After the short presentation of the the villa Ella, a third HD video about Saint Barth, this time concerning one of our preferred beach, Colombier. One of the must of the island and a marvelous location for snorkeling!
As usual, you should also have a look at the high-res version here.
And still not the last video.
The next one will be for Laurent.
Labels: beach, private, saint barth, saint barth 2008, saint barts, st barth 2008, travel, video
I have found - by accident really! – a very interesting presentation on SlideShare concerning the different leading Open Source Application Servers on the market.
This very solid evaluation is proposed by OpenLogic.
I have summarized parts of it below.
Help you choose which open source application servers to evaluate more thoroughly:
| JBoss Thought Leadership
| JBoss for Developers
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| JBoss in Production
| JBoss – Conclusions
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| SpringSource dm Server
| dm Server for Developers
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| dm Server Thought Leadership
| dm Server – Conclusions
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| Tomcat
| Tomcat – Conclusions
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| Tomcat in Development and Production
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Labels: business, innoveo, insurance, linux, open source, software, strategy
Yesterday and today, workshop with the Innoveo Management Team near Zurich for refining and documenting our Innoveo Skye™ (content, scope, roadmap) software solution for insurances (front-end and distribution).
More information there about Skye™.
Labels: blog, business, communication, distribution, entrepreneurship, front-end, innoveo, innoveo skye, insurance, skye, software, strategy
As mentioned in this post, I am publishing some HD video (720p, i.e. a 1280x720 resolution) on SmugMug.
Below, the second one (embedded in DVD quality). Topic is still Saint Barth, this time, with some views of the villa we were in, and the fantastic panoramic views on the Saint Barth airport and the Saint Jean Bay.
You should also have a look at the high-res version here.
Some other new HD videos to be published in the coming days!
Labels: blog, private, saint barth, saint barth 2008, saint barts, sibarth, st barth 2008, travel, video
Innoveo was again this year partner of the InsuranceCom congress in Zurich.
Lot of very interesting presentations (main topic was innovation this year) and many very good contacts and exchanges!
Labels: business, communication, entrepreneurship, innoveo, insurance, leadership, marketing, software, strategy
via EITO
Despite the weakness in the international economy, demand for information technology (IT) will continue to increase in the coming year. According to the new forecast of the international market research institute EITO, turnover of computers, software and IT services in Western Europe will increase by 2 percent in 2009, to a round 315 billion Euro. "IT expenditure of businesses will continue to grow even in an economic recession", said EITO chairman Bruno Lamborghini. "Information technology is of strategic importance for companies in a crisis situation because it makes operations more efficient and more economic." Increasing demand for IT was also to be expected from contractors working in the public sector, where investment has limited dependence on economic fluctuations. According to the latest forecast, providers of software and IT services in Western Europe will achieve a substantial increase in turnover of 3.2 percent in the coming year, to 228 billion. In comparison, manufacturers of IT hardware are facing a loss of 1.3 percent, to 87 billion Euro.
The EITO market researchers are expecting development of the IT market in Western Europe, which includes the 15 core countries of the EU with the addition of Switzerland and Norway, to be more robust than in the USA. IT turnover in the United States is forecast to grow by 0.8 percent to 347 billion Euro. Before the global financial crisis became more acute, EITO was assuming growth of the IT market at a level of 4.4 percent in the USA.
The global IT market for the year 2009 will grow, according to the EITO forecast, by 2.7 percent to 983 billion Euro. As in Europe, suppliers of software and IT services around the world are growing particularly strongly. Their turnover world-wide is forecast to grow by 3.4 percent to 677 billion Euro in the coming year. The hardware market is increasing by 1.3 percent to 305 billion Euro. The driving forces are emerging markets like China, India and Russia, which still have some ground to make up in developing their IT infrastructure.
So, summarized, concerning turnover forecast for 2009
Labels: business, entrepreneurship, finance, leadership, software, statistics, strategy
Two years ago a first version of the publication “Service Oriented Architecture for Dummies” has been published. Therein our reference customer, the Helvetia Insurance Group, was mentioned together with the solution we have successfully put in place for them.
In the second, reviewed edition, Innoveo has been dedicated again one full chapter of the book. Still our solution is considered to be a practical, state of the art example of how SOA can work in real life, creating both, an enhanced efficiency and cost optimization on the IT side as well as real business benefits on the customer side.
We are proud of having been selected by Judith Hurwitz for her book and we wish Judith again an amazing success with this new publication.
Find more information about the book on Judith Hurwitz’s Weblog. Judith is one of the authors and we’ve had the pleasure to be directly in contact with her to discuss the content and the progresses we’ve made in the time between the first and the second edition.
You can order the book at Amazon.com.
Get additional information about our consulting services and our insurance frontend solution Innoveo Skye™ by visiting our company website.
cross-posted as Innoveo News.
Labels: business, entrepreneurship, innoveo, insurance, software, strategy
via Seth Godin
A good one, to (re)start properly the new year with some inspiring quotes from Seth!
Having goals is a pain in the neck.
If you don't have a goal (a corporate goal, a market share goal, a personal career goal, an athletic goal...) then you can just do your best. You can take what comes. You can reprioritize on a regular basis. If you don't have a goal, you never have to worry about missing it. If you don't have a goal you don't need nearly as many excuses, either.
Not having a goal lets you make a ruckus, or have more fun, or spend time doing what matters right now, which is, after all, the moment in which you are living.
The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run.
It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact... those people have goals.
Labels: business, communication, entrepreneurship, leadership, strategy
via Marc Silber
Marc Silber, who is regularly bringing very interesting information and inputs concerning photography and visuals (his blog, his portfolio, his press-room), has posted a link to a video from Vincent Laforet.
I haven’t known the work of Vincent before and … what for a visual shock! This is a MUST-HAVE-SEEN to my mind. Very innovative, fresh, emotional, and just beautiful at the end.
The absolute must-seen HD (720p) version
The absolute must-seen HD (720p) version
From his blog, impressive bio!
Vincent Laforet is a New York based commercial and editorial photographer who is regularly commissioned to work on a variety of fine art, advertising, corporate and editorial projects. His approach to aerial photography has been singled out as one of the most unique and interpretive amongst photographers today.
At the age of 33, his work has been published in most major publications around the world and he has been sent on assignment by Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, and Life Magazine. In 2006, Laforet modified his staff position at The New York Times to become The Times’ first national contract photographer.
Vincent’s fine art prints are exhibited in galleries internationally including the International Center of Photography in New York City, and Visa Pour L’Image in Perpignan, and are part of numerous private collections.
Vincent was recognized as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Photography” by American Photo Magazine in 2005 and was named one of the “30 photographers to watch under 30″ by PDN in 2002. He and four other photographers were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their post-9/11 coverage overseas in 2002. His work has been recognized in the Communication Arts Annual, PDN Annual, The SPD Magazine Cover of the Year, The World Press Photo Awards, The Pictures of the Year Competition, The Overseas Press Club, The National Headliners Awards, The Pro-Football Hall of Fame. Vincent is a Canon Explorer of Light and Canon Printmaster and serves as consultant to companies such as Apple, Bogen, Lexar, and X-Rite. He and his work have been profiled on CNN and Good Morning America.
Vincent has been invited as a keynote speaker by a variety of organizations and universities from around the world. He has served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and the International Center of Photography. Vincent is represented by the Stockland Martel Agency. He resides in Manhattan with his wife, Amber, and son, Noah.
A lot of great visual material are available online on the portfolio website of Vincent Laforet.
Have a look, for example, at the Paniolo cowboys Hawaii in the Adventure section, or at the Golf digest in the Sports section.
Labels: blog, communication, nature, picture, video
I am not using so many Firefox Add-ons but this one – ScrapBook - is just great!
You can download it here.
ScrapBook is a Firefox extension, which helps you to save Web pages and manage the collection. Key features are lightness, speed, accuracy and multi-language support.
Major features are:
Good tutorial here (pdf, 692KB)
Labels: communication, open source, private, software
I have published my first HD video (720p, i.e. a 1280x720 resolution) on SmugMug, with our last Saint Barth winter break in February 2008 as “topic”. I will continue to regularly publish some short sessions about this travel in the coming time.
The embedded version below is the so-called DVD version (640x480 resolution).
You may like to have a look at the HD version here.
I am using Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 as a video editing software (yes, I have a license…) and my Sony Handycam HDR-HC3.
The music used to illustrate the video is coming from ccMixter.org, very nice source for good-quality Creative Commons licensed tracks!
Labels: blog, saint barth, saint barth 2008, saint barts, st barth 2008, video
Some thoughts concerning 2008+ and wishes for 2009.
Actually, 2008 started for me already in 2007 :-)
Difficult to make the cut in January 2008, as we have started Innoveo in October 2007…
So, below, some pictures which are representing my 2008+, a mix of private and professional stuff, as usual.
And, without explanations, for sure ;-)
All in all, 2008 was again extremely “different” and “stable”.
Looks interesting, isn’t it? As during all the downturn and crisis time, we will all have our ups and downs.
Hopefully with more “ups”, and not too deep “downs”!
Flexibility will be essential, as speed.
I wish you and your beloved ones all the best for the exciting coming year, a lot of fun, good wines and meals (!), success in your new business(es), and a lot of new learnings!
And keep dreaming :-)
Take care, Didier
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Labels: blog, business, communication, entrepreneurship, innoveo, leadership, picture, private
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