics and other vendors(?) are all having their user conferences.” Clearly, that will be a busy news week. But it made me think about the news... Apple and US labor tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e5f45cb9970c 2012-01-23T08:20:34-05:00 2012-01-23T08:20:34-05:00 Steve Jobs supposedly told President Obama ““Those (iPhone) jobs aren’t coming back,” according to this article in the New York Times. Apple’s labor in China is also showing up in much hand-wringing in the Presidential race. Let’s explore a few... More New Florence tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20162ffa2cfa8970d 2012-01-22T14:21:21-05:00 2012-01-15T19:41:35-05:00 on the innovation blog Predictive Policing The largest move since WW II Sensors to detect volcanic ash Somebody left the gate open! More innovation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016760979211970b 2012-01-19T19:36:00-05:00 2012-01-15T19:40:52-05:00 On New Florence The Atlantis prepares to become a museum piece CES: Year of the Ultrabook KO-SU mobile education Google Search, plus Your World Our Third Jobs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e5d1a2c9970c 2012-01-19T17:17:07-05:00 2012-01-19T17:17:07-05:00 I have written before about “customers as workers”. In their 2007 book, Revolutionary Wealth, the Tofflers called it our “Third Jobs” - “the unnoticed work we do without pay for some of the biggest corporations”. Back then, they may have... A Rare Medium Well-Done tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016760be74f0970b 2012-01-18T10:56:44-05:00 2012-01-18T10:56:44-05:00 I am introducing a new category of periodic posts to recognize articles, blogs, books, videos interviews I think are well executed. I appreciate the compliment when people tell me I am a prolific writer. Actually, I am a much more... First lot of book reviews tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e5b236aa970c 2012-01-17T13:01:29-05:00 2012-01-17T13:01:29-05:00 Books go through waves of reviews – executives, media, US readers, international readers. You appreciate them all because people take the time from their busy schedules to read, then provide feedback. Over the last couple of weeks I have received... More New Renaissance tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e5986afc970c 2012-01-16T19:35:00-05:00 2012-01-15T19:38:50-05:00 on the innovation blog The Intel/Qualcomm faceoff CES: The New Car Show Move over Bellagio! Stephen Hawking turns 70 The Consumerization of Enterprise Tech. The Enterprising of Consumer Tech. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016760a498b1970b 2012-01-16T16:42:43-05:00 2012-01-16T16:42:43-05:00 SAP has hired Julie Roehm as an SVP of Marketing. I don’t know the lady and think it is unfair that the stories about her border on tabloid reporting. But it is an interesting move for SAP to hire someone... Life post-SOPA? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2016760923fb3970b 2012-01-15T10:53:22-05:00 2012-01-15T13:37:07-05:00 I had couple reminders over the last few weeks of how messy attributions and permissions already are – so what about life if SOPA passes? a) My book editors went through and highlighted several quotes from articles which exceeded 50... The rumors of the PCs death are greatly exaggerated tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e57cb3d8970c 2012-01-13T18:15:09-05:00 2012-01-13T18:15:09-05:00 If I read another piece which praises IBM for exiting and calls HP dumb for staying with its PC business, I will scream. As CES showed this week, we are moving to the form/factor of thin and light Ultrabooks. With... More New Florence tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e51b8b52970c 2012-01-13T10:20:00-05:00 2012-01-06T22:22:36-05:00 on the innovation blog Reengineering the server supply chain Technology and Music The Hexagon Project Brookstone: Integrated QR Innovation Myopia tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201676074ecfa970b 2012-01-13T06:53:50-05:00 2012-01-18T19:22:50-05:00 In 2005, the year in which I launched my innovation blog, New Florence, I had 65 posts there. This year, at the pace January has started, I will have that many by the 3rd week of February! And my books... 7 signs youve outsourced too much of your analysis tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e56833e0970c 2012-01-12T08:44:06-05:00 2012-01-12T08:44:06-05:00 Stephanie Overby recently wrote an article for CIOs to evaluate if they have outsourced too much IT work. I think analysts and bloggers should ask a similar question: are we too dependent on vendors for our content? Here are 7... The Real Mega-trend in IT. Hint: its not social, cloud, Big Data tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e5517190970c 2012-01-10T18:30:08-05:00 2012-01-10T18:30:08-05:00 So, by now you have read a bunch of last year’s trends and forecasts for this year. You probably have your favorites – cloud computing or Big Data, maybe? Talk to CEOs and the big excitement is about what is... Bring out the fact checkers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20167604d15b1970b 2012-01-10T12:04:35-05:00 2012-01-10T12:47:25-05:00 Update: since my post the SAP post has been revised to say “SAP Business ByDesign is the first fully-fledged ERP suite coming from SAP that users access and work with through the Internet.” ‘Tis the season for debates and fact... More Innovation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e51b8339970c 2012-01-10T10:19:00-05:00 2012-01-06T22:21:57-05:00 on New Florence The Digital Doctor It’s all fun and games Rationalizing the Calendar Brad Feld by the numbers A fine piece of analysis tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e54c9f22970c 2012-01-10T10:02:20-05:00 2012-01-18T10:48:32-05:00 It’s less than 450 words. It’s written by a movie critic, not an industry analyst. I was impressed, however, how crisply Richard Corliss summarized trends in the movie industry in his Time column – its challenges and its global growth.... We have come a long way, baby! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20162ff30753d970d 2012-01-09T13:21:46-05:00 2012-01-09T14:53:44-05:00 A week ago J.P. Rangaswami of Salesforce.com tweeted about the London Docklands and it took me back in time. Around this time, two decades ago, I was getting ready to finish up my tour of duty in London. In the... The Real Deal: Stan Swete on Business Value from SaaS multi-tenancy tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20162ff23f1fb970d 2012-01-08T15:25:00-05:00 2012-01-06T19:30:05-05:00 This continues a series of columns from practitioners I respect. The category "Real Deal" describes them well. This time it is Stan Swete, CTO and VP of Product Strategy at Workday. Besides being one of the best technologists in the... What might IBM learn from Apple tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e516a9cc970c 2012-01-06T14:18:59-05:00 2012-01-06T14:18:59-05:00 Mark Fidelman blogged “Why every company needs to be more like IBM and less like Apple.” His arguments are cultural. IBM is supposedly open, more socially savvy. Apple is, in contrast, closed, secretive. Very different reality from the famous “Big... More New Renaissance tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20162feac4045970d 2012-01-05T19:15:00-05:00 2011-12-29T19:32:09-05:00 on the innovation blog The “God Particle” Rare Earths Drama Reinventing the way we remember Jet lag – without the flight The future of work and workers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20168e5075adb970c 2012-01-05T12:58:52-05:00 2012-01-05T12:58:52-05:00 Over the last few weeks been thinking of the radical changes in the workplace. No, not just SAP/SuccessFactors and the hype around that. More macro trends a) My two nephews, on either side of 30 years, visited over the holidays.... What might SAP learn from Apple tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201675ff7d548970b 2012-01-04T12:45:47-05:00 2012-01-04T12:45:47-05:00 My friend Dennis Howlett has written a post with that title. WTF you may say – different markets, different species. Not really. My next book focuses on the “technology elite”. There are user organizations, consumer tech companies, enterprise tech companies... How blogging has gone mainstream tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201675fdc141c970b 2012-01-03T02:02:00-05:00 2012-01-03T14:35:12-05:00 Between my consulting, speaking, book writing and blogging I am blessed to have access to a wide range of technology vendor executives, CIOs, and influencers. What was impressive in my recent book project compared to that to The New Polymath... IBMs Great Society? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20162feeb7a6b970d 2012-01-02T22:39:59-05:00 2012-01-02T22:39:59-05:00 As Sam Palmisano gets ready to retire, expect to see more glowing articles like this by Steve Lohr in the NYT. The man deserves plenty of kudos, but I thought he got carried away for taking credit for “solving societal... More New Florence tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20162feac0945970d 2012-01-02T19:05:00-05:00 2012-01-03T10:00:37-05:00 on the innovation blog Plantronics’ cool new digs IBM’s annual ‘5 in 5’ Tableau – making spreadsheets snazzy 3D printed Christmas Tree ornaments More Innovation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20162fe2a6eeb970d 2011-12-29T17:18:57-05:00 2011-12-29T17:18:57-05:00 on the New Florence blog Fijit Friends Disney Appmates Starbucks is a tech barista Kelvin- Helmholz Waves Hey, Hollywood! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201675f7f4978970b 2011-12-27T17:22:49-05:00 2011-12-27T17:22:49-05:00 ‘Tis the season to see Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Daniel Craig, Robert Downey Jr. ‘Tis also the season to review the typeset version of my new book. And as I juxtapose the two, I am staggered how many tech themes... Peace, Joy and Wow tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201675f3c2345970b 2011-12-23T13:59:06-05:00 2011-12-24T13:05:25-05:00 This year, more than others, I have become even more aware of how technology innovation makes so many smile, even if only for a fleeting moment. We saw how many billions the master, Steve Jobs, touched. More so it is... Business Model Disruption tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2015438b8269c970c 2011-12-22T17:27:57-05:00 2011-12-22T17:28:35-05:00 In the wake of Oracle’s missed quarter I have seen the words ‘business model” bandied a few times. My reaction: we ain’t seen nothing yet. As Don Tapscott summarizes succinctly “There are two kinds of business models: those that have... More New Renaissance tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201675f1e93f1970b 2011-12-21T22:13:00-05:00 2011-12-21T22:13:00-05:00 on the innovation blog Time’s annual innovation issue GirlApproved Android’s Brick & Mortar play Freemium Mechanics How can you be nice to Oracle? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e2015438a2d4b9970c 2011-12-21T10:49:37-05:00 2011-12-21T10:49:37-05:00 I guess my post last night stood out while most others were busy railing on Oracle. I got a couple of messages asking why Oracle deserved my kind words. Whether a tech vendor or a topic I tend to rely... A tough crowd tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20162fe1c36d5970d 2011-12-20T20:14:44-05:00 2011-12-20T20:14:44-05:00 When The New Polymath came out, I took heat for being nice to an innovation group at BP. It had nothing to do with the Gulf spill, but people would have preferred I paint BP as a villain. With my... The SAP cloud a freak of nature? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e201543895e028970c 2011-12-20T12:45:00-05:00 2011-12-20T12:36:40-05:00 In Florida, where I live, we know a thing or two about clouds. We see them in the horizon or on the radar and we reset lawn sprinklers from auto to manual. We think of sedating our beagle, who becomes... More New Florence tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345190da69e20154382a38ab970c 2011-12-19T14:16:00-05:00 2011-12-11T15:22:16-05:00 on the innovation blog P&G’s Digital Revolution America’s Test Kitchen Google’s Indoor Maps Google and Microsoft talk Artificial Intelligence