Archive for March, 2006

Security and Symmetry

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

by Richard Veryard
In a symmetric world, there is a clear distinction between genuine customers and hostile attackers - and the task of security is to tell them apart and keep them apart.
In an asymmetric world, this distinction breaks down.

Business as a Platform

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

by Richard Veryard
A business can be regarded as a platform of services. This has important implications for the (variable) geometry of the single firm, as well as the interoperability of multiple firms.

The Double Challenge

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

by Philip Boxer
The double challenge involves not only responding to the customer’s demand at the edge, but also creating the organisational context that will sustain that response.

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