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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by October 15, 2015, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I learned that for IT projects to be successful, their goals should be strategically aligned with those of the organization overall.
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Joel,
Thank you for your comments to my post. I agree with some of your points, especially your last one about potentially building a database of fans. But they could have done the same thing by releasing the album for an actual fixed price. If established bands were all giving away their music for free, how are newer bands going to sell any…[Read more] -
Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Reading Question: Community of Practice, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I’m a member of the Foundation for Orthopedic Trauma (FOT), which is a relatively new group comprised of orthopedic trauma surgeons across the US who are focused on resident education, research, and humanitarian efforts in orthopedic trauma. I became a member by applying and getting a recommendation letter from a current member. This community…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruptive Change and Book Publishing, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Kevin – nice post, and this is totally similar to the Radiohead case, as you point out. But I wonder – whereas desktop publishing was a disruptive innovation as per the Wikipedia article, is self-publishing truly disruptive? And along those lines, has self-publishing music become a disruptive innovation because it really hasn’t created an big…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruptive Change and Book Publishing, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I agree with the points above made by Alex and Kevin. A colleague and I published a medical textbook a couple of years back with a professional publisher and it was an incredibly time-consuming effort. I learned why authors and editors take the first page to thank their family for allowing them to disappear for two years while writing and…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Alex – your problem is shared by many and perhaps self-publishing will be the way to go. An alternative would perhaps be with a lesser-known publisher who are trying to build up their catalog. Asif and I published a two volume textbook with the same Indian book publisher you had previously used. They might not be the best partner for the…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I agree with comments above, which in general emphasize the importance of ROI for innovation as an important metric. Whereas I think that is the ultimate proof of success, it takes years to realize what the ROI will be for certain innovations, which doesn’t help to assess how an innovation project, or a business unit is doing with regard to…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Alex – that’s great insight and some very good points you make. Sounds like you are onto something. I would like to think that there can truly be open innovation and collaboration on reimbursement strategies for the important reasons you outlined. Another problem for Philadelphia-area university hospitals to consider tackling with open…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think the most important lesson learned from the Siemens case was articulated by Lackner himself when discussing the resistance they encountered with the initiative to explore external knowledge networks. They were not getting the buy-in from potential reviewers of RFP’s and he realized that “..if you don’t have a clear business impact behind…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Digital media has completely changed the landscape of the music industry. Recorded music sales have declined year after year. When is the last time anyone actually bought a CD? The advantages of digital media for record companies is the unprecendented access to customers by selling their product on websites and online services that are virtual…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Case Question: Globalization and Decentralization, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Good question. I would have to say the answer is yes, Duke.
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Case Question: Amazon Web Services, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Kevin – Interesting post. I guess each company can potentially find their comfort zone with regard to how they use cloud computing. Has your company taken this particular marketing approach? And does Verizon target businesses only, or individual consumers as well?
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Kristin – It sounds like you are indeed giving up control of the data and potentially being harassed as a result. Whereas I share your sentiment, particularly in your situation, I’m not sure that has been the experience of many others who use cloud solutions like Google Drive or Dropbox. I imagine that there are security issues with signing over…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Jonathan,
With cybersecurity becoming an omnipresent threat, I don’t mind some degree of restriction at my workplace if its truly a tradeoff for security. We are also not allowed to install applications on our work phones or desktops unless we get administrative permission. But if we use our personal devices, the only main restriction is that…[Read more] -
Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Reading Question: The Cloud, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Agree with Alex and Duke. And indeed, medicine is populated with many “digital immigrants” rather than “digital natives”, and I have actually had to explain the concept of cloud computing to my older colleagues on several occasions. I’ve used Dropbox as an example, similar to Duke’s example of Google Drive. Being able to use my personal files…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
BYOD is supported at Temple Health System to an extent. That is, mobile devices can access the Citrix portal and also integrate MS Exchange into their mobile email/calendar/contact apps as long as they are an Apple iOS device. And they issue an iPhone to the physicians and anyone else who previously would have been carrying a pager, although you…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
IT definitely is, and will continue to enable companies to become global brands. And I don’t think there is any reason to believe that IT providers are any less likely to become global brands themselves, and as Duke and Alex point out, many have already. Some other simple examples of helping a brand go global through IT are by automating…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The four major web services were S3, EC2, Simple DB, and SQS.
Simple Storage Service (S3) was simply an cloud-based interface for developers to store and retrieve their data. Access to this secure, backed up data was allowed through gigabyte/month charges.
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) was a web-based computing resource for developers. Its…[Read more] -
Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
This was one of the more interesting parts of the article. Wyeth implemented an ERP with a long range goal of basing this on SAP, but realized that it needed to create a data warehouse to pull in transactional data from all the legacy systems around the world. Because this was a large global project, they knew that they would not be able to…[Read more]
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Saqib Rehman commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
IT was seen an an enabler for Wyeth to achieve globalization, and it was not a simple case of centralizing a previously decentralized firm. Some of the operations such as global product sourcing would benefit from centralization to a particular plant in a certain country, for instance. But there were differences between this and a case of simple…[Read more]
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