by Andrea Di Maio | March 17, 2011 | Comments Off
A few hours ago I was copied on an email from one of my sales colleagues in Japan who was asking for me to visit clients in Tokyo in late May. Actually I am already fully booked throughout June, so I was glad I did not have to say no for any other reason than [...]
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Category: web 2.0 in government Tags: Japan, social media
by Andrea Di Maio | July 9, 2010 | 2 Comments
In my previous post reporting on my impressions from two and a half days in Tokyo, I highlighted some differences in the Japanese social fabric that strike me. In particular, the long working days and the little time families can spend together during the working week. While reflecting about these, I could not help considering [...]
Category: social networks in government Tags: government 2.0, Japan
by Andrea Di Maio | July 9, 2010 | 3 Comments
I have just visited Tokyo for the first time. For being such a heavy traveler throughout my life, I have come to discover this incredible city relatively late, but – as people say – better late than never. The first thing that strikes you about Tokyo, as you arrive from the airport, is its incredible [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Japan
by Andrea Di Maio | July 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
During my very interesting visit to Japan I had a chance to visit the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), which is responsible – among other things – of the Japanese government cloud initiative, nicknamed Kasumigaseki Cloud. They presented a relatively sound strategy based on building a Government Shared Platform as a result of [...]
Category: cloud Tags: consolidation, Japan
