Posted in Uncategorized on January 21st, 2006 Comments Off
Industry specific predictions from IDC:
1. Biggest increase in IT spending will come from government and healthcare sectors
2. Banks will go on to transform their core banking systems
3. Insurance companies will be spending on fraud management
4. Capital market companies will be investing in streamlining of trading processes
5. Use of intelligent decision models in manufacturing
6. Pay for […]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 21st, 2006 Comments Off
McKinsey Quarterly (registration required) has an article predicting Ten Trends to Watch in 2006:
1. Global and regional moves in the economic activities
2. Increase in public sector activities, mostly in healthcare, and resulting need for productivity gains
3. Changes in demand of individuals due to big changes in demographics
4. Shifts in people behaviours due to technology changes
5. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 6th, 2006 Comments Off
Irving Wladawsky-Berger: Let Go Grow
I was struck by some statistics that illustrate how difficult it is to manage a business: of the 172 companies that have appeared in the Fortune 500 list between 1955 and 1995, only 5 percent grew their revenue above the overall inflation rate, and only 16 percent of 1008 companies […]