Brian Seitz

Is Windows 7 Microsoft's OS/2?: Innovator's Dilemma unfolding

brian.seitz@cyonresearch.com — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:42:00 GMT

Windows 7 may become the test for Ballmer and crew as more users infer skipping an upgrade. This maybe more of a rejection of Microsoft strategy than technology. The recent survey quoted in eweek suggest 6 of 10 will not be upgrading. This sounds similar to the numbers of those that have stayed on XP vs. Vista. It maybe the strategy to not have an upgrade path from XP to Windows 7 has created that doubt that Microsoft should continue to be in most computing futures. Add the recent push to Cloud and Microsoft focus on Enterprise and Cloud, they may be creating their own prefect storm as IBM did in the 80s

XP to Windows 7 you can't get there from here!

brian.seitz@cyonresearch.com — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:22:00 GMT

Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade and migration strategy may kill off purchases as XP users have no real upgrade path to take. Will engineering shops using XP go through the pain of migration or wait till they need a hardware refresh before making the leap?

Product Life Cycle Management: Manifesto V1

brian.seitz@cyonresearch.com — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:15:00 GMT

PLM has yet to mature much past PDM with a new interface. A rethink of the purpose of PLM in context of a Enterprise Class Application that engages the total corporation rather than a subset of geometry creators is needed. For PLM to reach its infered objective to manage the life cycle of a product it must bring other disciplines into the product dialog beyond discussing geometry. PLM must declare itself as the manager of products not the administrator of data files.

Will the innovation segment of knowledge work ever follow an experience curve like other work segements?

brian.seitz@cyonresearch.com — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:22:00 GMT

Over the years various segments of work have become standardized and now follow to some level a predicable experience curve. Various white-collar work segments are now doing the same as indicated by the employment of CRM, BPM, and to some extent PLM. The question from last year's COFES on Innovation is can creativity and innovation become standardized and follow an typical experience curve (i.e., become creative on-demand)?

Is SaaS the Killer App for the CAD Industry?

brian.seitz@cyonresearch.com — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT

As the Engineering and the Software industries have changed over time, the priorities of users and vendors have diverged. The old industry model of doing business selling products may be becoming obsolete as a new model of selling service takes on momentum in other software industries. Engineering SaaS maybe the next Killer App in Engineering Software as it will change the fundamental value proposition for businesses. Both Engineering firms and Engineering Software providers should seriously look into this new model of business.

What is called for is a breakthrough in the product design process

brian.seitz@cyonresearch.com — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:40:00 GMT

Despite all the applied computational power applied to the problem of product design the process has only had incremental improvement during the past three decades or dare one say just automation of the tasks. What is needed is a fundamental reexamination of the problem and possibly a reengineering of the process to create a breakthrough in how products will be designed in the future.

Microsoft Lifecycle repeats IBM’s History

brian.seitz@cyonresearch.com — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:49:00 GMT

Microsoft appears to be repeating IBM’s history as it goes through its lifecycle. From smart growth, having to learn new rules when you're the dominate player in the industry, appearance of arrogance from the same behavoirs when smaller, alienation of original market and new technology and market model challenges. It maybe Microsoft will continue to follow IBM's history into a major service provider instead of a technology providor role it is known for.

Karma is a strange and wondrous teacher.

brian.seitz@cyonresearch.com — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:25:00 GMT

The saying goes “to really learn a subject teach it” and “if you help someone you’ll get back more in return than you give”. A recent event in helping a friend turned out to be a joyful reaffirmation of these sayings

Memoirs of a Devil’s Advocate at IBM –Workstations and Space Heaters

brian.seitz@cyonresearch.com — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:25:00 GMT

Most of the time the term Devil's Advocate has a rather negative connotation inside the corporate walls, a phase used to demean someone that looks at alternative or contrary positions to the majority. However, sometimes having a Devil’s Advocate may be just the thing to prevent disasters in business and government. Centuries ago Roman conquerors would ride through the streets in triumph with a Slave whispering in their ear that fame and glory was fleeting --a message not to take their success to seriously—a Devil’s Advocate roll if you will. Corporations at times have recognized the value of such a roll at times. Below is one such example.

Microsoft Office Accounting 2007/2008 Small Business Strategy --Competitive Assessment

brian.seitz@cyonresearch.com — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:25:00 GMT

Office Accounting has arrived however, has a little more development before it could be called a solution for small businesses