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Feb 3 2009   11:43PM GMT

Trust, growing within the Cloud



Posted by: viip
Inherent Quality, QA, Governance, Relationship Management, SharePoint, Cloud Computing, IBM, Trust

 

As noted within it is not surprising to see QA organizations increasingly focusing more so on governance matters. In present and future times it will also not be surprising to have this focus increasingly include relationship management, perhaps even increasingly relative to the cloud. It will also not be surprising to see resources, organizations, services and products which help enable or grow trust relationships from various perspectives (including within the cloud, and perhaps relative to sharing).

 

By 2010 it is very possible that relationship management will truly begin surpassing traditional IT skills within many organizations. Furthermore by 2020 it is very possible services will have significantly grown within, and migrated to, the cloud … particularly as trust grows inherently.

 

Jan 8 2009   4:20AM GMT

Report and Model (Responsibility and Governance)



Posted by: viip
Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, IBM, Social Responsibility, Governance, Data Governance, Inherent Quality

 

This report may help generate a few good ideas; and this model may help further thinking relative to maturing governance, including relative to data.

 

 

All the best in the years of the future. Thank you for all you do.


Dec 13 2008   12:20PM GMT

One million acts of kindness



Posted by: viip
IBM, Inherent Quality, Unity and Diversity, 2020, Zen, Social Responsibility, Continual Improvement, Building a Smarter Planet, One million acts of kindness

The efforts of IBM and many others are making a positive difference from many perspectives. Ideally before, by and beyond 2020 positive actions of Green, Social Responsibility, Humanitarianism, Professionalism and so on (e.g., One million acts of kindness), will reach unimagined dimensions of intrinsic and pervasive joy, peace, goodness, greatness and love thanks to all who are interconnected by software, technology and the sharing of information, ideas and progress. Thank you for each step you take for you and others in a positive forward thinking open minded direction. Merry Christmas and many Happy New Years!


Dec 11 2008   12:36PM GMT

Building a Smarter Planet, IBM, Government 2020



Posted by: viip
IBM, Inherent Quality, 2020, Building a Smarter Planet

This post takes no credit, simply shares awareness and applauds the progress of IBM and others. Explore, among other you should find information about Government 2020.

Feel free to share awareness of a country, company, government, initiative, group, person, product or service that is helping to continual make a positive difference to the inherent (intrinsic and pervasive) quality of life before, by and beyond perfect vision leap year 2020. Thank you for doing so, and for all you do. Have a great Christmas and many Happy New Years.


Sep 10 2008   4:51PM GMT

“Trust”, a great enabler



Posted by: viip
IBM, Software Quality, Inherent Quality, CIO, Microsoft, OpenSource

Trust is a great enabler and something that can be grown. It may also be that it is inherently essential to moving masses towards increased usage of open source solutions. For some related reading perhaps see today’s SearchCIO-Midmarket.com post by Zach Church entitled “IBM, friends push ‘Microsoft-free’ world”.


Aug 25 2008   10:42PM GMT

Value judgments, cost trade-offs, human factors, trends, market strengths and timing



Posted by: viip
IBM, Software Quality, Inherent Quality

In today’s world what commonalities may make the daily decisions of a software manager similar to those of a movie producer? In today’s world is it true that 75% of all software projects at Fortune 500 companies fail, that 33% are cancelled and that twice as many exceed budget by over 200%? The IBM Rational Software Developer Conference sounds like it may have been interesting based on Grady’s June 12 blog postings in the handbook of software architecture. If not already registered for IBM TV you can do so here and perhaps watch some of the noted conference keynote videos or R-Heroes episodes. Perhaps the quality that is inherently associated will help you beam some value intrinsically and pervasively to others within and external to your organization. 


Jun 22 2008   7:48PM GMT

People, Tools, Code… computing closer to the masses



Posted by: viip
Oracle, IBM, PeopleSoft, HP, Software Quality, Inherent Quality

This book states “Computing is slowly coming closer and closer to the masses”. With current PeopleTools has the pace picked up, or has IT been enabled to empower the Business more, or has IT been enabled to provide stronger governance, or has IT been enabled to eliminate (or improve integration with) the tools of other vendors such as perhaps HP or IBM/Rational?

In the future will enterprise solutions for Business, and enterprise solutions for IT, increasingly align and more so move towards being (or acting more as) one? By 2020 will organizations everywhere enjoy TCO that is significantly lower, value that is significantly higher, and computing which is significantly closer to (and easier and safer for) the masses?


May 19 2008   3:14PM GMT

Can software make the world a greener place?



Posted by: viip
IBM, Software Quality, Inherent Quality

Simply sharing awareness and applauding progress.

A green strategy for your entire organization


May 16 2008   12:12PM GMT

Q: Who plans to accelerate innovation, and offer a superior solution at a lower price?



Posted by: viip
Oracle, IBM, PeopleSoft, Google, Software Quality, Inherent Quality

A: Oracle and PeopleSoft say they do.

BTW recently the PeopleSoft Technology Blog shared awareness of a new site that is devoted to the Middleware Developer and perhaps a place to help you start creating SOA with your PeopleSoft applications. The site includes a link to this page of Oracle Blogs (semantic web view here, not all blogs included). Ideally the blogs further beam value inherently (intrinsically and pervasively) into your step. In any event, if your neighbors are partying and you can’t sleep perhaps you’ll find yourself doing some related reading… for example, William Vambenepe (IT management in a changing IT world) recently wrote about various IT management stories and provided a link to RedMonk’s People Over Process blog which included a link to Eric Schmidt IBM and Clouds | IT Management and Cloud Blog.

As the cloud and related applications continue to evolve and transform the value of the user experience, what database do you think will be largely inherent?


May 7 2008   10:10AM GMT

How can innovation be increasingly unlocked?



Posted by: viip
IBM, Inherent Quality, Gartner

Q: How can innovation be increasingly unlocked? Can it be with increased visibility, control and automation? For example see this IBM - Gartner Video.

A: By making quality, value, excellence and simplicity increasingly intrinsic and pervasive (for related thinking read Inherent Quality Simplicity; Thank you for doing so). 


Apr 2 2008   2:12PM GMT

Booch joining the Software Technology Department at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center as Chief Scientist for Software Engineering



Posted by: viip
IBM, Software Quality, Inherent Quality

Some interesting posts these days over at Booch’s blog (Handbook of Software Architecture). For example see the March 10 post, Rational Machines, which at end includes a great quote of the day: Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, ‘Information’; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware which processes it. — Grace Murray Hopper.

As you read towards present day you will encounter the March 18 post, Living A Life of Ands, which includes a very different, real and enjoyable self-description by Grady. In the post he also shares awareness that he is joining the Software Technology Department at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center as Chief Scientist for Software Engineering.

All the best Grady; I look forward to eventually hearing of a publish date for your much anticipated new book.


Mar 28 2008   12:34PM GMT

New mainframe, Z10



Posted by: viip
IBM, Inherent Quality

Info and Video here on Whatis?com.

(taking no credit, simply sharing awareness and applauding the efforts of others to share awareness of progressive steps to make quality increasingly more inherent from various perspectives)


Mar 14 2008   9:20AM GMT

Shared prior, watch it again; think of our children’s children, 100 years from now



Posted by: viip
SAP, Oracle, IBM, Nortel, Cisco, HP, Sun, Yahoo, Google, Software Quality, Inherent Quality, CIO, CPSR, IFIP, EU, Government, IT, ITKE, Microsoft, Business, BCS, Edge, Culminis, CIPS, GanttHead, Internet Evolution, Gartner, Bell, ACS, CSSA, Zen, Alliance, Fellowship, Dr. Dobb's, Unification, Forrester, United Way, CATA


Mar 12 2008   10:10AM GMT

A new Internet record



Posted by: viip
Networking, IBM, Nortel, Cisco, Interoperability, Software Quality, Inherent Quality, Microsoft, Internet Evolution, Alliance, Unification, United Way

Did Oprah’s first webcast class of “A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose”, set a new World Wide Web record? 1,860,000 streamed or downloaded it within 1 week. Have you listened to the Flavor of Life? Many likely have not; however click the link and look at the numbers reported by Wikipedia about the Flavor of Life, and then imagine the potential of the Internet and the new records and improvements to quality of life that could be related before, by and beyond 2020. For example, imagine how the United Way is and can be increasingly enabled by software, technology, information, the Internet, and pros and public coming together increasingly as one to be of help to others. This way, this unified hand, could potentially increasingly enable harmonization around initiatives of high purpose. In general a united way is a good way. It can increasingly enable a helping unified hand with far positive reach. In any event, some good news reported today by Tony Bradley (see: Microsoft and Nortel Strengthen UC Partnership; IBM Pledges $1 Billion Investment in Unified Communications). A positive open unified interoperability of people and machines is on the rise and may even lead to unimagined goodness from various perspectives.


Mar 8 2008   2:20PM GMT

Global IT Profession Comes Nearer, Canadian Information Processing Society Updates



Posted by: viip
IBM, HP, CGI, Software Quality, Inherent Quality, IFIP, Microsoft, BCS, CIPS, Gartner, Bell, ACS, CSSA

A few bits of news that may interest you:

Note:

CIPS National is seeking nominations for positions that become vacant on the National Board of Directors at the AGM on May 7, 2008. The AGM will be held in Ottawa, Ontario in conjunction with Summit 2008. All nominations must be received in the National office by 5:00 p.m. EST on March 28, 2008.  

PS: Mr. President, Thank you for being a Friend