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The Transformation of the Enterprise Software Market
Guest Editor: Vince Kellen
In this issue, we'll tackle the wide-ranging issues surrounding the enterprise software space. You'll hear how Web-based Enterprise 2.0 technologies are taking on desktop-based ERP systems. You'll learn how to effectively predict the future life of a product line by detecting which of several common design patterns is present in an enterprise solution. And you'll discover which factors are driving organizations to adopt the SaaS model in ever-growing numbers. What's ahead for the enterprise software market? Join us to find out which way the wind is blowing.
A Primer on Second Life
by San Murugesan
Second Life [1] and virtual worlds like it are Internet-based platforms for collaboration and socializing, which provide users with a 3D experience and a community. Second Life is a platform on top of which users, called "residents," can create their own world with 3D content and associated software, realize their ideas, and even earn money. It was created and is hosted by Linden Lab in San Francisco. So exactly what is Second Life?
The Art of Innovation
Guest Editor: Daniel Hjorth
In 2003, Cutter Business Technology Council Fellow Rob Austin and Cutter Senior Consultant Lee Devin released Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work. The book, which explains how knowledge workers can use theatre principles and methods to create business innovations, was called "unique and groundbreaking." Five years on, calls to investigate the relationship between art and management are becoming almost commonplace. Management books want us to learn from maestros and art groups, organizational studies focus on aesthetics and philosophy, and business schools lard student reading lists with literary classics. What is going on?
It seems that something in the competitive landscape has changed radically, requiring new ways of thinking, new practices of managing, and new organizational forms -- and that somehow this change points us in the direction of art. In the July issue of Cutter IT Journal, we'll explore the intriguing, and surprisingly fruitful, relationship between art and innovation. Is your company an innovation-quashing "prison of pure productivity"? If so, you'll learn how to strike a healthier balance between efficiency and creativity. You'll also discover how to identify and leverage "a simple, readily available means of continuous, effective innovation" in your organization -- namely, "positive deviants"! And you'll find out how embracing the dualities of jazz (structure versus improvisation, a tolerance of mistakes versus prodigious technical skill) can fuel creative innovation in your firm. As the Bard famously said, "All the world's a stage." This month, become a player!
There appears to be a bit of a paradox between the massive and recent consolidation in ES and the excitement for and growth of SaaS and E 2.0. If E 2.0 and SaaS are such great opportunities, why are vendors still consolidating?
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