Trends

Some areas of economy are more predictable than expected. Look at this graphic: The average life of the companies is decreasing. I guess that if we filter this data by IT companies the trend is more aggressive. I think about how the IT market is evolving, the impact of massive growth of small companies that … Read more

Before the trends were defined by the companies, Now the trends are defined by the customers, they are not unique, the value of the experience is more and more relevant. This is happening in almost all industries: retail, automotive, tourism, telecommunications, media. The purchase process has changed, people look on-line, visit physical stores, buy on-line, … Read more

A collection of news to follow-up merge and acquisitions of GE. 2014 November, 5th: GE acquires Alstom energy, in reality the Business Unit that really makes sense for GE ($13.5 billion). November, 6th: GE Money Bank AB (Nordics) sold to Santander Consumer Finance S.A for ±700m€. 2015 January: GE sells equity business, to focus on industrial activities. … Read more

This Gartner article talks about something I have been commenting with some colleagues several times: the customers are spending less and less money. IT is an industry that destroys itself, and some times or some events provokes the expenditure to be reduced. What the article provides are details and figures that explains the trend. It reduces … Read more

I follow this company since some time ago, they are evolving on IoT arena with a strong platform solution. I also follow the evolution of OpenRemote, and I’m willing to see how it evolves. Related to thingworx it was a question of time that someone came and buy it. In the case of PTC, they … Read more

I want to store this picture to review it in the future, and try to see if my bets are right with respect the market evolution. I got it right on: Tableau, that I continue feeling that the solution is impressive. SAP, their evolution is for me a little bit stuck. I failed on: Microsoft, … Read more