Innovation Revisited - Podcast

Maybe I have heard this too many times. I probably have, but that does not discount the importance of pushing different colors of the same song across to yo'all. Listen to this interesting ITConversation by Irving Wladawsky-Berger who is VP Technology and Strategy of IBM Server Group. You can hear the podcast here . He discusses the convergance of media, society and business .

The ability to innovate is at the core of every successful and enduring business. Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, head of IBM's e-business on demand initiative, delivers an engaging keynote address at OSBC 2005, on Innovation in an On Demand World. Irving sees innovation happening on many fronts but of particular interest is the innovation that is occurring at the technological, business and societal levels, which is causing a major shift in the way that businesses compete. No longer is everything proprietary or core to the business. To remain competitive the business must embrace innovation at the technological, business and societal levels.

At the technology level innovation in Web Services, Grid Computing and Autonomic Computing is having a significant impact on models for developing and delivering software and hardware solutions. Similarly, at the business level, innovations in Business Process Management, Business Process Outsourcing and Service Oriented Architectures are addressing the Business-IT disconnect and helping deliver complex business systems. In addition, at the societal level, business are innovating by adopting a collaboration model, pioneered by the open source community, to work with peers and solve complex, non-core problems. "