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Summary: Super-guide to what is happening/what is coming in business.
Review: A wide-ranging exploration of the networked world we have just entered with the World Wide Web and the Internet. The author, CEO of Lotus, examines ways in which organizations, markets, the nature of competition, and our global society are changing, driven by advances in technology, particularly IT. He introduces the concept of Market-Facing Systems and the Extended Enterprise. He delves into how technology is redefining all aspects of business and highlights seven areas of industry transformation: on-line delivery products and services; industry convergence; value chain extraction; value chain insertion; changing industry concentration; product transformation; and a changing geographic mix. Papows also explores the obstacles IT faces, the race for global leadership, and many more subjects. If you want to understand what is happening and what is coming in business, this book is the practical, content-rich guide you need. Highly recommended. Reviewed by Gerry Stern, founder of hrconsultant.com. and Stern & Associates.
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Summary: Incisive contribution to the literature on Knowledge Mgmt.
Review: enterprise.com Jeff Papows, Ph.D. Perseus Books If you believe that information technology has already infiltrated everything possible in the business world - from automating systems to enabling world-wide teams to redefining the marketplace for virtually any product - then enterprise.com, by Lotus Development Corp.'s president Jeff Papows, is necessary reading. Papows explores some of the more significant implications of the knowledge revolution and demonstrates why the often-cried mantra "adopt or die" is not just hype. Papows has been a leader in the quest for aligning enterprise-wide knowledge and IT; his perspectives are extremely incisive and should be valuable to anyone who is trying to understand the complex issues of utilizing IT to your organization's strategic and competitive advantage. We liked this tome enough to name it a VB:Book-of-the-Week at virtual.basex!
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Summary: Super-guide to what is happening/what is coming in business.
Review: Jeff Papows puts to paper what many digit heads can "virtually" see coming down the pipe. He blends both a technical sense along with the local/national/global economic persepctives. For the IT guys, get your CEO to read this....twice.
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Summary: VG intro to success in "dot.com" using "real world" exp!
Review: Let's start at the top - sure Papows was booted out of office for, among other things (such as non-performance), claiming to be a "Top Gun" Navy war hero pilot (complete with flightsuit that he kept in his office)- when he wasn't ... oppps! But then again, he did help build build Lotus into a world leadershipship position (before it crumbled after its acquisition - like most do). While his personal inegrity leaves much to be desired, this is actually a very good book (testimony to a split personality or a *&#$ good ghost-writer). It clearly outlines how internet businesses need to capitalize upon the advantages of technology, while building their business upon the basic principles of good business anywhere. If only Mary Meeker, et al had read this book before the internet "bubble" burst ...! While slightly dated, this is a worthy read for those interested in what the internet can and cannot do for their business.
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Summary: Evangelical tripe!
Review: This book brings out a conceptual framework for relating Data, Information, Knowledge and Work - and leveraging on IT to enable the Market Facing Enterprise to gain competitive advantage. Concise and to the point- Good reading.
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Summary: VG intro to success in "dot.com" using "real world" exp!
Review: Those in need of a strategic guide to the network economy will find a wealth of valuable material in this book. The titles of its ten chapters suggest the nature and extent of subjects covered: The Information Economy, Pricing Information, Versioning Information, Rights Management, Recognizing Lock-In, Managing Lock-In, Networks and Positive Feedback, Cooperation and Compatibility, Waging a Standards War, and Information Policy. In effect, Information Rules combines all of the benefits of an operations manual with the counsel of two renowned experts who accompany the reader, step by step, through the manual. According to the authors, the thesis of their book is that "durable economic principles can guide you through today's frenetic business environment. Technology changes. Economic laws do not. If you are struggling to comprehend what the Internet means for you and your business, you can learn a great deal from the advent of the telephone system a hundred years ago." That's true. The interdependence of information (software) and infrastructure (hardware) will always be important, indeed imperative. Therefore, interconnection battles are won only if, for example, local telephone companies in 1900 were interconnected with Bell to provide long-distance service and, 100 years later, browsers are interconnected with operating systems. Who will gain the greatest value from this book? Owners/CEOs of small-to-midsize companies which are struggling to decide what to do...and what not to do...with opportunities created by the Internet and, more specifically, the WWW. Also, senior-level executives of much larger organizations (both for-profit and not-for-profit) who must formulate long-term strategies to achieve sustainable prudent growth. For thousands of years, there has never been a shortage of available information but until the printing press, access to it was severely limited. Since then, a variety of media have broadened and deepened that access and, indeed, the volume of available information has increased exponentially. Which strategies will be most effective when one faces such challenges? Those discussed and illustrated in Enterprise.com are worthy of careful consideration.
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