William Vambenepe — Smoothing a discrete world Fun comparison between diffterent types of car transmission and different approaches to hosting/cloud computng. (tags: iaas paas hosting elasticity utility_computing)
Posted on Friday, April 2, 2010 by adminDoes Unpredictable Work Exist? « Thoughts on Collaborative Planning Really interesting debate about different approaches to designing and managing work in software, though perhaps not for the faint-hearted. (tags: bpmn state_machines bpm dynamic)
Posted on Thursday, April 1, 2010 by adminEdge Perspectives with John Hagel: Passion and Reason This short essay is deeper and more eloquent than I could write, but it speaks directly to how I feel about the job I do and what drives me to make our company different in what we do. The quote that does it for me: "Passion frames [...]
Posted on Saturday, March 27, 2010 by adminIt’s easy to dismiss Cloud Computing as just another IT industry hype bubble that will one day burst, showering everyone in a slightly stale-smelling mist. Certainly, as with all waves of technology advancement, there’s been an *awful* lot of hype about the potential and – just like any other technology advancement – Cloud Computing offers [...]
Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by Neil Ward-DuttonAppian’s bumper 2009 « BPM service news A look at how BPM specialist Appian has grown during the economic downturn and its prospects for 2010 (tags: bpm appian) What process simulation shares with CEP « BPM service news A look at whether simulation is actually used in practice in BPM initiatives, even though it's a [...]
Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 by adminThe Total CIO: Strategic Decision Making Trumps The Alternative Another great post about IT governance / EA. Particulary good because it acknowledges that nothing is perfect and problems will occur; but that's no excuse not to try to put the right decision-making frameworks in place. (tags: governance ea cio) IBM presents the bigger picture at [...]
Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 by adminLinear Thinking and the CIO Great story used here to show how IT Governance can be badly implemented. Super quote: "Stop doing what you did last year. Stop doing what you did yesterday. It won’t work tomorrow…heck…it didn’t work yesterday." Comments really insightful too. (tags: governance practice alignment) Thoughtful Programmer: Bonitasoft – BPM Game Changer? [...]
Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 by adminBPM – Your Smartest Career Move For The Decade – Sourcing Shangri-La Nice bit of historical context on BPM here. (tags: bpm history quality_management predictions) Pegasystems Eases Cost, Complexity of BPM in the Cloud Pega pushing further on the SmartPaaS thing. Looking forward to finding out more about this in the coming weeks. (tags: bpm [...]
Posted on Friday, January 8, 2010 by adminSandHill.com | Opinion : 2010: The Year to Crystallize Cloud Strategy via @raesmaa. Nothing earth-shattering but good roundup of Cloud moves & issues (tags: cloud_computing strategy) IBM and Lombardi revisited, now the dust is settling « BPM service news Can IBM avoid diluting Lombardi value to homeopathic strength? (tags: ibm bpm acquisition lombardi) New research: [...]
Posted on Thursday, January 7, 2010 by adminA few days ago I trailed our Guest Pass webinar on the topic “When BPM and Collaboration collide“. As promised, the webinar is now available for access. Just make sure you’re signed in with your Guest Pass credentials and you’ll be good to go. (You’ll need to ensure that Flash is installed and enabled in [...]
Posted on Monday, December 14, 2009 by admin
