Podcast length – 28:05
Welcome to the first of the IT@Cork pre-conference PR podcasts. In this podcast series, kindly sponsored by Blacknight Solutions, we are talking to some of the speakers in the upcoming 2006 IT@Cork Business and Technology conference.
In this, first in the series we are talking to Jeff Nolan. Jeff was director of strategy in SAP’s Apollo group (aka the Oracle Attack group!) until very recently when he left to join a startup called Teqlo. Jeff is a fount of knowledge in the enterprise software arena as well as the emerging Software as a Service software delivery model.
Here are the questions I asked Jeff and the time in the interview I asked them:
Jeff, can you tell us about your background first off. How did you get into the whole tech arena? – 0:23
Audience questions:
Question from Craig Cmehil:
“Assemble your teqlo here at teqlo.com” and that would be? – 06:03Question from Conor O’Neill:
Are there any current web 2.0 companies out there who currently target the general consumer that Jeff thinks could re-direct towards the enterprise or may in fact be more suited to the enterprise?For example, one of the tensions within PubSub before it shut down was that some in the company wanted to keep in the consumer space whilst others thought that better opportunities lay with the enterprise – 10:03
Question from Dennis Howlett:
How far does he believe services will permetate the enterprise? – 16:44
What do you see as the main barriers to the adoption of Software as a Service in industry? – 19:25
What do you think will be the Tipping Point which will get Software as a Service into Enterprise? – 21:18
What do you see as the advantage of Software as a Service over traditional software? – 23:31
And finally, how hard was it to leave SAP after 10 years? – 25:04
Download the entire interview here
(12.8mb mp3)
I’m looking forward to Jeff’s presentation at the IT@Cork Conference.
With Jeff’s comments in the podcast, it’s more apparent with Software As A Service (SAAS) rolling in that IT Management will have less part to play in the purchasing decisions.
It’s being progressing more and more since the dot bomb days, CIO’s are becoming less and less frequent. IT Management is becoming less and less prominent at the top level of large companies these days.
Do IT departments see it?
Do Vendors see it?