CEO Titans
IBM Business Partners Leadership Conference May 1, 2008, Los AngelesNotes by John. R. Patrick The accelerating integration of global economies IBM committed to becoming a global integrated enterprise. BRIC plus 60-70 others The emergence of a new computing model IBM remixed it’s business to move to higher-value spaces away from low margin high volume products. […]
The World in 2050
The flight to Los Angeles last week was long but on schedule and it provided some time to make a dent in reading World Without End (sequel to The Pillars of the Earth) by Ken Follett on the Kindle. Holding the 10-once e-reader is a joy and the battery lasted throughout the six hour flight. […]
SOA Las Vegas
The conference in Las Vegas this past week was not like the ones Thomas J. Watson used to hold in Endicott where all the blue suit white shirt male attendees would sing songs about IBM’s future. The master of ceremonies for the opening morning was Drew Carey and the "dinner music" was by The B-52’s […]
South Africa 2008 – Johannesburg
The South African Airways flight to Dakar, Senegal on the northwest coast of Africa was approximately 4.000 miles and took about seven and a half hours. It was the half-way point on the journey to Johannesburg. From door to door it took just about 24 hours to get to the D’Oreale Grande at Emperors Palace […]
DEMO in Palm Desert
Demo continues to be my favorite conference — the semi-annual event took place this past week in Palm Desert, California. There were many new people in attendance but also some friends from many Demos past — Amy Wohl, Shel Israel, John Landry, and Steve Larsen. While there were many attendees in their mid-twenties, the five […]
