Connected Platforms at Defrag 2008
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What is the impact of could computing, social software and semantic web in terms of the economcs of business?
Connected Platforms at Defrag 2008
- 1. CONNECTED PLATFORMS FOR CONNECTED APPLICATIONS Ian Davis <ian.davis@talis.com> Chief Technology Officer, Talis
- 2. The Semantic Web as a blue ocean opportunity Cloud computing, social software and the semantic web are seeding fundamental changes to the boundaries of the modern firm
- 3. In the pre-industrial era, most goods were produced by individuals or small groups working together
- 4. Trading to a large market required a very large company capable of vertically integrating all its functions
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- 6. http://flickr.com/photos/ccgd/57454788 Transaction costs fell as infrastructure began to connect people
- 7. Larger markets allowed specialism The division of labour is limited by the extent of the market Adam Smith
- 8. 油
- 9. Air travel, communications satellites and containerisation connected the world http://flickr.com/photos/photohome_uk/1494590209
- 10. As transaction costs plummet hugely horizontal firms like Li and Fung could flourish 2 billion items produced annually 8300 suppliers in 40 countries coordinating 2 million workers employing 8000 $7.5m revenue per employee
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- 12. The Internet's huge connectivity and ubiquity has put more people in economic contact with one another than ever before. http://flickr.com/photos/szulat/474827440
- 13. 油
- 14. flickr.com/photos/cipherswarm/2414578959/ Cloud computing holds the promise of allowing businesses to scale costs with revenue.
- 15. flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2234378275/ Social networks are enabling businesses to reach millions with almost zero friction.
- 16. The Semantic Web radically changes the economics of sharing and combining information
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- 18. Implication is that companies become smaller and more specialised, focussing on creative talent, not heavy engineeing
- 19. www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/399609106 Companies become loosely coupled. Small, efficient, very creative and highly networked
- 20. shared innovation TM www.talis.com/platform