Rick Parry

CEO Yellowfin South Africa

THE INTERNET OF THINGS

(THE SPEED OF CHANGE AND A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY!)

1978 1975

1977 1982 1982

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!