• Happy New 2009 Year

    I strongly believe that 2009 will be the opportunity for everyone to revisit everything they’ve been doing so far. Our values are changing, rules must follow thus giving birth to a better world.I wish you a very happy 2009 new year looking at the stars with a smile on your face. Read more

  • For the first time: the Web, 2nd to TV, surpasses all other media as News Source

    I know most of you could perceive it naturally or because you’re very much web centric (is this a sign of youth ;-), but I found it interesting to see it confirmed by research: the web is now the preferred source of information – whether national or international – for 40% of the researched compared Read more

  • Holiday season sales online down just 1% despite 5 days shopping missing vs 2007

    According to ComScore, this online holiday season is impacted by 5 fewer shopping days this year compared to last year. The impact seems to be contained to 1% decrease. The increased average online spending per day between Thanksgiving and Christmas ($643M, up 5% from last year) does not compensated for 16% decreased number of shopping Read more

  • 2009 IT Trends: can community based IT services on the cloud help?

    As 2009 sets itself to unfold, major IT trends are starting to shape our future.In a nutshell we should be watching: Green IT Expense Cutting Cloud Computing Virtualization Mobile Computing SOA/WOA Leaning Architecture Social Software, Enterprise 2.0 and Communities It’s going to be tough and only those who can go beyond their fears and control Read more

  • Do you see the elephant?

    http://cl1.clipster.ws/sf/flashcount.php?a=lp&cpath=DSG20080070070&cfile=elephant01_00&cid=4&pid=0You know I usually never discuss matters directly relating to the company I work for, but today I need to make an exception.I was fortunate enough to participate to the public launch of Sage ERP X3 in Germany. Kudos to the team! Big milestone in our expansion, well prepared, executed with fun.So here is why Read more

  • What are the key forces driving to Enterprise 2.0 transformation?

    Tectonic forces displacing enterprise applications boundaries are very diverse, I don’t pretend to be exhaustive here, but I’d like to highlight the ones having in my opinion a significant impact: Ubiquitous good quality (bandwidth) web access – check broadband stats – encouraging employees mobility Web crazy expansion (5.5M new users per week, 1.3B Internet users Read more