Over the past few weeks, I’ve read a lot about Fintech and Innovation hubs. Especially about the announcements that the bigger financial institutions are making big investments in these so-called innovation hubs.

This is great! I believe that innovative technology can empower us to achieve more. However, every time I login to my e-banking I’m shocked.

Source: http://news.microsoft.com/

This past week, Microsoft hosted the //build conference in San Francisco. Some news outlets call it the biggest Microsoft event of the year. It truly is an outstanding event and this year it was full of announcements that will empower people and organizations to not only achieve more but to change the world.

“The Technology we talked about today, fundamentally is going to change the lives of people and that’s what build is all about”.  by Satya Nadella at //build 2016

I’ve highlighted 3 of the feature announcements that should be easy to implement but have the impact to blow the minds of your customers. The last one I listed focuses on you and myself to get our hands into technology and start innovating.

In my last blog, I began talking about the cost pressures in IT. So what about them? What can we do to save money?

Well, I believe that every company can save money in and with IT by simply standardizing the IT environment.

Cost pressure is a reality for many Technology departments around the world; often times, even the highest priority. How this is expected to be achieved is surprising. In general, my impression of IT tells me that it is still being taken for granted or a necessary evil. Which automatically leads to the fact that the majority of IT projects are what I’d like to call Life Cycle Projects.

As soon as Microsoft announced that Windows XP, after more than a decade, will no longer be supported, the media was chock-full of articles for weeks regarding this topic. Once again, we have the same situation, but this time it is effecting companies that still use SQL 2005, which is reaching the end of its supportability.

A decade in life seems more like a century in technology. Today, the biggest software vendors release new features on a monthly basis with some even on a weekly basis. Yet, it seems that companies repeatedly choose to use their current software till the end of days and not have to deal with the upgrades or to learn new products.

For some time, I’ve been thinking about launching my own blog. I wasn’t exactly sure where to start and if I even have the time to write on a regular basis blog posts or not.