Erik van Ommeren of Sogeti's VINT research institute spoke at the Northern Ireland SOCITM event on 27 November. Erik has published about topics such as Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Open Innovation, new media, web2.0, the commoditization of IT and IT governance.
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Abstract: Organizations today need Cloud and Collaboration
The way we run public and private organizations is changing under the pressure of the current economy and larger trends in society. To better interact with the public, clients and partners, practically everybody is looking at how we can improve collaboration at all levels. At the same time, to save money and still be able to ‘innovate’ many are looking at cloud computing and different models for executing IT.
Speaker profile:
Erik van Ommeren is responsible for VINT, the research institute of Sogeti in the USA. VINT Research has published about topics such as Open Innovation, new media, web2.0, the commoditization of IT, IT governance, collaboration and cloud computing. Erik is a senior analyst with a broad background in IT. He spends part of his time advising organizations on transformation projects, architectural processes and innovation.
Erik is also a trainer, speaker at seminars and author of several IT strategy books. He wrote both ‘SOA for Profit – A manager’s guide to success with service oriented architecture’ and ‘Open for Business –Open Source inspired innovation’. His latest book is ‘Collaboration in the Cloud - how cross boundary collaboration is transforming business’. Erik is based in Washington, DC
In this session Erik discussed collaboration, the basics of cloud, the drivers and variations of cloud and how the trends in cloud and collaboration amplify each other. We also went further than that: we answered the sticky questions such as ‘can cloud be secure?’ (yes it can) and we explored what kind of organization can take the most advantage of cloud. A dynamic organization with a lot of autonomy and freedom for its employees. An we also looked at the new role of IT and Enterprise Architecture in helping your organization transition into this new phase of business-IT maturity. Part of this session was based on the recent book ‘Collaboration in the Cloud'
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