Topic: Business
Changes in technology and in how information is shared both further and faster are transforming how organizations operate. Thomas Malone, of the MIT Sloan School of Management, shows how the changes in organizational structure mirror changes in how human society has organized and operated. His presentation illustrates that these changes can be primarily tied by a single factor, the cost of communication, and he presents present-day examples to show what the organization of the future may look like.
Location-awareness can make car sharing an increasingly convenient alternative for urban dwellers looking to avoid the downsides of individual car ownership. In this talk, Greg McGuire, senior engineer at Zipcar, explains how web- and location-enabled services have added a "where" dimension to the company's automated car reservation and sharing system.
Larry Weber, Chairman and CEO of W2 Group, Inc. asks the question: "Why in a world of micro-segmentation, have we created the two largest media companies in the world, who do not develop any content themselves?" From nearly 20 years of leadership experience in technology marketing and public relations, Larry develops a case for how and why the media landscape is changing so dramatically, and what marketing must do to keep up with the pace.
Services Oriented Architecture is still in its infancy. Nevertheless, the IT industry already has battle-hardened veterans of SOA implementation. In this panel discussion, Sprint's Ed Vasquez, Avaya's Jerry Flasz, and Evergreen Investment's Tom Myers share their war stories as well as their battle plans for future SOA projects.
Agility through a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is one way companies can respond to changing business dynamics. In this talk from Catalyst 2005, the Burton Group's research director Anne Thomas Manes offers a roadmap and some practical advice on the cultural, design and infrastructure challenges which must be addressed for businesses to begin realizing the benefits of SOA.
The blogosphere is changing how customers gather and consume information about the marketplace. Scott Anderson, Hewlett Packard's Director of Enterprise Brand Communications took a huge step in bringing his company in line with the principles of open dialogue with its customers through the blogosphere. In this program Scott describes the experience and the challenges of evolving corporate communication beyond the static web and into the live web.
When people say "Open source is fine but how do you make money?" you know they haven't grokked the Zen of Free. Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source Officer at Sun Microsystems, describes the "virtuous cycle" model of open source in this keynote from OSCON Europe 2005.
Adopting a service-oriented architecture (SOA) can provide both technical and competitive advantages for an organization. Jaime Sguerra gives details of both the benefits and the challenges for Guardian Life in its transition to an SOA implementation. Sguerra outlines key reasons for doing this and how Guardian chose to deal with the challenges of: multiple platform support; distributed IT organizations; and lack of alignment between IT and the business centers.
SOA is "the next big thing" and although everyone uses the term SOA, everyone means something different. For Andy Brown of Merrill Lynch, it is a framework architecture and a way of thinking. At the InfoWorld SOA Executive Forum, he argues that "SOA provides an integrated architecture that empowers us to deliver client focused solutions," and explains how Merrill Lynch is leveraging the power of SOA.
When Terry Semel joined Yahoo! much of the technology and internet business segment derided the "moron from Hollywood." Four years later, the technology industry is a completely different market, and Yahoo! is one of the corporations at its center. Terry Semel talks with Tim O'Reilly about Yahoo's successes and its future. From the 2005 Web 2.0 Conference.
