opinions and other important stuff
Last week I published a short article in Computable magazine (online version) on the trouble of license management. The article is in Dutch. For a Google translated version, click here.
Licentiemanagement veroorzaakt slapeloze nachten | Opinie | Outsourcing | Computable.nl
(License management causes sleepless nights)
Today I had the privilege to spend 1.5 hour in a 1-on-1 meeting with Bob Muglia from Microsoft.
We talked a lot about BPOS, the Microsoft Azure services and the relationship to the Atos Origin business model. Some of the conversation was under NDA, so it cannot be shared here.
But I must say that Microsoft has a clear vision with their online portfolio and there are significant opportunities for partners.
Bob Muglia is a member of Microsoft’s Senior Leadership Team that is responsible for shaping the company’s business and technology strategy, so you can imagine I felt pretty inspired by this conversation.
(thx to Peter Paul de Heer and Michel N’guettia for inviting me)
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On February 10, 2010, I blogged about Siri and called it “the next chapter of the web”? Well it seems I was not alone in thinking this was a big thing. On April 28, 2010, Apple announced they bought Siri for a undisclosed amount of money (educated guess? between 100 and 200 million dollars).
Some will say this is about Apple going into the ‘search business’ – but I believe it is not that what interests Apple. Their strategy is to create platforms that integrate the web and Siri does exactly that. I have seen the term API-broker or info-orchestration. This kind of strategy allows Apple to build the best platform and have the information infrastructure to make it profitable. With so much experiences in online stores with mini-transactions, we can see a new business model emerging.
In fact, is there really a lot of difference in bringing entertainment content or any other content to a web store? Buying a new song, movie, theater or restaurant reservation is basically all the same. The combination, presented in a very user-friendly way to the consumer brings added value and access to millions of users will reinforce the value.
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Arrived at home yesterday afternoon 5:30pm CET after 20 hours in a touring car from Barcelona to Amsterdam. Many thanks to my brother and his wife and travel agency "Valkering Incoming" for helping me get from Barcelona to Amsterdam while the rest of travelling Europe was completely shut down.
I wish you and your loved ones a healthy and successful 2010.