In American culture, we worship the rebellious. This extends to business technology culture as well, where the likes of Steve Jobs, Carig Newmark and Sergey Brin are held up in esteem as rebels who went against the established order to unleash new innovation. (Remember how Steve Jobs' team ran up a pirate flag outside of the Mac offices?)
In this vein, I believe in every decade, we see the creation a whole new generation of "rebels" that seek new ways to overthrow the old order of IT. Eventually, of course, they become the established order themselves.
In a new article posted here at ebizQ, JP Morganthal talks about the rise of SOA and cloud computing, and the differing perceptions that "Gray Hairs" (or "gray beards") have versus those of new up-and-coming "Newbie" whippersnappers. Namely, when it comes to SOA and cloud and other things, these are all concepts that have been in the works for decades, and the Grays recognize that instituting these approaches requires deliveration of architecture and impacts on enterprise systems.
The Newbies, on the other hand, say "let's get all this new revolutionary stuff in here now; we'll just sort it all out later."
Reminds me of the days of the PC revolution, when PCs were brought into organizations so users wouldn't have to rely on IT (or go begging for budget dollars from the C-level) for certain project work. We saw the same thing happen with the Internet in the 1990s, as well as mobile computing. Also remember the Young Turks that came up with Web services at the end of the 1990s to challenge the existing EAI orthodoxy. Chalk it up to a proud, continuing tradition of "youthful rebelliousness."
Readers, what do you think of this generational gap? ebizQ colleague Peter Schooff just posted a live, open forum seeking your experiences. Perhaps you are a recent college grad immersed in the world of Web 2.0 and cloud, and can;t understand why IT has to be a roadblock all the time. Or, you may be an industry veteran that has seen this cycle over and over again.
Is anything new about SOA, cloud, or Web 2.0? Let's hear what you think!
In this vein, I believe in every decade, we see the creation a whole new generation of "rebels" that seek new ways to overthrow the old order of IT. Eventually, of course, they become the established order themselves.
In a new article posted here at ebizQ, JP Morganthal talks about the rise of SOA and cloud computing, and the differing perceptions that "Gray Hairs" (or "gray beards") have versus those of new up-and-coming "Newbie" whippersnappers. Namely, when it comes to SOA and cloud and other things, these are all concepts that have been in the works for decades, and the Grays recognize that instituting these approaches requires deliveration of architecture and impacts on enterprise systems.
The Newbies, on the other hand, say "let's get all this new revolutionary stuff in here now; we'll just sort it all out later."
Reminds me of the days of the PC revolution, when PCs were brought into organizations so users wouldn't have to rely on IT (or go begging for budget dollars from the C-level) for certain project work. We saw the same thing happen with the Internet in the 1990s, as well as mobile computing. Also remember the Young Turks that came up with Web services at the end of the 1990s to challenge the existing EAI orthodoxy. Chalk it up to a proud, continuing tradition of "youthful rebelliousness."
Readers, what do you think of this generational gap? ebizQ colleague Peter Schooff just posted a live, open forum seeking your experiences. Perhaps you are a recent college grad immersed in the world of Web 2.0 and cloud, and can;t understand why IT has to be a roadblock all the time. Or, you may be an industry veteran that has seen this cycle over and over again.
Is anything new about SOA, cloud, or Web 2.0? Let's hear what you think!
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