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Steve Brown commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruptive Change and Book Publishing, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Xiaoying, thank you for the post; fascinating. I sat and considered how on demand printing would work. It seems perfect for a book store. What better place to browse while the book is being printed. I can see myself do this. I like eBooks well enough but do still most enjoy a book in my hands; nothing to turn on/off. I find myself flipping back…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruptive Change and Book Publishing, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think Christensen’s main point is that disruptive innovation is really on par with being flexible as evolution progresses. Evolution does not happen instantly where a company leaves their old style on Friday and returns to a new market on Monday. Companies evolve differently depending on their size and market but it is clear that all markets m…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: Open Innovation, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The pursuit of open innovation and innovation challenge seem to come with mixed acceptance in industry. Some claim there exist reduced R&D costs as collaboration spreads costs across companies and innovators experience intrinsic value that may lead to elimination of high salaries and bonus structures. Collaboration expands thought diversity and…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Almost forgot source:
http://pitchfork.com/news/33749-radioheads-in-rainbows-successes-revealed/
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Radio Heads 2007 release of In Rainbow was exclusively through RadioHead’s website. RadioHead had already chosen to not enter into contract with a record company and went forward riding their past success and large fan base. By not contracting marketing and distribution RadioHead would not have to share revenue. Surprisingly, RadioHead offered the…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: Amazon Web Services, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Amazon maintains a vast infrastructure of network and servers. In recognizing revenue-generating opportunity, Amazon offers four services utilizing the infrastructure.
Simple Storage Service is just that. Storage of data accessible through internet pathway. Data is redundant to reduce risk of loss and access to the data is through any…[Read more] -
Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: Amazon Web Services, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Clearly you have a good perspective on cloud services. I talk to many people that get lost in the “cloud” terminology that they do not realize why an Amazon, Google, Microsoft are more than happy to provide the service. You insight will help educate people to realize how many is being made through cloud services. Thanks, great post.
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Reading Question: BYOD, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Reading the BYOD article really put together for me why Mircosoft would give away their office package. I have always worked for companies that provide the standard issue PC. The logic has always been that people needed the PC with common software so version integrity was controlled and security maintained. It was maddening on the occasion that…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Reading Question: The Cloud, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
You make a great point on internet access. I get that companies want out from under the capital and expense costs of servers and maintenance but becoming dependent on both a third party server and a transmission service seems to introduce greater risk that may not be ultimately be worth the cost savings.
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Reading Question: The Cloud, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The cloud. How would I explain the cloud……hmmm. This would be the same conversation as back when physical file folders and documents left the file cabinet and went on the computer hard drive. Little Invisible Space (IS) people do it. Yes, that’s right. They now live in the clouds instead of on hard drives. I type a document press save and they…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: Wyeth Global IT, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Implementing an ERP and Global Data Warehouse across a global network requires significant design, development, and implementation. The ERP provides a standard business process while the data warehouse collects and stores data. However, this common platform interfaces with people speaking various languages, with differing measurement unit systems,…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: Globalization and Decentralization, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I do not believe the Wyeth case is on about whether IT enables globalization. Wyeth is already a global company. The company recognizes a lacked of control between affiliates, differences in performance and compensation methods, and little interaction among managers of different business units and across countries. These problems, and more like…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Systems thinking and perceptions are well demonstrated in the engineering arena. An Engineer sees a river and forms a picture of a bridge spanning the waterway so people can get to the other side. The design of the bridge is broken down into all the individual designs that build upon one another in creating the bridge. A masterful bride design is…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
My selected canvas box is channels. I picked this simple because I remember way back when I started with a company that was my first with one that manufactures consumer products I was fascinated with how channels were defined. I had always simply seen products in a store and never had the need to consider how channel segmentation worked. Channels…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen – Advice for Matulovic, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I think you have it exactly right. Matulovic has a discretionary budget and being transparent is a method to navigate the shark pool. There will certainly be politics but regular project meetings allowing requesters to introduce and justify their project serves two purposes. First, the individuals will most likely come with well thought requests…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: Volkswagen Process Assessment, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
With Volkswagen’s history of projects with schedule and cost overruns along with their previous failed attempts to overhaul their IT project process the shift to a PMO is a smart move. Schedule and cost overruns indicate lack of a project process and process control. A PMO, if staffed correctly, serves to manage project schedules and costs. The t…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: Airbnb — "EJ" Incident, on the site 9 years, 8 months ago
Though I do understand the sense that Airbnb needs to take measures to comfort their customers I’m not sure I agree with Airbnb taking on so much of the responsibility. Let us assume the criminal event as described never happened. Sometime shortly after, say April 15, a host receives a letter of tax fraud notification for not paying taxes on r…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: When Hackers Turn to Blackmail, on the site 9 years, 8 months ago
Eric, I have to admit I just might even more ignorant than Paul. I have not had a bad experience with hackers and I wondered when I read the case if would have taken an action, any action. Even though I hear about hacking all the time in the news I’m not sure I would have the presence of mind to do something out of an email threat. Maybe is just…[Read more]
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Steve Brown commented on the post, Case Question: When Hackers Turn to Blackmail, on the site 9 years, 8 months ago
Sunnylake has fallen victim to extortionist who have hacked into Sunnylake’s network and have blocked system log-in and/or passwords. Sunnylake’s IT employees were able to restore the function but hackers quickly shut if off again. Not knowing much about network systems I can only guess that the breach occurred because Sunnylake is connected som…[Read more]
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