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Mobile Usage of B2B Applications – Extending the plixos B2B Marketplace to the Mobile Channel
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With mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets being a central part of everyday life, they are also becoming more and more pervasive at work. Although the impact of mobile technologies in the B2B sector is currently not as big as in the B2C sector, it will certainly be in the future. That’s because employees are also consumers in their private life and they will expect the same mobile experience from their B2B applications which they know from B2C applications.
From “Falling in Love to a Long Lasting Marriage” - in IT Outsourcing Quality is one Key Criteria
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“The first impression is the last impression” or “you never get a second chance to make a first impression”. Those phrases are well-known around the world.
“Divide and Conquer” – Historic Strategy Applied for Large Scale SW Projects by Building on Agile Process and Automated Governance
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Since decades military and political leaders have used a strategy of “divide and conquer” (from Latin “divide et impera” as implemented in the Roman Empire, to tackle complex challenges. Our interpretation of a recent article by McKinsey & Co. on large scale Software projects as well as our understanding of agile practices lead to the conclusion that the strategy already defined by the Romans is also of high value in today’s application development projects. The concept of tactical maneuvers to efficiently deal with a numerous opponent by dividing the opponents forces in smaller pieces and fighting the battle one by one is related with dividing a complex requirement for an application development into smaller, manageable steps such as Stories or Tasks. At the same time the military leader always needs to have the overview and be in control of the overall battle. In case of an application development this leads to the need for a strict governance / an stringent reporting to be in place. The winning combination offers “the best of both worlds”.
Ethics that an IT Service Provider should follow
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- Are you an IT Service Provider?
- Are you losing out on outsourcing business while trying to win new projects?
- Scratching your head and asking yourself where you are going wrong?
- You may be the best at what you do but still having trouble convincing IT Outsourcing Customers that you are trustworthy?
McKinsey on Reinventing IT for Digitization: Efficiency and Scalability in Sourcing plus Agility are Necessities
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The impact of Digital business models is a hot topic for nearly all corporates and one of the key areas strategic advisors focus on. In 2014, McKinsey issued a series of articles on Digitization. In one titled “Reinventing IT for Digitalization” they state that “companies seeking strong digital performance must thoroughly transform their IT functions”.
They claim that in order for incumbents to compete against digital attackers and even create a new strategic advantage, multiple elements have to be addressed. Those are
