Social Media and Innovation in the Financial Services Sector
I recently attended a conference on IT in financial services in Macau and had the opportunity to meet with several CIOs from prominent financial services organizations in the Asia Pacific region....
View ArticleChina in Pole Position for Cloud Computing Opportunities
Although cloud computing has been slow to take off in much of APAC, this is starting to change as more geographies become ‘cloud ready’. Most interest in cloud computing adoption in APAC, is, of...
View ArticleManaging Complexity in the Cloud
Although cloud computing offers enormous benefits to today’s organizations, it also adds to the overall complexity of IT environments. If the bulk of IT resources and workloads, including IT management...
View ArticleWill the Public Cloud Model of Computing Dominate in 2020?
I am always interested at how we often fail to see ‘shades of grey’ and instead tend to view choices as being binary.I have spent the past several years arguing that we are going to source the bulk of...
View ArticleHow is Plato Relevant to Business Today?
I was recently asked to explain the relevance of Plato in 5 minutes to an audience of senior managers, from across Asia Pacific, at Frost & Sullivan's GIL Congress in Singapore on 13 October 2011....
View ArticleFour Cloud Computing Myths
Today, cloud computing is becoming mainstream. In Asia Pacific, approximately two-thirds of organizations expect to increase their spending on cloud computing over the next year.Clearly, decision...
View ArticleCloud Computing - 2012 Outlook
In 2012, cloud computing is set to become mainstream in Asia Pacific. Indeed, approximately 30% of APAC organizations will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2012.Clearly, decision makers in...
View Article2012 IT Outlook - The End Of Business As We Know It
In 2012, we will witness the end of business as we know it. The relationship between technology and business will be inverted. Until recently, technology has typically been designed and implemented in...
View ArticleKodak's Demise: A Salutary Tale for the IT Industry
To many, the demise of Kodak was entirely predictable. But, the reasons for its demise are not yet widely understood. There remains a mainstream view that Kodak’s fall was due to its failure to embrace...
View ArticleThe Datacenter Renaissance
Normally, when the topic of datacenters is raised, people start to fall asleep. In the IT world, it has never been viewed as an exciting topic or an exciting market. In fact, this may be the first time...
View ArticleCustomer Interaction in the Cloud
The ways in which organizations interact with their customers is undergoing profound change. As with many business activities, this change is being driven by technology.Only five years ago,...
View ArticleNext Generation Networks Force CSP Transformation
I recently had the opportunity to talk with some Communications Service Providers (CSPs) about the opportunities that high speed networks offer them. All of them agree that high speed networks will...
View ArticleApple: A Force Against Innovation?
Apple is considered by many, to be the dominant force in IT. Indeed, it is often cited as a driving force for much of the innovation in the technology world. But, comparatively few people consider how...
View ArticleBattle of the Tablets
In my previous post, I discussed Apple’s ‘walled garden’ approach to its tablet and smartphone ecosystem. I described how Microsoft and Google gain a competitive advantage by licensing their tablet and...
View ArticleThe Incredible Shrinking IT Deparment
IT departments are set to become smaller. In addition, the role of IT will transform into that of an integrator of services, a driver of innovation and a manager of systems and processes. These changes...
View ArticleWhat are Apple's Real Motives?
Apple’s recent victory over Samsung in its long running patent dispute is remarkable. It illustrates how a company that has invented nothing of significance, can position itself as a great innovator...
View ArticleCloud Computing: The Road to Disruption
When the subject of cloud computing is raised, there is often a healthy suspicion from IT buyers that cloud is a marketing term which is used as a new way of selling complex, unproven solutions to...
View ArticleThe Normalization of IT Skills
IT skills shortages have been an issue of concern for businesses and governments for more than twenty years. This will change over the next few years as IT skill levels increase, and become embedded...
View ArticleCloud and Mobile Technology Set to End Innovation 'Drought'
It is often stated by senior management figures within large enterprises, that innovation is a key area of focus for them. Despite this focus, the past 50 or 60 years has witnessed a distinct lack of...
View ArticleIT Services Marketing in Asia - Understanding the Confucian Business Culture
In the IT services business, the propensity to purchase services is often different to what might logically be expected. This is particularly obvious in the extremely diverse Asia Pacific region.For...
View ArticleICT: 10 Years Ago and 10 Years Ahead
In June this year, Frost & Sullivan will hold its 2013 APAC ICT awards banquet. This is the tenth such banquet. Frost & Sullivan’s Asia Pacific ‘Best Practices’ program has been running since...
View ArticleMicrosoft: Will the Empire Strike Back?
To some, the omens look bleak for Microsoft. PC shipments are in decline, and an increasing proportion of IT activity bypasses Microsoft technology entirely. Google and Apple continue to make massive...
View ArticleConnected Cars: Driving New Opportunities for ICT Suppliers
The nexus of cloud computing, high speed mobile networks, big data and ‘The Internet of Things’ is creating huge opportunities to transform entire industries. From the healthcare industry to the...
View Article2014: Ubiquitous Connectivity and the Internet of Things
2014 is set to be the year when the focus of both IT buyers and IT sellers, shifts to the Internet of Things (IoT). In 2014, more data will be generated by machines (‘things’) than by human beings....
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