Re: CEO GUIDE TO THE WEB OF THE FUTURE

The whole series of articles can be seen at:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ceo_guide/index.html?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives

Lilly gets a lot of focus in the article called Taming the World Wide Web.

Cheers,

Susie


On 4/9/07, Mark Montgomery <markm@kyield.com> wrote:
>
>  Given what most CEOs have been through during the past decade in tech
> consulting (both internally and externally), my expectation is that reading
> a clip like this will only tend to confirm to CEOs that they are better off
> being a late adopter rather than early. Technologies that require external
> consulting specialists for managing one's own data is not terribly appealing
> to business leaders. It will remind many of their ERP experiences. In any
> event, very few business leaders I know will rely on a publication for
> advice on such matters, and certainly not based on this level of depth.
>
> Personally, I think for wide industry adoption to occur it will require
> the efficiencies of products rather than custom builds. And that don't rely
> on a very small group of consultants, or wide consensus on standards, but
> rather adoption of technologies that allow them to determine their own
> destiny and increase differentiality. Getting to point A to point B is an
> interesting journey.
>
> What appeals to the scientific user often conflicts directly with the
> fiduciary responsibility of those who govern organizations- a difficult
> challenge for those of us attempting to bridge communities. .02- MM
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Eric Neumann <eneumann@teranode.com>
> *To:* public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org
> *Sent:* Monday, April 09, 2007 4:53 AM
> *Subject:* CEO GUIDE TO THE WEB OF THE FUTURE
>
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>
> Short article in BusinessWeek....
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> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ceo_tipsheet/2007_4.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology
>
> I found the DO's and DONT's quite practical...
>
> cheers,
> Eric
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