Tag Archives: trends

CTO blog item: 7 Enterprise IT areas to watch in 2012

You didn’t think we would let you go into the New Year without at least one top 7 list from our side, now would you? After all, it may be a time of economic pressure in some parts of the … Continue reading

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Black Turkey

Want to have something nice to read on the iPad this Christmas? Download Nassim Taleb’s very instructive The Black Swan. Taleb describes the phenomenon of the black swan as a metaphor for unpredictability. You see, until the end of the … Continue reading

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SRM column: Kalkoenentijd

Een tijdje geleden mocht ik een voordracht houden over de opmars van de cloud op een congres van systeembeheerders. Ik dacht, ik leg het er eens lekker dik bovenop en schetste een beeld van een ideale, nabije toekomst waarin servers, … Continue reading

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IT Executive column: Het Jaar van de Q

Als we iets hebben geleerd in 2009, is het wel dat er definitief geen Soll meer is. Het heden is al moeilijk genoeg te duiden, laat staan wat er daarna komt. Voorspellingen voor het komende jaar? Zinloos. Ik zou bijna … Continue reading

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Enterprise Karmic Koala

When on holidays, I try to be unaware of technology as much as possible (people that happen to know my e-mail out-of-office messages will recognise this). Only natural. But not as easy as it seems. Two years ago, when we … Continue reading

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Google kills quality time

No point in adding yet another platitude to the ocean of comments on Google’s announcement of Chrome OS. Guess we saw it coming. And it was hardly rocket science, I might add. It is however worrying that Google envisions an … Continue reading

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The Washington Template

I just might be repeating myself a little bit. But clearly, the Obama administration is setting a worldwide example of how to change a business through technology 2009 style. It went through my mind again when preparing for a panel … Continue reading

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