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Rick Parry CEO Yellowfin South Africa THE INTERNET OF THINGS ( THE SPEED OF CHANGE AND A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY!)
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We live in an age where "things" are changing so quickly, predominantly driven by technology, that it is extremely difficult to actually stop the bus, get off and reflect on the "So What?" question! We live in the day of instant gratification – I want it now, not next week or even later today – now! Just look at the “Mobile Telephone” and “The Smart Phone” market! It is difficult to reconcile that it is only 20 years since the first Cellphones were in use in South Africa. How long ago did Facebook start, and Twitter, and LinkedIn – and Plaxo? When was the “World Wide Web” first introduced for public consumption? What happened to Netscape? What has happened to the PDA? Look at how Twitter has transformed journalism! How Skype has changed the lives of families living on opposite sides of the world! Who needs vast and expensive Online Conferencing facilities when you can do it for free with Skype? We are caught up in the “internet of things”! What is “Cloud Computing”? And do we care? What is real, what is myth? What is fact and what is fiction? What actually adds real business value? There are two clear markets – the Business Market and The Consumer Market – and yet they overlap! Business thrives on consumers (customers) but what is the real business value of Facebook? Who needs a web site when we have Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter. What about OpenSource and Freeware? Is it really “free”? Who is winning the battle for the “business mind”? Who needs The Oxford English Dictionary, Encyclopaedia Brittanica and Wikepedia, when we have Google?! Additional Info Presenter::Rick Parry Category::Business/Marketing
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Rick Parry
CEO Yellowfin South Africa
THE INTERNET OF THINGS
(THE SPEED OF CHANGE AND A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY!)
1978 1975
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1976 1983 1986
2013
Apple MacPro Dell
HP Lenovo
1966
2013
Early 2000’s
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
Plaxo
www
Netscape
Tablets
Skype
Cloud
Google Open Source
Freeware YouTube
Salesforce
Mobile
Social Media email Mixit BBM
SMS
AppStore ITunes Podcasts
Blogs
The “Internet of Things”
Palm Smart Phones
Wikipedia
“The age of instant communication and instant gratification”
Bluetooth Wi-Fi
Welcome to the Digital Business Era and the Age of the Customer
React quickly – application changes must be quick and easy
Web sites are a Business Tool
How do we decide what provides real business value?
Need to have/Nice to have
Solutions looking for problems
What Apps add business value?
Focus on delivering tangible value!
