Amitabh Apte

Retail Reference Architecture, it's evolution and real-life pragmatic implementations happens to be one of my key interest area. So far on this blog I have discussed the concept of Retail Reference Architecture, proposed a concise yet complete Simplified Retail Reference Architec... (more)

The banking arm of the Co-operative Group will today offer everyday-banking services from an additional 250 high street branches as it completes the integration of Britannia. Building Society. Britannia's branches have previously been used only for Britannia savings accounts but... (more)

There are a number of reasons and drivers for the rapid evolution of business technology. However, according to me there are five major forces which are influencing this evolution. They are Business Services, Application Services, Business Analytics, Consumerization of IT and Clo... (more)

The 2011 Global CIO Study - Essential CIO is a comprehensive survey of 3000+ CIOs across Public and Private sector enterprises. More importantly is spans 70+ countries and 18 industries. So this is well rounded view of the CIO function in its true sense and any regional, industry... (more)

A few days ago I attended a CIOnet event in London (with title similar to this post) where three CIOs shared their insights, lessons-learnt and views based on their outsourcing experiences coming from a range of industries. They were, Kevin Baker of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, ... (more)

Earlier this week Amazon launched a new cloud-based consumer service called the “Cloud Drive” accompanied by media player titled “Cloud Player.” Together they offer consumers an ability to store, upload, listen and download music (which they may pre-own or buy on Amazon) from mos... (more)

It is now official! Google is now set to become an integral part of the Travel Ecosystem! The Department of Justice on Friday, April 8, cleared the Google acquisition of ITA Software. I have been writing about Google's strategic intentions on this blog. ITA Software is a Cambridg... (more)

With the ever-increasing popularity and acceptance of tablets, ebook readers, etc., it is little surprise that the traditional form of paper books and it's ecosystem is coming under immense pressure to survive and remain profitable. How long will the paper book and related indust... (more)

HP Chief Executive Officer Léo Apotheker recently outlined new corporate strategy which fundamentally changes the roadmap for HP as we have known it. Some analysts are calling it a "seismic shift". I am not sure I would use those words in light of recent events. However, I do agr... (more)

Wooden Dollars of Business & IT Engagement - Enterprise Architecture is often seen as an enabler or framework for business and IT alignment. But should we really stick with this view going forward? The very notion sends wrong message that business and IT are not aligned. May be t... (more)

Based on my personal experience of over eight years of working in the air travel transport industry, I am a firm believer that this industry has been a technology pioneer on a number of fronts. The rest of the world has caught up with Cloud Computing only for the past few years b... (more)