Survey on the use of IT in french companies

Two weeks ago I was invited by Microsoft to attend the presentation of a survey on the use of IT in fench companies. Two things made it really interesting • Although the fact new generations were transforming the use of IT, there was no global study to quantify and qualify it. • The methodology was [...]

Microsoft + Yahoo : why I don’t buy it

Since the news of the MS offer for Yahoo, I felt a lot of enthusiasm around me. People were talking of technology, of tools, of stocks and bottom line (of course…). It seems like “something wonderful” was happening. I’m far from sharing this opinion. Ok, according to numbers, to products, this may sound great. But [...]

Bill Gates about the Second Digital Decade

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Yesterday I was invited by MEDEF (the French Entrepreneurs Association) to attend Bill Gate’s keynote. He shared with us his vision of the future, how people and information will be more and more connected, and how it will affect both our private and professional lives. I’m sure this was nothing really new for a few [...]

Collaboration or office automation application 2.0?

Last week I attended a Microsoft prensatation about “collaborative work optimization and information organization” based on their new SharePoint and Office packages. Hearing concepts and premises I was satisfied Microsoft was going the 2.0 way. In fact I had some doubts after they started their “people ready” campaign, because at this time we didn’t know [...]