Michael Stockdell

Event Horizon

Or How My Business Career Got Sucked into the Black Hole of the Radical Change in the Computer Industry

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Produktbeschreibung

EVENT HORIZON tells the story of the decline of IBM as the dominant force in the computer industry and how my business career was sucked down with it. IBM's decline was caused by two factors: (1) its obsolete technology based on an "all roads lead to Rome" centralized processing, and (2) the changing computer industry culture where technicians rather than salesmen ruled the roost. I saw this as an opportunity to create a unique kind of consulting practice based on technical specialists who could more quickly replace the mainframe legacy systems than generalist consultants. These insights deeply frightened industry management and eventually led to my being driven out of the industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: URLink Print & Media, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 357g
• ISBN-13: 9781643679068
• ISBN-10: 1643679066
• Artikelnr.: 58043976

Autorenporträt

Michael Stockdell is an autodidact. Although he has three degrees, most of his education has been obtained by reading thousands of books on a wide variety of serious subjects. Although an English major at the University, he spent most of his business career in a series of high-level positions in the computer industry where he was known for his inventive and visionary solutions. He combines a prodigious memory with the ability to see both the big picture and the elements that make it up. Beginning early in the current millennium, he undertook years of deep thought about the fallacies of our political system, especially the growing centralization and authoritarianism. From this he developed a number of original ideas to how governance might be improved without sacrificing individual liberty.