The Digital Nervous System and what it means

Sep 08, 2011, 01:27 PM

In the mid 1990s, just as IBMs OS/2 platform was finally starting to pay dividends and the long awaited Microsoft Windows 4 and NT 5 were once again delayed, Bill Gates began formulating his concept of “the digital nervous system”. Microsoft led so heavily on the idea that corporations were asking where they could “buy this DNS from”, but it wasn’t until 1999 when Gates crystalised the idea in his book “Business at the speed of thought” that people realised that it wasn’t a product at all, but a concept, an ambition that one day might be fulfiled through technology.

Now, some 15 years after it was first thought up, the technology to deliver a true DNS is here- and not all of it from Microsoft. But, what is it? Why can it benefit your business? What shifts will it create inside your organisation? Who are the major players? And will it really help your business become more successful if implemented correctly than if you don’t implement it at all?

Darren Smithson, long time Microsoft adversary and sometimes advocate, reveals the history and future of the DNS and how it relates to business today, looking at the major tools and platforms available to assist in creating a viable strategy and solution for your business. For more see www.theinformgroup.co.uk