GLG News by CIOs, CTOs and CISOs in GLG Member Programs

Roberto DolciChief Information Officer & Director Customer CareSYSTEM SPA

HP buy Autonomy: what's next ?

August 19, 2011

Analysis of:HP Plans PC Spinoff, $10 Billion Autonomy Buy | www.cio.com

In a day where most stocks collapsed, HP confirmed rumors it is to dispose of the PC operation and acquire Autonomy at a premium.Autonomy is a well respected provider of semantic and Bayesian based tools to extract useful information from non-structured data, mainly text based.This news suggest semantic search and extraction of intelligence from natural language and pictures/drawings has become hot topic.I can witness the use of such tools for the bottom line.

Roberto DolciChief Information Officer & Director Customer CareSYSTEM SPA

When Smart-phones and IT Consumerization make you happy

August 12, 2011

Analysis of:Future Smartphones: How They Will Look, What They Will Do | www.cio.com

The latest Smart-phones do provide big improvements in users' productivity, making them a useful tool for business people.With screen sizes moving to 4-5" and possibly higher, and qwerty keyboards that can be handled even by adults at normal speeds, the latest products have the gear required.On top of that, the applications to chose from or the ability to create ad hoc ones, make the smart-phone a perfect companion for every professional not sitting at the office.

Roberto DolciChief Information Officer & Director Customer CareSYSTEM SPA

When IT projects turn sour: Ingram Micro and SAP implementation in Australia

July 30, 2011

Analysis of:SAP Project Issues Hurt Ingram Micro Profits Again | www.pcworld.com

It is really rare for a company to admit that the bottom line is affected by an IT project gone badly: Ingram Micro have taken this bold step.Naturally public statements are conciliatory and both parties claim the problem is soon going to be solved: yet this is the second quarter Ingram Micro state they are loosing because of the SAP project.What lessons can be learned from this ?

Roberto DolciChief Information Officer & Director Customer CareSYSTEM SPA

CIO: a long overdue critique to offshoring tout court

July 25, 2011

Analysis of:IT Outsourcing: How Offshoring Can Kill Innovation | www.cio.com

Two Harvard Business School Professors, David Pisano and Willy Shih, argue that offshoring IT services can damage the corporation, and use Manufacturing as case in point.In the ICT industry outsourcing and especially offshoring (that is outsourcing to far away low cost countries) have long been pitched as panacea: quite to the contrary.Common sense is now restated by two HBS scholars after extensive research: one should be very careful in selecting the IT service that can be offshored.

Howard BruckChief Information OfficerHUDSON VALLEY BANK

S1 and Fundtech, The Latest Bank Tech Consolidation

July 14, 2011

Analysis of:CORRECT: Fundtech Agrees To S1 Merger In Deal That Values Co At $318 Million | online.wsj.com

Clearly, bigger is an advantage for bank tech providers. With Fiserv and FIS as the two 800 pound gorillas, the small and mid-tier players need to successfully consolidate to thrive. There is probably room for a third gorilla, and not many good reasons for keeping around the small chimps.

Roberto DolciChief Information Officer & Director Customer CareSYSTEM SPA

Smart Grid 3.0 is growing

July 14, 2011

Analysis of:IBM to develop smart grid test bed in South Korea | www.powerengineeringint.com

IBM takes important steps in gaining leadership positions for the next generation of the Smart Grid.  Competition is heating up fast.Not only is demand for smart grid equipment projected to ramp up from $2.7bln today to circa $4bln in 2020, but especially the possibility of having software, services and naturally network over the grid represent a huge opportunity.

Roberto DolciChief Information Officer & Director Customer CareSYSTEM SPA

Other 2 reasons and 1 pledge for return of manufacturing to America

July 2, 2011

Analysis of:Made (again) in the USA: The return of American manufacturing | finance.fortune.cnn.com

The article neatly presents several of the reasons for the return of manufacturing to America, but it is not complete.I will argue there are two more reasons, namely:- the ever faster product churn-out in most industries- the progress in 3D design and rapid prototyping Also, when thinking of the support that manufacturing brings to employment and the economy at large, one should stress that investing in manufacturing facilities brings stability over the medium term to local economies.

Roberto DolciChief Information Officer & Director Customer CareSYSTEM SPA

High speed train TAV in Italy, one more example

June 30, 2011

Analysis of:Public acceptance: the energy sector's biggest headache | www.europeanenergyreview.eu

In recent days EU has warned Italy that if work did not start to build the new high speed train line with France, they would loose all Community funds.In the albeit complex political and legal framework that governs public works in Italy, all entities had agreed that this train line is a good thing for the country, allowing better reach from West to Eastern Europe. Left, center and right parties all agreed.Not the local community: the site was blocked and police had to come in with tear gas.

Roberto DolciChief Information Officer & Director Customer CareSYSTEM SPA

New era in 3D CAD and product development technologies

June 23, 2011

Analysis of:PTC Declares New Era of Product Design with Delivery of First Creo™ Apps | www.cadcamnews.in

PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) hosted both its CREO product launch and its customers and partners meetings in Las Vegas last week.  A large ecosystem assembled to see the latest evolutions in the fields of 3D CAD, PLM, 3D printing, 3D monitors and also the transformation of the design paradigm.So long 2D design and paper, the latest platforms truly allow for a full digital life-cycle of product development and thus the shrinking of

Roberto DolciChief Information Officer & Director Customer CareSYSTEM SPA

Consumer scale to counter NIMBY

June 22, 2011

Analysis of:Public acceptance: the energy sector's biggest headache | www.europeanenergyreview.eu

Most energy projects face a distinct risk with public opinion: local communities require convincing and even incentives to accept new power stations in their territory, and this also applies to wind farms and PV parks.Still, consumers actually embrace enthusiastically their "private" installations: from the small wind turbine to building integrated photovoltaic panels, to more complex geo-thermical sources, when energy is made for direct consumption acceptance is more readily available.

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