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		<title>The Future of IT – 04/04 Itinerary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few weeks ago, when I published the article "The Future of IT", I was planning to write something about technology.

But, as most bookworms turned practitioners, I know that a white page is tempting.

Most writings about the future are actually the typical side-effect of an attempt to find order within chaos- notably when it is an unknown chaos that you are trying to describe.

This article is published in four parts (no more than 1000 words each).

Of course, I tried to keep it readable- no more than 150 to 250 words per section.

This is the fourth article: itinerary.

You have read about my target future and the present. How do we move from the present to the future? It depends from where you are now. Therefore, I will outline an example, i.e. monitoring online positioning, that could inspire other applications.]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of IT – 03/04 Starting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few weeks ago, when I published the article "The Future of IT", I was planning to write something about technology.

But, as most bookworms turned practitioners, I know that a white page is tempting.

Most writings about the future are actually the typical side-effect of an attempt to find order within chaos- notably when it is an unknown chaos that you are trying to describe.

This article is published in four parts (no more than 1000 words each).

Of course, I tried to keep it readable- no more than 150 to 250 words per section.

This is the third article: starting.

IT systems are obviously not a one-size-fits-all. The current trend is toward standardization, and this chapter will summarize some current trends and issues. The common thread? Tailoring the response to the needs (and budgets), while allowing future expansion.]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of IT – 02/04 Destination</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few weeks ago, when I published the article "The Future of IT", I was planning to write something about technology.

But, as most bookworms turned practitioners, I know that a white page is tempting.

Most writings about the future are actually the typical side-effect of an attempt to find order within chaos- notably when it is an unknown chaos that you are trying to describe.

This article is published in four parts (no more than 1000 words each).

Of course, I tried to keep it readable- no more than 150 to 250 words per section.

This is the second article: destination.

My approach to change is: ask what the customers aim to achieve, understand where they are, assess the resources available, propose an itinerary, and, if needed (e.g. due to lack of resources), identify a realistic alternative target.]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of IT &#8211; 01/04 Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few weeks ago, when I published the article "The Future of IT", I was planning to write something about technology.

But, as most bookworms turned practitioners, I know that a white page is tempting.

Most writings about the future are actually the typical side-effect of an attempt to find order within chaos- moreover, when it is an unknown chaos that you are trying to describe.

This article is published in four parts (no more than 1000 words each).

Of course, I tried to keep it readable- no more than 150 to 250 words per section.

This is the first, introductory article.

I will start with the concept of forecasting, then the logic of building forecasting models, to finally land on the key issues: the experience I used to develop the forecasting framework, and the conceptual model.]]></description>
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		<title>AGB2009: the future of IT</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This part of the AGB2009 series (see <a href="http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/09/06/dutch-asynchronous-guided-brainstorming/">the presentation</a>)
AGB2009: THE FUTURE OF IT
<br /><br />
<b>BACKGROUND</b>
<br /><br />
It has been a long time since IBM supposedly said that few computers would be enough to forever satisfy all the computing needs of humanity.

Do not worry: this is not a technical article.
<br /><br />
<b>ABSTRACT</b>
<br /><br />
My suggestion? Well, I still hold an Italian passport.

Therefore, I suggested an idea inspired by another industry: segmenting the market by building standardized elements, and then offering different levels of "tailoring", but with an option to then re-insert, after sometime, the custom-designed services into the basic portfolio.

But, in my view, the issue is becoming even more nuanced. And more complex. And still actual.]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond microfinancing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GettingAroundTheWorld.Net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beyond Microfinancing

If you pick up any newspaper or magazine covering economic issues, every month you will find articles about microfinancing.

The idea of microfinancing expand globalization benefits available to developing countries, by changing the way funding is accessible.

Figures do not lie. And the picture that is projected, despite the 2006 Nobel peace prize to the Grameen Bank founder, is closer to the old way of managing financial relationships with developing countries, creating what was described already in 1990 in a Museum in Germany as the "spiral of debt".

The idea? Merging microfinancing and charity to deliver self-sustaining development.

(2000 words)]]></description>
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		<title>ReMix09 @ Brussels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you do not know what is about, is a marketing event from Microsoft.

Why did I attend?

This time I was curious to see how convergence and competition are shaping the market.

Read the minutes, make up your mind, and maybe you will have ideas on how to apply some of the concepts from this conference.

The main ideas? Approaches about how people interact with technology.

No, not on software development- on other business and non-business activities.]]></description>
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		<title>GMN2009: Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 07:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/13/gmn2009-progress/">GMN2009: PROGRESS</a>

You do not need to know just what you are supposed to do, but also where you are, and where you should be.

If you are a perfect project manager with all the certifications required: probably you should skip this section, as it could be depressingly simple.

But it is not just progress itself- is the measuring and definition of progress that matter.

This post is part of <a href="http://www.robertolofaro.com/blog/2009/05/07/gmn2009-genome-mind-mapping-neural-networks/">a series</a>, first published in May 2009.]]></description>
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