Google has been pushing Google Apps for the Enterprise for some time and, more and more, going head-to-head against Microsoft and IBM. Security and Privacy have again gotten in Google's way as it works to beef up revenue streams other than contextual advertising. The latest concerns have been expressed by UC Davis: In a potential…
Fostering New Thinking within Organizations
Injecting new thinking into existing organizations, from within the organization itself, is difficult. Even when the need for "thinking different" is plain, entrenchment - of process, people, expectation - make diverging from set paths a chore. One entrepreneurial speaker is seeing an encouraging trend: Eric Ries, the driving force behind the "lean startup" movement, which…
Valuing “Institutional” Knowledge
It seems to me that institutional knowledge (IK) is like common sense. Much as there is rarely anything ‘common’ about common sense so is there rarely anything remotely ‘institutional’ about institutional knowledge. Most often, IK is the province of your more rabid ivory-tower, b-school types who use IK as an excuse to justify chairing more…
Smart companies will focus on improving processes during slowdown
Software Development Predictions For 2009 McAllister writes, adding that smart companies will realize that 'process automation is one of the best ways to reduce costs in any business,' making 2009 the ideal time to 'revisit old software schemes that got shelved back when staffing budgets w ere flush.'" Shi Yali Some rights reserved Focusing inward,…