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Behavioral Science and the Future of the Connected World

The French writer, mathematician, and philosopher Rene Descartes said “To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.”  Today, the underlying theme of the hottest technological advancements is geared towards two things:  Understanding behavior and shaping behavior.  The importance of this phenomena cannot be overlooked.   Information…

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Orchestrating Consumption

The parallels between manufacturing supply chain best practices and IT service delivery are clear.  But what hasn’t been clear is the nature and construct of a working system to provide automation of IT service delivery.  The goal is to have a commerce engine for IT service consumption, where the business user is in charge of…

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Office Of The Cloud CIO

Joseph Campbell (Mythologist, Scholar and inspiration for Star Wars) described disruption as, forces that will break your ego.  At first the forced change can feel like hell.  Its hell because everything we have perceived to be the understanding of our existence and our value within it, is getting destroyed.  These changes only feel like hell…

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The Business Value Marketplace

The move from Plan, Build, Run IT operations to a Demand Supply IT organization, is not a strategic move; it represents the complete commoditization and consumerization of IT. Beyond instituting an ERP system specific to running IT, there exists one more solution which will prove to disrupt the IT industry and in the process give…

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Building a Cloud Ecosystem: Part 3

The goal of this three part series is to describe the strategy and framework for constructing an ecosystem from cloud services to best serve your enterprise.  It’s also a discussion about the future role of cloud service providers and how the end user will become ultimately empowered. Why pursue a cloud ecosystem? The reason for…

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Building A Cloud Ecosystem: Part 2

The goal of this three part series is to describe the strategy and framework for constructing an ecosystem from cloud services to best serve your enterprise.  It’s also a discussion about the future role of cloud service providers and how the end user will become ultimately empowered. Public Cloud Ecosystem In the first part of…

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