Is Microsoft going too far ahead?

It seems that Microsoft wanted to take the lead for a change in the technology landscape, not a bad idea. However they've put a lot of their prime products in the scale to wager with.

Getting started with Archimate 2.0

Need to revamp my Archimate 2.0 knowledge so I figured to take a course, though they're all quiet expensive. Started googling around and found some good sources that might be just good enough to get a head start, perhaps I'll follow a course afterwards, we'll see.

Why your company need to work on its API's

There's a lot of data in our world and the good thing is that it is shared increasingly. Not only are individual companies exposing their information, there are also numerous data markets out there for you the tap into. In this short article I'll explain what API's are and how you can monetize them.

Personal expectations @work

In our ever increasing technology world we use technology both at home and at work.

Today there's a rather big difference between the two and many people find themselves using simple, user friendly systems and when they come back in the office they look at complex environments.

Consolidation or Integration?

Do you have multiple systems in your company that are doing the same thing, but slightly different? Do you also feel that those multitude of systems get in the way when figuring out how to implement new business models?

The usual reflex of an organisation is to consolidate the systems in order to reduce costs. However, consolidation is not a guarantee to reduce overall costs, in fact companies can end up with even higher operational cost.

Motor rijbewijs Kontich

Als je net zoals mij van plan bent om in Kontich je praktisch rijbewijs af te leggen, dan kan deze google map je wel helpen.

http://goo.gl/maps/V8k6g

Deze map is gemaakt door de verschillende straten in te voeren vanop de autoveiligheid website. 

Hier nog even kort de straten voor het rijbewijs in Kontich.

Doorgangspunten examencentrum Kontich

• Heideveldekens - Singel 
• De Villermontstraat - Boniverlei 
• Boniverlei - Kontichstraat te Edegem 
• Ooststatiestraat - Koningin Astridlaan 
• Gemeenteplein Kontich 
• Expressweg - Drabstraat 
• Mechelsesteenweg - Koningin Astridlaan 
• Duffelsesteenweg - Duffelshoek 
• Liersebaan - Lintsesteenweg 
• Koningin Astridlaan - Duffelsesteenweg 
• Stationsplein te Kontich 
• Antwersesteenweg - Koningin Astridlaan 
• Mechelsesteenweg - Kruisschanslei 
• Jan Frans Gellyncklaan - Mechelsesteenweg 
• Vredestraat - Koningin Astridlaan 
• Singel - Duffelsesteenweg 
• Prins Boudewijnlaan - Groeningenlei 
• N1 - Neerveld 
• Neerveld - Blauwesteenstraat 
• Kapelstraat - Dorre Eikstraat 
• Ooststatiestraat - Gallo-Romeinenlaan

Op 19 November ga ik het praktijk examen afleggen en zal daarbij proberen om de reële route in kaart te brengen.

Als je je nog even wil opfrissen voor je er aan begint kan je hier een pdf bekijken met de instructies voor het praktijk examen.

Apps in the Enterprise

People are getting used to the app concept, we see as well in Gartner's top 10 strategic technologies for 2013. It started in the mobile area with apps for handheld and tablet devices and later on it appeared on the Mac computers in the form of the Mac App Store.

The consumerisation trend continues to move as Microsoft brings apps to windows via its Windows Store. This brings me to the question how apps will behave in the Enterprise, an area dominated by the Windows OS.