You know as well as I do, or better, that many organizations are not going to venture down some or many of these new paths without some kind of “brand” that helps them feel secure or as if they have made a decision they can justify to BoD’s and other (traditional) accountability mechanisms.
And certainly I think in some large organizations where there are a number of major IT / info mgt systems that are the basis for significant parts of that org’n’s mission-critical information flows there may be reasons why co’s like IBM can be very helpful in aiding the org’n to knit everything together.
I’d also like to say that (from my perspective) IBM started “getting it” re: Web 2.0, mash-ups, social computing in the enterprise, and the use of SNA pretty early on .. Rod Smith, their SVP Emerging Technology had started talking about Work 2.0 back in 2005, I think, and Valdis Krebs trained a whole bunch of IBM Business Services consultants in the use of InFlow (the OrgNet SNA Mapping tool) a looong time ago .. I remember reading about that and talking to him about that in (I think) 2002 or early 2003.
But all of the above does not take away from your main point.
There are some who keep insisting that Open Source is eventually the huge game-changer. I am inclined to agree 😉
Yes BUT – But why do we need IBM? All the tools that do this are free and more importantly are connected to where 90% of everyone else is.
Maybe the answer is “security”
The have a second lan that is not connected to the internal one – an open company lan – cost very little
At the heart of the traditional organizations’ problems is the sealed garden that keeps all that is outside out
Yes, you are right.
You know as well as I do, or better, that many organizations are not going to venture down some or many of these new paths without some kind of “brand” that helps them feel secure or as if they have made a decision they can justify to BoD’s and other (traditional) accountability mechanisms.
And certainly I think in some large organizations where there are a number of major IT / info mgt systems that are the basis for significant parts of that org’n’s mission-critical information flows there may be reasons why co’s like IBM can be very helpful in aiding the org’n to knit everything together.
I’d also like to say that (from my perspective) IBM started “getting it” re: Web 2.0, mash-ups, social computing in the enterprise, and the use of SNA pretty early on .. Rod Smith, their SVP Emerging Technology had started talking about Work 2.0 back in 2005, I think, and Valdis Krebs trained a whole bunch of IBM Business Services consultants in the use of InFlow (the OrgNet SNA Mapping tool) a looong time ago .. I remember reading about that and talking to him about that in (I think) 2002 or early 2003.
But all of the above does not take away from your main point.
There are some who keep insisting that Open Source is eventually the huge game-changer. I am inclined to agree 😉