I was recently recommended a book titled Consumption Economics by J.B Wood and Todd Hewlin by a friend and I found it interesting reading. The book talks about companies (consulting firms in particular) will be impacted by the adoption of the cloud. The book was published in 2011 so a lot of what it “predicted” […]
With the advent of the cloud and many shifting paradigms, many of the services typically associated with consulting firm will start to become commoditized and productized at an ever increasing pace. Customer will begin to expect their IT partners to stop telling them everything is a unique, custom problem very particular to their specific scenario. […]
Customers planning new integration initiatives around the Microsoft stack of technologies will find themselves faced by a range of product offerings that seem a little confusing (to say the least) and downright bonkers (to be honest). To be honest, I think its not entirely Microsoft’s fault. This area is developing fast, both in terms of […]
I was watching the keynote speech by Jim Harrer at Integrate 2016 and it was great to see what they are up and what was coming up. It was even more interesting to see him to choose his words in a few places, probably trying to alleviate the inevitable anxiety most of the audience is/was likely to […]
EDI (Electronic data interchange) is a broad term encompassing pretty much anything used to help connect buyers with sellers. Broadly speaking you can break this down into B2B and B2C segments. B2C ones are usually called things like e-commerce, online shops etc. B2B interactions are usually regulated under an industry standard within the EDI umberella. […]
Steef Jan-Wiggers recently shared Microsoft’s product road map for 2016. It will deliver Microsoft’s iPaaS offering on-premises through Logic Apps on Azure Stack in preview around Q3 2016 and GA around the end of the year.connecting systems, devices and applications together is going to change, or may I say that it already has changed. Connecting […]
“APIs fuel the software that’s eating the world”, writes Ron Miller in an article for TechCrunch. This is true. As of now, PrgrammableWeb, a global API directory lists 14,707 APIs. All of these APIs are scalable, ubiquitous and monetized. Deloitte’s “Evolution of APIs” shows that how API economy has evolved over the past few decades and […]
Deloitte is bullish on IT outsourcing. The consulting giant conducted 2014 Global Outsourcing and Insourcing Survey and reported that “companies have begun to segment their IT environments and pursue a ‘portfolio approach” by benefiting from the capabilities of smaller, specialized service providers”. However, hiring good developers offshore/nearshore is expensive, hard to get and even harder to […]
Microsoft released the preview of Azure Logic Apps in March 2015. Comparing to Biztalk, Azure Logic Apps is a paradigm shift. GA (general availability) is expected in January next year. It can be used in many ways such as: Enterprise grade integration of high-volume, mission-critical business applications Integration of on-premise and cloud systems Integrating cloud apps […]
Idea in brief Making products out of projects is always a point of discussion in the software services firms. I have identified 8 major challenges and proposed their solutions. It is generally after 5-10 years of starting a consulting career that we feel this need. Initially passion attracts the IT consultants into the field; you […]