Gene Xus in the short and medium term

Gene. Xus in the short and medium term Nicolas Jodal jnj@artech. com. uy

S&P index

S&P Index today

Typical questions during a crisis Who is to blame? How could this happen? What is the final cause of the crisis?

Reality: no one knows for sure

What can we do even if we don’t understand what going on?

Wright Brothers

What I learned from previous crisis 1. Every crisis is an opportunity 2. Do more with less 3. Flexibility is more important than prediction

1. Every crisis is an opportunity

Crisis and Opportunity Relationship Every crisis can also be an opportunity Every opportunity can also be a crisis

“A crisis can be a opportunity depending on how strong we are. ” Ichak Adizes

What does mean ‘strong’ to Gene. Xus users? Web application Gene. Xus X

What is Gene. Xus doing? Evolution I Gene. Xus X • Winforms • i. Series

Web Migration

2. Do more with less

What ‘do more with less’ means Reduce Costs

Languages needed to write modern applications Java/. NET SQL HTML SOAP/REST XML/JSON Java. Script

We are in the business of reducing development costs

What is Gene. Xus doing?

What is Gene. Xus doing?

What is Gene. Xus doing? Cardal

3. Flexibility is more important than prediction

Correct posture when facing a crisis Every crisis creates uncertainty The natural tendency is to try to reduce the uncertainty level But this is not always easy to achieve So the right thing to do is to focus on the improvement of our ability to react against the unexpected

“The one that wins a battle is not the strongest, not even the bravest, but the one that has the greater capability to create changes” John Boyd

Pendulum between Win and Web applications

Pendulum between Win and Web

What is Gene. Xus doing? More and more Ajax Goal: generate Facebook like applications

Cloud Computing

Long Tail

What is Gene. Xus doing? • One click installation on the cloud

Summary 1. Every crisis is an opportunity 2. Do more with less 3. Flexibility is more important than prediction

“In a crisis, imagination is more important than knowledge” Albert Einstein