The Last Days of Enterprise Software Lock-In?
Doug Hadden Executive Vice President, Strategy and Innovation The latest “innovations” from many large enterprise software companies looks to me like increasing commitment to a failing strategy –...
View ArticleEnterprise Software Incumbents Strategic Inflection Point
Douglas Hadden Executive Vice President, Strategy and Innovation The enterprise software market is inundated with hype. It’s a reality distortion field where old is presented as new. Down as up. Of...
View ArticleLesson Learned at #mobilegov15
On April 1st, 2015, FreeBalance attended the 5th Annual Mobile Gov Summit in Washington D.C. The conference was great – a nice mix of government and industry folks. The speakers were excellent and...
View ArticleTransparency? No Thanks
Douglas Hadden Executive Vice President, Strategy and Innovation Are Germans anti-transparency? That emerged as an interesting CeBIT 2015 takeaway. Germany seems to be on the leading edge in almost...
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The Real Cost Burden for Enterprise Software
Many of us in information technology believe that innovation is all about product. Building bleeding edge technology. Sometimes bleeding edge doesn’t solve your problem. For example, Vinnie...
View ArticleA Look at Africa’s Growth Initiative
This week is the World Bank/IMF Spring Annual Meetings in Washington D.C. The city is buzzing with people and the cherry orchards are blooming. All hotels are filled with government delegations and...
View ArticleFreeBalance discusses Smart Cities at FEMETROM
Yesterday, FreeBalance had the opportunity to attend a great event organized by FEMETROM (Federation of Metropolitan Municipalities), FUDEU (Foundation for Urban Development), ICE (Instituto...
View ArticleWhy Big Data?
It’s important to keep up with major technology trends like “big data” that promises to change the way organizations operate. Big data didn’t suddenly appear as a solution in search of a problem. Many...
View ArticleCloud Computing Hits (mostly) Unexpected Cycles in 2015
The cloud computing march will hit some interesting hiccups in 2015. There will be innovation and growth.Complementary technologies like big data and social media will drive more to the public cloud....
View ArticleNot the End of Enterprise Software Market Transformation
It may be past the strategic inflection point We’re in danger of being fooled by the mad rush to cloud, big data, engineered systems, user experience, mobile, social and the Internet of everything by...
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Government Resource Planning as a Public Investment
It’s high time for government organizations to consider enterprise-class software as an asset, a public investment. Government organizations, all too often, seem to acquire software to fill a...
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What We Can Learn About Good Government From The Renaissance
There are so many ratings about good government these days from Corruption Perception through Open Budgets to Rule of Law. Yet, the basic idea of what makes for good governance hasn’t changed much...
View ArticleOn the Move in DC
FreeBalance in on the move in Washington, DC. The FreeBalance offices have moved from the corner of Connecticut Avenue and K Street to a newly refurbished office at 1012 14th Street NW, Suite 1450,...
View ArticleTop 5 #SmartCity Trends from #SmartCitiesWeekDC
FreeBalance had the opportunity to attend the #SmartCitiesWeekDC event that took place recently in Washington, D.C. The event was organized by @Smartccouncil. Participants had the opportunity to...
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