Category Archives: business models
eGovernment and the “smart” economy
The talk below is one which I was invited to give for this morning’s (18th January) Transforming Public Services Conference on eGovernment, organised by the Department of the Taoiseach. There were about 200 participants, in Dublin Castle, representing many sectors … Continue reading
Why is Software Engineering so hard ?
As pro bono President of Engineers Ireland for the last 12 months, one of the privileges of the work was to prepare and give my “Presidential Address”, in fact on numerous occasions across the country and in London. I chose … Continue reading
Innovation and Risks for Researchers
I spoke this morning at the Irish Universities Association event on corporate governance. The main theme of my presentation was the dangers inherent in poor stewardship of intellectual property and the processes therein. This in turn is one major … Continue reading
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Catalysing More Start-ups: an interesting Dail proposition…
In his introduction to the Taskforce report, the Taoiseach notes that members of the Taskforce: have focused, correctly, on how to deliver a step-change in the level of company start-ups and their growth to international scale in order to drive … Continue reading
Posted in business models, Dail, economy, Enterpreneurship, innovation, Intellectual Property, IONA, Ireland, politics, Uncategorized
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A Guide to the Innovation Taskforce Report
I was asked to write a 900 word piece for the Irish Times on the Innovation Taskforce report, and my article was duly published yesterday. It was difficult to distil the thinking and analysis of 7 months of intensive … Continue reading
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“Transforming Irish Industry…”
Michael Henning wrote an interesting posting just before last Christmas, on the challenges of creating 160,000 new jobs in the Irish economy.
Innovation Task Force – Third Plenary meeting
We had our third plenary meeting in Government Buildings yesterday, chaired by Dermot McCarthy. I’ve previously posted on the first, second and consultation meetings. The members of the task force are listed here, and most of the public submissions to … Continue reading
Posted in broadband, business models, economy, education, engineering, Enterpreneurship, innovation, Ireland, politics, TCD, UCD
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Innovation Task Force – broadband infrastructure
We had our third plenary yesterday, hosted at Government Buildings by Dermot McCarthy. The meeting started with a presentation by Peter O’Neill of the DCENR on the current status of broadband infrastructure in Ireland. Since I have had a personal interest … Continue reading
Posted in broadband, business models, economy, innovation, Ireland, Microsoft
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Think Liquidity.
Professional investors understand liquidity. They understand asset backed securities, and they understand the risks when assets subsequently emerge to be poorer quality than they were represented to be. Sub-prime assets can be embarrassingly illiquid and career changing. In the world … Continue reading
Posted in business models, componentisation, IONA, LeSS, open source
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The Long Tail Wags
What kicked of this blog entry for me were some reflections I had as I chaired a one day conference, with a preceding half day workshop, a couple of weeks ago, which was organized in Galway by Fidelity Investments, on … Continue reading
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