Application Management
You hear the story over and over again: Business asks IT to design and build yet another custom application. IT resources are limited, so the IT department subcontracts the job to some external...
View ArticleManaging inefficiency by objectives
Some of you sent feedback on my latest blog entry about Application Management. Application Management is a specific kind of outsourcing, where you outsource maintenance and continuous improvement of...
View ArticlePlan for a divorce before you marry
I promised to give some free advice on how to select your Application Management provider. We’re talking about outsourcing maintenance and continuous improvement of custom applications here. Of course,...
View ArticleKeynote @ JAX 09: Bank IT – Hitting the Wall?
At this year´s JAVA development conference (JAX 09) I had the honor and pleasure of giving the keynote presentation for the track on IT in the financial industry. As this touches many of the concepts...
View ArticleGeeks Are Cool
I have recently spent a great weekend with the HackFwd crowd at the 3rd build event in Mallorca. This was one of the best technical events I have been to for a very long time – if not the best …...
View ArticlePassion Drives Business – Two Exemplary HackFwd Company Profiles
Now let me talk about the HackBoxes – the term for HackFwd companies. . Let me start out with a company I put into the dead pool only 9 months ago. DeltaStrike a company producing a universe as a...
View ArticleWhen Momentum Turns into Passion
I have written about HackFwd before and I am an adoring fan of the concept. I think the whole IT industry should acknowledge what Lars Hinrichs has done by starting this movement. Obviously many have...
View ArticleArriving at “How to Web”
WOW! I´ve jst checked into the hotel at this year´s "How to Web" event in Bukarest Romania and I am impressed. First of all a big thank you to Bogdan Iordache who invited me to give a talk tomorrow. He...
View ArticleWe Rate – first talk at HackFwd Build 08
Today I had the pleasure of introducing the idea of using the Internet, open data and actual people to build a trustworthy rating infrastructure for the future, I asked all the geeks at HackFwd to join...
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