My most recent experiences and insights

I remember my first cruise. We were warned as soon as we boarded: the next morning we would have an evacuation drill. It’s great to be warned when a catastrophe is going to happen. We could only hope that there would be no iceberg in the Mediterranean tonight. And then the steps were explained to… Read more

Testing software is my daily bread. Sometimes for my clients. Sometimes for myself. Sometimes just out of curiosity. To find out what’s on the market that can always give you ideas. When you have the solution somewhere in the back of your mind, often the opportunity arises when you least expect it. What would often… Read more

Why is it so hard for us to remove things we don’t use? To maintain tradition. Because we don’t have to make decisions. Because… A few weeks ago we painted my office. And I took down everything I had on the walls. It looked nice. Although that’s irrelevant to today’s topic. The thing is, once… Read more

“Creation of a Hybrid Cloud infrastructure to host the new Business Intelligence services with outsourcing of IT Managed Services.” No, it’s not a hieroglyphic. It’s part of an IT services offer that a company owner has received. He forwarded it to me by mail asking me if I could review it for him. Which, basically,… Read more

In 1989 I joined a company that had just launched a new computer system to manage travel bookings. In 2013 I left the company. And the same computer system was still handling travel bookings. 24 years. Obviously in IT, as in many other things, but more so in IT, 24 years is an eternity. How… Read more

I don’t understand why, but people really like to complicate their lives. At least with their businesses. And especially with businesses that are not yet up and running. The logical thing to do should be to go to the minimum to get started and, when it is up and running, to see what needs to… Read more