‘IT Strategy’ posts

Evaluating Social Software? Don’t Underestimate Open Source

Posted by John Eckman on 31 Mar 2009

It’s quite difficult, as many of you probably know first hand, to keep track of all the various platforms, vendors, and open source projects in the social computing and enterprise collaboration space. Like content management systems, social software platforms seem to just keep multiplying rather than consolidating. Thankfully, the folks at CMS Watch, who’ve historically | View post »

Open Source Year 2008 in Review: More Adoption, Success, Innovation, and Alternatives

Posted by Optaros on 21 Dec 2008

2008 was an important year for Open Source and a successful one in addition. We have seen more adoption, more commercial success, more innovation, more collaboration and more options for the IT buyer. And it’s not the end, more success is still to come. The following paragraphs are summarizing what we have seen in the | View post »

Open Source Catalogue 2009 generates high interest and confirms the relevance of Open Source for Enterprises

Posted by Optaros on 06 Dec 2008

One week ago we published the “Open Source Katalog 2009“ for our German language audiences. And we are really excited about the enormous echo that this offline version of our online resource “Enterprise Open Source Directory” (EOS) generated. In few days almost 5’000 copies were downloaded and the press in both Switzerland and Germany was | View post »

Open Source Content Management Panel at Gilbane Boston

Posted by John Eckman on 25 Nov 2008

Next week, I’ll be moderating a panel on Open Source Content Management at the fifth annual Gilbane Boston Conference – “Where Content Management Meets Social Media.” The panel is scheduled for Thursday, December 4th, from 3:30-5:00pm. The panelists will be: Nate Aune of Jazkarta (Plone / Zope / Python) Elie Auvray of Jahia Michael Wechner | View post »

Post Merger Integration – Technology Strategy & Planning – Part 2

Posted by Optaros on 08 Jul 2008

Once a detailed transition or integration plan is created, efforts at this point should consider: Efficiency of Architecture: What is needed to bridge a particular gap between the baseline and vision?  Are architectural changes necessary and, if so, how will those changes be executed with little to no disruption to the business?   If integration is | View post »

Post Merger Integration – Technology Strategy & Planning – Part 1

Posted by Optaros on 08 Jul 2008

In general, when a company is acquired, there are two primary directions in which the new owners want to lead complementary or parallel technology:  Either one company’s systems are deemed superior and the other company’s users are migrated to the superior system, or the systems are deemed complementary and integration is prioritized.  With either approach, | View post »

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