John Hagel is a business consultant based in Silicon Valley. He has served as a senior executive with several technology companies and spent sixteen years as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. He is the author of the forthcoming book Out of the Box: Strategies for Achieving Profits Today and Growth Tomorrow through Web Services from Harvard Business School Press. For more information, visit www.johnhagel.com
The hype surrounding Web services mounts with every day. Dynamic composition
of applications. Obsolescence of traditional applications. The claims
escalate as technologists work mightily to craft compelling visions of
disruptive technologies.
The users of technology - the business line managers who must meet quarterly
budget targets - develop allergic reactions as these visions pour forth.
Their skepticism stems from deepening disappointment over the limited returns
generated from previous technology visions, including the rush to build Web
sites and install massive enterprise applications.
These users are increasingly focused on near-term results, especially in the
form of significant operating cost or asset savings. They don't want visions,
they want business cases. And they are deploying Web services technology, but
it's not where we might expect.
Early adopters... (more)
John Hagel is a business consultant based in Silicon Valley. He has served as a senior executive with several technology companies and spent sixteen years as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. He is the author of the forthcoming book Out of the Box: Strategies for Achieving Profits Today and Growth Tomorrow through Web Services from Harvard Business School Press. For more information, visit www.johnhagel.com
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