Microsoft and Nokia acquisition – look beyond the hardware and software

Lots of commentary today on Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s handset business, with most reports being hardware and software related. But I believe that the intrinsic value for Microsoft will be realised from the intellectual property rights bundled into the deal. Tweet

Big Data upgrade: V3 to V6

Those interested in Big Data often use the “Three Vs model” to describe it. The three Vs usually represent:

Volume Variety Velocity

Well I suggest that we need at least three more Vs:

Veracity Value Veiling

Veracity is about making sure that the Big Data is accurate; Value refers to the relative value of the Big Data process outcome(s) – READ MORE

Online gang culture

Penguins

Every day someone asks me to join their new online gang. They don’t call them gangs, of course. The buzz word is network. For sure some of the invitations have genuine merit. But most of them are just about gangs, set up to serve the leader’s agenda, rather than real networks of mutual interest.

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the impact of technology on working practice

three years on the helter skelter

cleethorpes helter skelter by cubwolf on flickr

Progress on the web has been running at break-neck speed for so long that we have become accustomed to the helter-skelter pace of development and we rarely get the time to look back and reflect on our journey, from where we were to where we are.

Nevertheless, I was recently asked by Brinley Platts to answer an interesting question: How READ MORE

How can IT add persistent value?

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Here is a fundamental question that each of us should ask ourselves every day: how can I add persistent value to a successful organisation?

Let’s admit it, we all know that the IT job sector is shrinking faster than you can say: “Return on Investment.”

Very few companies are recruiting technology staff at the moment and READ MORE