Comments on: Learning from the Heidelberg Schloss. http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/10/22/learning-from-the-heidelberg-schloss/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:56:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Meg Bear http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/10/22/learning-from-the-heidelberg-schloss/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Meg Bear Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:15:06 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/10/22/learning-from-the-heidelberg-schloss/#comment-22 the optimist in me wants to remind you that the whole point of the shift to SOA is to address these weaknesses. Making modular and component based architectures, while expensive to build initially, provide enormous flexibility over time to adjust as things change. One of the biggest problems is that we are still in the "investment" stage of this shift but those companies who are investing are doing it for the right reasons and I believe will benefit in large volume over the long game. the optimist in me wants to remind you that the whole point of the shift to SOA is to address these weaknesses. Making modular and component based architectures, while expensive to build initially, provide enormous flexibility over time to adjust as things change. One of the biggest problems is that we are still in the “investment” stage of this shift but those companies who are investing are doing it for the right reasons and I believe will benefit in large volume over the long game.

]]> By: David, Business Technology Roundtable http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/10/22/learning-from-the-heidelberg-schloss/comment-page-1/#comment-12 David, Business Technology Roundtable Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:25:57 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/thomas_otter/2008/10/22/learning-from-the-heidelberg-schloss/#comment-12 Granted, strategic foresight is under-valued in some part of the technology sector. The perspective needed to be able to predict a technology's future can't be found by peering deeply into a rear-view mirror. Past trends can be helpful, but they can also make you very near-sighted. Granted, strategic foresight is under-valued in some part of the technology sector.

The perspective needed to be able to predict a technology’s future can’t be found by peering deeply into a rear-view mirror. Past trends can be helpful, but they can also make you very near-sighted.

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