A few days ago I participated in an online workshop using Cisco Telepresence technology. While of course I had done videoconferencing many times before, this was my first experience with TP. So, here are a few reflections.   First off, a few details on the event itself. The workshop was organized by the Henley Center […]

Oracle’s purchase of Sun is set in the known logic of the large global IT providers’ growth. If an opportunity of this nature arises and the cash is available, pulling off an operation of this type allows a company to broaden its value chain, eliminate competition, gain market share, increase economies of scale, get rid […]

Not long ago, stories about virtual world systems such as Second Life were abundant. However, recently, not much has been said about these systems. New user growth has slowed, and the number of regular users (around a half a million) of the largest system, Second Life, has turned out to be only a fraction of […]

 I will start with an anecdote. It was the last session of my IS MBA course and I was talking about all the new and exciting developments surrounding the rise of Web 2.0. The class was going well till one of the students, in fact a really good student, raised his hand and fired a […]