by Richard Veryard
A business can be regarded as a platform of services. This has important implications for the (variable) geometry of the single firm, as well as the interoperability of multiple firms.
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by Richard Veryard
John Hagel argues that “media companies that want to remain large and drive even more growth need to focus on establishing platforms and relationships designed to more deeply connect with specific audience segments and individual audience members.”
This is essentially an argument for a relational strategy. This would certainly make sense if DisBut does it really apply to Disney/Pixar?
by Richard Veryard
There is an huge gap (asymmetry) between the information requirement (as stated by the DoJ) and the data on Google’s database. In a service-oriented grid-enabled world, it would seem to make more sense (and raise fewer privacy concerns as well) for the DoJ to collaborate with Google (and its competitors) – to compose intelligent and relevant analytical enquiries that can be run by Google (as a service, albeit commandeered by the Government) to help solve the DoJ’s problem.
by Richard Veryard
Who is going to want the kind of user-defined policies I talked about in the podcast (see previous post)? What are the strategic implications for banks and other service providers?
by Richard Veryard
Transcript from podcast, in which Richard provides an example of user-defined policy in the context of banking services.
Podcast with Philip Boxer, Richard Veryard and Ron Jacobs released on Microsoft Channel Nine.
by Richard Veryard
Many industries (including entertainment and pharmaceuticals) have a heavy reliance on blockbuster products. Asymmetric demand represents a serious challenge to this business model.
by Richard Veryard
This post provides a brief explanation of the three asymmetries, extracted from our Microsoft Architecture Journal article.
by Richard Veryard
Power to the edge is about changing the way individuals, organizations, and systems relate to one another and work.
- empowerment of individuals at the edge of an organization
- adoption of an edge organization, with greatly enhanced peer-to-peer interactions.
- moving senior personnel into roles that place them at the edge
by Richard Veryard
What we are particularly keen on is finding ways in which some added value can be released for a business by tackling some aspects of the third asymmetry incrementally…