Tag Archives : integration

In the Web 2.0 world, members of your community can upload media from any platform. This creates a literal nightmare managing CODECs across platforms. In this post, I discuss why YouTube is a greater technological achievement than Hulu–even though I enjoy Hulu much more…

The launch of the enterprise application market was a great step forward for software. It significantly reduces the risk of using software to enhance enterprise operations and provided much-needed standardization that allowed CIOs and CTOs to acquire knowledgeable staff and adopt best practices. However, it takes a careful approach — and a lot of work — to achieve the desired internal rate of return (IRR) on these programs. Here are my thoughts based on experiences on $590 million dollars worth of off-the-shelf enterprise programs over the last decade…

I could title this, “Confessions of a Serial In-house Build-over-buy Guy” as I was guilty of doing this many, many times. Regardless of how good your team is (I have been privileged to lead some of the best) and how unique your requirements are, it will ALWAYS be more expensive to build “it” in-house (vs. using a Software-as-a-Service model). To see why (and for my counter-arguement as to when it is wise to do this), keep reading…