La Comunidad EADA Alumni ‘Business & Technology’

Hace ya un año y medio que nació la Comunidad EADA Alumni Business & Technology (BnT), impulsada conjuntamente por un grupo de profesores del área de Operaciones y Sistemas de Información y de antiguos alumnos, de la Escuela de Negocios.
En mi caso, además, comparto el doble rol, de profesor y, a la vez, de antiguo alumno (alumni).
Durante estos casi 18 meses hemos ido organizando diferentes actividades: mesas redondas, conferencias, almuerzos networking, … sobre el papel de las Tecnologías y Sistemas de Información y el Management.

Aprovecho para compartir, a través de mi blog profesional, la presentación de este grupo de trabajo, donde encontraréis nuestros objetivos, miembros del grupo y las diferentes actividades organizadas.
 

Eada alumni comunidad-bnt-2013 from Ramon Costa i Pujol

Por cierto, la próxima actividad es para este próximo jueves, 27 de junio: http://www.eada.edu/es/comunidad/alumni/agenda/2013/06/como-los-sistemas-de-informacion-aportan-valor-a-las-organizaciones
¿os apuntáis?

IBM ‘5 in 5’ 2012 (From IBM Research)

In next five years will be able to imitate the taste, sight, smell, hearing and touch, as IBM Research ‘5 in 5’ report indicates in its edition of 2012.

Emerging technologies will continue to push the boundaries of human limitations to enhance and augment our senses with machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), advanced speech recognition and more. No need to call for Superman when we have real super senses at hand.

This year IBM presents The 5 in 5 in five sensory categories, through innovations that will touch our lives and see us into the future (click on links to access to complete information):

• Touch: You will be able to touch through your phone: link
• Sight: A pixel will be worth a thousand words: link
• Hearing: Computers will hear what matters: link
• Taste: Digital taste buds will help you eat smarter: link
• Smell: Computers will have a sense of smell: link

I published in my pinterest board ‘IT Trends’ 5 images from these posts: http://pinterest.com/pgpsi/technology-trends/

If you conside these article are interesting, I would recommend you to read the last on ‘5 in 5’ 2011 posts:

• Mind Reading is no longer science fiction: link
• Biometric data will be the key to personal security: link
• Mobile is closing the Digital Divide: link
• Generating energy from unexpected sources: link
• Big Data & sensemaking engines start feeling like best friends: link

“Mitos sobre el Cloud Computing”

Esta mañana he tenido ocasión de participar en la primera sesión del ciclo ‘Desayunos en la Nube’, coorganizado por Foment del Treball (www.foment.com), Qurius (www.qurius.es), Sage (www.sage.es) y elCentro de Innovacion en Productividad (www.micproductivity.com) en las instalaciones de Foment, en Barcelona, actuando como ponente y moderador del evento.

Aprovecho para compartir el material de mi intervención centrada en dar una visión de introducción del Cloud Computing y compartir 5 mensajes clave con los participantes, con un gran énfasis en los inhibidores y barreras de adopción del cloud en las organizaciones.

 

El objetivo de este ciclo de sesiones es hacer llegar a las empresas información suficiente para que conozcan las ventajas de los sistemas basados en CLOUD, los incorporen en su estrategia rentabilizando sus inversiones tecnológicas, poniéndolas a la altura de sus competidores y permitiéndoles centrarse en la gestión propia de su actividad.

El ciclo está compuesto de 5 sesiones de 2 horas cada una en las que iremos avanzando desde la inicial “Rompiendo mitos” hasta la última “Optimización de recursos con cloud computing” pasando por el  Desarrollo de Aplicaciones en Cloud, Perspectiva del cliente 2.0 o el empleo de ERP en la nube.

Os invito a acceder al post del blog del MIC Productivity (www.iproductividad.com) para consultar y tener acceso al material del resto de ponentes, de Qurius y Sage.

Y adjunto dos vídeos que he utilizado, durante la sesión de café networking, en donde se explica, de una manera ‘fácil’ lo que es y en qué consiste, el ‘Cloud Computing’.

The human side of IT (Change Management)

CIO’s role, change management, IT implementation,…

I recommend you this article from “Kotter International” (www.kotterinternational.com) writen by Kathy Gersch, Executive Vice President, who discusses about “the human side of IT”

I want to highligt two sentences as example.

• “…The CIO's role is less about the software, the servers, the networking tools and the IT infrastructure than it is about business strategy execution and leadership skills. It's also those skills - not technical knowledge - that are most crucial during a large-scale technology implementation like an ERP software upgrade or a sales funnel tracking system overhaul….”
• “…change is not about the technology, but about what that technology can help the company and its employees accomplish…”

And here you have the link to the webpage: http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe5a15797160067f7d13&m=fec116717c620d7e&ls=fdee1c7072610d7574167777&l=fe8d17757062027c7d&s=fe1e1573716c0d75751379&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe3817737164027c751773&r=0#story1

“Les TIC 2.0, com a motor de creixement i transformació de les empreses”

Aquest matí, tinc ocasió de participar a la II Jornada Annual d’ACCID (www.accid.org), a Reus, on intervinc en una de les sessions paral·leles, “El paper de les TIC en la transformació de les empreses. Les TIC 2.0 com a motor de creixement a les empreses”, convidat per la Comissió OSI d’ACCID i el Col·legi d’Economistes de Catalunya (http://comissioosi.wordpress.com/)

Comparteixo el document que vaig preparar per a la meva intervenció, ara fa unes setmanes.

Intervencio ramon costa- accid - 20120601

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Però també adjunto un seguit de materials i presentacions complementàries que detallen les diferents notes de la meva intervenció, a nivell de ‘Sistemes d’Informació i digitalització d’empreses” i “L’empresa 2.0”, que ja he utilitzat en alguna altra jornada I intervenció, darrerament o a les meves classes a EADA (www.eada.edu) en el programes Executius, i de les que he tret imatges de suport a la meva presentació d’aquest matí.

Redes sociales y-empresas-visiongeneral

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IT Transformation in companies

I propose you to read the “It Transformation: planning, execution % objectives in Europe” results of CA survey published at http://www.idgconnect.com/download/8795/it-transformation-planning-execution-objectives-europe?flag=true&source=CATemenos040912

Material de la conferencia sobre “El nuevo mundo del trabajo” en Xing Tarragona (Cambrils, 14-9-11)

El pasado miércoles, organizado por el grupo de usuarios de Xing Tarragona, y en las magníficas instalaciones del Club Náutico de Cambrils, tuve ocasión de impartir la conferencia “Los retos del nuevo mundo del trabajo: movilidad, trabajo en el tercer lugar y espacios flexibles”.

 

Aprovecho, simplemente, para compartir el material de dicha sesión de trabajo

El nuevomundodeltrabajo retos-tecnologiasiproductividad-2011

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2011 IT Trends for Business and Companies

2010 is ending, and so, it’s time to analyze the 2011 trends in different aspects.

In my case, I’m interested in all the aspects related with IT and Information Systems, obviously.

An to do this, I reviewed different sources of information to collect the predictions they propose for next year.

Here there are.

I marked a set  of them (bold in red) I consider that are more intertesting for enterprises and business, beyond the IT department and its management.

Computerworld’s 5 IT Trends For 2011

• The recession is transformational.
• The spotlight remains on cost saving technologies.
• Mobile is exploding.
• Software is undergoing rapid change.
• Enterprise 2.o will run it’s course.

2, 3 and 4 are talking about SaaS and Cloud Computing.
Mobility will be a must, and authors refer, too, to “alternative workspace management software” (http://www.peoplecube.com/solutions-hoteling.htm?source=ITTrendBlog_1010) to support flexible work programms.

IIFL: http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Security-cloud-services-and-sustainability-to-be-three-most-important-trends-in-enterprise-IT-Ovu/5005526064

• Security
• Data Management
• Business Analytics
• Mobility
• Data Centre Transformation
• Cloud Services
• Collaboration
• Sustainability
• IT financial management
• Context-aware computing

ComputerWorld (Regev Yativ): Ten IT trends to watch in 2011
http://blogs.computerworld.com/17473/ten_it_trends_to_watch_in_2011

These are the

• Mobile computing remains important, exciting and risky
• Mix of in-house and outsourced services shifts
• Enterprise software begins migrating to the cloud
• Organizations embrace software lifecycle management
• Legacy modernization delivers much-sought ROEI
• The year of the better service level agreement (SLA)
• Graphical user interfaces get richer; maybe too much so
• Better performance comes to rich business applications
• Drowning in data, enterprises turn to BI
• Multi-tier architecture delivers the keys to integration

Trends 2 and 3 refers to SaaS and Cloud Computing.

eweek: IT Management: 10 Mobile Tech Trends to Watch into 2011: Gartner
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/10-Mobile-Tech-Trends-to-Watch-Into-2011-Gartner-493266/

2020Outlook: Top IT Trends for 2011 (Cascadia Capital LLC)
http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2010/11/21/top-it-trends-for-2011/

• Increased competition between growth equity and strategic acquirers
• M&A, not IPOs, drive shareholder liquidity
• Web content management, analytics, marketing automation and customer relationship management (CRM) convergence
• SMB adoption of cloud services will drive consolidation of cloud vendors
• HIPPA compliance drives M&A for healthcare IT sector
• Technology enabled services companies become acquisition targets

And finally, let me refer to Gartner 2011 IT trends prediction (http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1454221), that were presented during its Symposium/ITxpo, in October:

• Cloud Computing
• Mobile Applications and Media Tablets
• Social Communications and Collaboration
• Social networking
• Social collaboration
• Social publishing
• Social feedback
• Video
• Next Generation Analytics
• Social Analytics
• Context-Aware Computing
• Storage Class Memory
• Ubiquitous Computing
• Fabric-Based Infrastructure and Computers

I include an image appeared in http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1871 that resumes this 10 Gartner trends with a comparison between this year and next

As a personal contribution let me highlight main trends I consider companies should focus on:

• Cloud Computing
• Mobility
• Social networking (considering Enterprise 2.0)
• iProductivity (based on communication and collaboration)

And an another one that we want to focus, at Microsoft Innovation Center (www.micproductivity.com): Flexible Working and Flexible Offices

12 IT-IS Key Concepts for Non Technical ‘Managers’

Usually, in my classes of “Information Systems” at EADA Business School (www.eada.edu), in the Executive MBA, Executive Marketing Management, Executive Operations Management and General Management programs, at the end of the last session I give to students a brief resume of key aspects I consider every ‘non-technical manager’ should know and consider about “Information Technologies”.

They are 12 key concepts I try to work during sessions in order to thought about the role of Managers in front of IT.

We are not talking to IT Managers (CIO), but the “Functional Managers” (Marketing, Operations, CEO,…) and the have a huge responsibility, also, in “Information Systems / Information Technologies” selection, adoption and exploitation.

I want to share with you these 12 key concepts

1. Information Systems (IS) comprises all the processes, policies and resources involved in gathering, storing, processing and transforming information, so that it can be used by organizations in their decision making processes. Information Technologies (IT) are all the tools (hardware and software) which help us to improve and optimize these systems.
2. Information Systems form a part of the company's infrastructure (value chain) and they need to be coordinated and balanced with the organization’s Planning Systems, Control and Compensation and Incentives.
3. Information Systems enable us to record transactions (information gathering) and constitute a support for planning and the setting of objectives, the design and carrying out of actions in order to accomplish these objectives and to control the results of these actions.
4. Information Technologies are applied in all the departments and areas of the company, both at a specific departmental level and at a business processes level (interdepartmental).
5. These tools are used at all levels of the organization: operational (information gathering, recording...) tactical (monitoring initiatives, information analysis...) and strategic (decision making).
6. Information Technologies (IT) constitute a source of improved productivity inside companies, automating structured processed (logistics and distribution, manufacturing...) and enhancing people's capacities in non-structured processes (meetings, collaboration and team work, knowledge management...). The incorporation of technologies is not in itself a guarantee for improved productivity unless it is accompanied by the corresponding investment in training and change management.
7. IT’s play an important role as a source of innovation (the product as such) and/or as a support to innovation in the services and products of organizations.
8. IT tools may be classified into business technologies (support to business processes, such as ERP), into function technologies (for specific tasks such as office automation tools or CAD) and into networking technologies (which facilitate interaction between people, such as e-mail, instant messaging, blogs, wikis...)
9. Quite often, the IT/IS/ISO department acts as an agent for change inside organizations due to the impact it has on the organizational processes of companies.
10. The Internet has changed the way we interact with each other as well as many corporate business models. Web 2.0 has provided a new way of working and communicating between people and companies and it has both external applications (communication, marketing, customer loyalty, listening to the market...) and internal applications (collaboration, communication...) in different areas and departments (training, HR, communication, quality, marketing and sales, project management...).
11. Company managers and administrators cannot relinquish their responsibility to IT’s and must leader three main functions in this field: helping to select the most appropriate Its for the business, making sure that professionals adopt and use these applications and ensuring they are put to proper use.
12. There are a series of decisions on IT which we cannot leave solely in the hands of the “IT Department” (“Information Systems” or “Information Systems Organization”) and these must be taken in line with the organization’s needs and business strategies.

Do you agree with me?