I am a stickler for doing things *in context*. Ask my wife – she’ll be cooking and ask me to fetch the cooking wine and I’ll ask her “why?”. That’s right – asking for context when her stir-fried shrimp are already turning color is simply unnecessary – and annoying.
But when you’re doing business activities like [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Integration'
Doing B2B? E-Commerce? Cloud computing? Don’t forget – its about PROCESS
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: BPM · Business Process Networks · Cloud · Cloud Computing · EDI · Integration
Will the Steaming Compost Heap of B2B Nurture the Cloud?
September 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Last winter for the first-time in my life I created a compost heap. My first attempt wasn’t as large as this steaming beauty down under…
… but indeed the fires of bacteria were raging such that the first time I thrust my hand deep into the core it nearly burned. (Yeah, my wife thought that was a [...]
Tags: Cloud Computing · EDI · IaaS · Integration · SaaS Integration
Politics and Ignorance: No friends of B2B
June 14th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Gee, whatta surprise — the biggest barriers to B2B integration is people — not technology
Tags: BPM · Cloud Computing · Integration · SaaS Integration
Google and IBM’s actions reveal that integration has lost its shine, but not its appeal
May 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Like the beautiful patina on an old bronze coin — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patina — integration is a respectful legacy that continues to add value to the modern fortunes of IT, including Cloud computing.
No, integration isn’t cool – as it was 10 years go – but it still rocks. Without it even cloud computing – IT’s latest darling [...]
Tags: Integration · SaaS Integration