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Shadow IT & citizen development – Love IT or Loathe IT
No wonder the IT backlog is mushrooming. Many IT departments are struggling to deliver mobile applications, getting cloud-ready and other digital innovation initiatives, while also taking care of an unrelenting volume of maintenance. There is wide agreement that the...
Kroger Vendor Item Portal – Automating the Process
Several years ago The Kroger Company launched Program Mercury, a data synchronization initiative that requires suppliers to provide information about products sold in Kroger stores. Now called the Item MDM/VIP, the program continues to utilize the Global Data...
Why GDSN Standards Matter
In 2004, GS1 launched the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) to provide a common language and set of documents to improve the exchange of product information between trading partners. The goal was to reduce the number of individual connections used to exchange...
Low-code Development: How Low Should We Go?
(The original article was posted on LinkedIn Pulse.) We are taught in life to set the bar high. But in the rush to accelerate digital transformation, is there a risk that we are aiming too low with our aspirations for next-generation software development? For all the...
Low-code development: the fallacy of the Sprint
(The original article was posted on LinkedIn Pulse.) A marathon is not just a series of sprints. We know that the preparation required to run for 100 meters is not the same as that for a 26-mile slog. This maxim applies equally to the software development process as...
Seven pitfalls to avoid when you have to offer data exchange via FTP
(note: abbreviations are explained towards the bottom of this article) Most will agree that web services and EDIINT data exchanges are architecturally more elegant than FTP. However, when you have business partners that cannot handle those protocols, that ideological...
How to modernize applications for business value
The sole reason that most commercial IT groups exist is to enhance the productivity of their end users and to deliver business value to those users. Sometimes that raison d'être gets lost along the way. This blog is about application modernization that is focused on...
The eight most common reasons integration projects fail
Ninety percent of organizations still lack an application integration strategy according to a Gartner press release earlier this year. This lack of integration strategy and related skills is resulting in “integration disorder, greater complexity and cost” according to...
Application Integration is no longer a problem
Integrating applications from multiple vendors, with data in multiple formats, possibly residing on a mixture of on-premise and cloud platforms, is no longer a complex problem. Integration has become easier, more economical and more flexible than it used to be....
SmartLabel™: Product Information at Consumers’ fingertips
SmartLabel™ is positioned to change the way we evaluate and consume products every day. That is a bold statement backed by consumers, manufacturers and US Government regulatory agencies as each have a stake in making this initiative a reality. What is...
Are software developers themselves resisting automation?
Last week I accompanied one of my sales colleagues on a meeting with a prospect. My company provides software application development and integration tools and the sales meeting was with the IT team of an insurance company. The agenda for the meeting was a...
Congratulations to 1WorldSync™ Power of 1 Awards Recipients, Announced at GS1 Connect
GS1 Connect 2016 launched with the 1WorldSync Power of 1 Awards, recognizing industry leaders for their transformational contributions to the market and community. LANSA would like extend special congratulations to The Procter & Gamble Company, The JM Smucker...