Entries Tagged as ‘Business’

September 30, 2007

Innovation In Technology

How does innovation happen? Not just in technology, but in general. I think that the question can be answered easily with the next three statements:

Necessity is the mother of all inventions. We create it because there is a need.
Build a better mouse trap. Paraphrasing Einstein: “I stand on the shoulders of giants”
This is such a [...]

September 26, 2007

I Do Not Get Facebook

A few weeks ago I was playing with Facebook and I did not get it. I wrote the template for this post and called it “I Do Not Get Facebook”, because I truly did not get it and was not impressed with what they have done … what was the hoopla all about? But now [...]

September 23, 2007

Virtual Worlds As A Commerce Platform

In the last few years, Virtual Worlds (VW) have become more common place. It all started with Massive Online Multi-Player Games (MOMPG) and to a large extent, the virtual worlds are extensions of them. Second Life, Club Penguin, Toon Town, to name just a few, are gathering a following. But the questions really revolve around [...]

September 9, 2007

Technology and Jared’s Soccer Match

My wife, for her birthday, wanted a video camera and since I am such a good husband I bought her one. I am into photography and never really thought about getting a video camera; moreover, most of the digital cameras we own have video capabilities that we never use. The rational for buying yet another [...]

September 5, 2007

Software Development Methodologies

Software Development Methodologies have been at the core for solving problems with computer software. There are many reasons why a methodology is important, but mostly, because it gives projects a beginning, a middle and an end. Projects are like stories and as such, they can have good or bad endings.
Let’s define what a Software Development [...]

September 2, 2007

Apple, the iPhone and Product Development

I often argue that what drives a company is a product strategy that is far seeing. In other words, a 10 to 20 years product roadmap that represents what a company wants to be, how it wants to be perceived in the market and what market position it wants to enjoy through execution of the [...]

August 27, 2007

Build vs. Buy

As a technology executive I am always faced with the decision to build vs. buy. For each feature and for each project, for each component that is implemented, the decision has to be made. And it is seldom easy. There are many factors that play into making a decision and it is not always clear [...]

August 26, 2007

Purist, Opportunity and Growth

As I look at my job and what I do, I am continuously confronted with the task of developing and completing projects to meet the ever-growing company’s market. We continue to expand our needs and as the company grows and we meet our market opportunities, so do the risks and execution complexities. Expediency becomes central [...]

August 23, 2007

The Business of Technology

Over the last 50 years or so, technology has evolved and expanded into many aspects of our lives. Among the most dramatic is the use of technology in business. Business today can hardly be conducted without the use of technology; more specifically, without the use of computers and workstations.
But it is not just about workstations; [...]