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The Future of IT in the Small-to-Midsize business 2-2
1. the vision at work
The future of IT in the modern
small to midsize business.
Dutch Business Breakfast.
San Mateo, 5 May 2009
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Clive Boulton
Exact Research
3. Interactions
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Transactions Processes Social
4. Automation
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Automation Optimizing
of Paper the business
forms
Paper forms Business Performance Identity & Personality
5. Solutions
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Accounting CRM / HRM Communities
Accounting HRM/CRM Community
6. Participation
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Everybody
10% 100% Everyone
7. Innovation drivers
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Innovated from Tier-1 Innovated by
Customers
Corporations Customers
8. Innovation approach
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Top Down Bottom Up
9. Focus
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Internal External
Internal External
10. Functionality
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Sophistication Convenience
Sophistication Convenience
11. Feeling
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Efficiency & Productivity Emotional
Efficiency & Productivity Emotional
24. SOCIAL IS THE NEW AIR the vision at work
DRIVING BUSINESS!
BECAUSE
DOING BUSINESS IS
ESSENTIALLY ANOTHER
FORM OF SOCIAL
INTERACTION
25. Summarized
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Accuracy Efficiency Emotion
…. And always in this order!
27. Research Linkages
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• US and Dutch Market Differences
– Regional uptake
– Cultures, fast moving, domestic, international
• Collaborations, TU Delft
– PhD, Masters students
• Knowledge Transfer
– Silicon Valley, Delft, Kuala Lumpur
– Market information, sales strategy, technology innovation
28. Where are we today?
the vision at work
• Investing in technology
– To reduce time to market
– To increase technology adoption
• Researching functionality
– Improved user experiences
– Social business computing
• … and our products and prototypes
– Connecting people, communities and services