"#Mobile Phones and #Android can positively impact the life of many people in developing countries" @timbray #devoxx Yes: eBooks.

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RT @eReadingSA: Bon, #devoxx un peu moins bien aujourd'hui qu'hier. Heureusement on y croise toujours des amis.

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In the Vlerick Corporate Partnership Magazine of September 11' I was
surprised to read the following :

"The ultimate goal of Enterprise Architecture is to implement a
business strategy with an IT roadmap" Joachim Vanden Brande, Loqutus.

With all respect I have to Joachim (I know him a little bit) I
disagree with that statement : Entreprise Architecture is about the
Entreprise, not about IT. Otherwise it's called IT architecture.

To me EA is also applicable to companies which have no IT. All
enterprises have an architecture regardless of the use of IT.
Enterprises of the middle ages had an enterprise architecture.

The mix between IT and Enterprise Architecture has 2 main causes:
- IT has methods and techniques that strongly connect with the
enterprise. IT has user repositories, IT knows about all locations to
protect them with access control (badges), IT knows about the customers
via CRM, IT knows about suppliers via EDI...

- IT has become an important and sometimes central element of the
enterprise architecture. For example, there are few banks who could
operate without computers (but banks existed before computers, right...)

The ultimate goal of Entreprise Architecture is to help the enterprise
to better know itself in order to define the right strategy to achieve
its goals.

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Jean-Francois Declercq
http://www.appe.biz/contact
+32 486 744 520

@francoisvermaut Good news from #devoxx : we are doing the right thing. We just need to further dive into HTML5 and PhoneGap...

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@francoisvermaut Good luck for your session ! Building a cloud wih Belgacom Technologies CA World 2011 - t.co

In JF mind today: The ultimate goal of enterprise architecture t.co

Google reader in my phone isn't what it used to be anymore. Links not working. Sharing Features dropped.

About to see a camel at #devoxx...

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@mulkers t'es a #devoxx demain ?

I like the #devoxx ipad app

Yesterday (Nov 10th, 2011), there was great news : the VEP RFPs have been issued !

The specifications were finished in March, so it was about time that the RFP gets out.

One year ago, the specifications looked like that:



Now they look like that:


You can find the ful description of the target architecture on Bibnet's website:
http://www.bibnet.be/portaal/Bibnet/Collectie/Vlaams_e-boekplatform/Overheidsopdrachten/

They should also land on IWT's Innovation Platform's website :
http://www.innovatiefaanbesteden.be/project/vlaams_e-boek_platform_%28vep%29

IWT, Boek.be and Bibnet finally got a GO to issue 2 RFPs :

1. VEP Basisinfrastructuur

The Basic infrastructure to import store, describe and index eBooks.

http://www.bda-online.be/ShowTender.aspx?tendernumber=177899922430426136


2.  Pre-commerciële aanbesteding voor de realisatie van prototypes voor het Vlaamse e-boekplatform

This is rather a call for innovation from the IWT for specific modules : Digital Reading, "Discovering+Browsing+Searching+Finding+Serendipty" (Grasduinen), Social DRM, Search and Marketing services. 
 
http://www.bda-online.be/ShowTender.aspx?tendernumber=118499922429535344

Upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10

11/11/11 and... 11 degres Celcius

The Agenda of #devoxx looks really great this year: Android, Cloud, HTML5, JQuery. All relevant for me... Tough choices.

Yesterday (Nov 10th, 2011), there was great news : the VEP RFPs have been issued ! The specifications were finished in March, so it was about time that the RFP gets out. One year ago, the specifications looked like that: Now they look like that: You can find the ful description of the target architecture on Bibnet's website: http://www.bibnet.be/portaal/Bibnet/Collectie/Vlaams_e-boekplatform/Overheidsopdrachten/ IWT, Boek.be and Bibnet finally got a GO to issue 2 RFPs : 1. VEP Basisinfrastructuur The Basic infrastructure to import store, describe and index eBooks. http://www.bda-online.be/ShowTender.aspx?tendernumber=177899922430426136 2.  Pre-commerciële aanbesteding voor de realisatie van prototypes voor het Vlaamse e-boekplatform This is rather a call for innovation from the IWT for specific modules : Digital Reading, "Discovering+Browsing+Searching+Finding+Serendipty" (Grasduinen), Social DRM, Search and Marketing services.    http://www.bda-online.be/ShowTender.aspx?tendernumber=118499922429535344

Today we submitted, together with the Maurice Carême school in Wavre (Belgium), a project proposal in the context of "Ecoles Numérique" (Numeric Shool).

The project we submitted is called "Lecture Numérique à l'Ecole: Test de tablettes" (Digital Reading at School : Tablet Test).

Basically I proposed to prototype my reference architecture for School Ebooks :

http://www.appepaper.com/erra/ereading-scenarios/school-ebooks

Let's hope we can get the funding for the project. We will see...

Tout fout le camp. J'ai l'impression qu'il y en a pas mal qui sont en train de revoir leurs niveaux de service pour faire face à la crise et conserver leur rentabilité. Du style "pot de Yaourt plus petits au même prix". Le meilleur exemple que j'ai pour l'instant est ING.

Je viens de recevoir coup sur coup plusieurs changements inattendus et embêtants de leur part.

Tout d'abord depuis plusieurs années j'étais content de ma VISA et de mon compte Flexis associé qui me permettait de rembourser mes frais VISA quand je le voulais. En un coup, la collaboration avec VISA s'est arrêtée et j'ai dû prendre une nouvelle... Mastercard avec de nouvelles conditions.

Récement, un premier email nous annonce des changements importants sur les comptes en banque. Il y a toute une série de frais qui se rajoutent. Par exemple, si je vais maintenant retirer de l'argent dans un "self" KBC, je vais payer 50 cents.

Un deuxième email, m'annonce que vu les "problèmes de sécurité sur Internet", les cartes de crédit ne permettront plus de faire des transactions de plus de 650€ par jour. Si l'ont veut plus, on doit prendre rendez-vous à l'agence ! Cela me cause directement un problème par rapport à un cas d'utilisation très important pour moi  : acheter des voyages Last Minute sur Internet. Pour deux personnes, même un city-trip ca peux dépasser 650€. Autant payer avec Home-Bank alors... Je supprime ma Mastercard ?

Je peux aussi rajoute que sur un compte Lion "Professionnel" on ne peux pas obtenir d'extraits de comptes ni au self Bank, ni via la poste...

Ça fait de plus en plus de petites contrariétés et, ca n'arrive pas souvent,  ça m'énerve.

Je commence à me demander si devrais-je aller visiter une autre Banque ? Ou est-ce une tendance générale du secteur Bancaire ?

Today we submitted, together with the Maurice Carême school in Wavre (Belgium), a project proposal in the context of "Ecoles Numérique" (Numeric Shool). The project we submitted is called "Lecture Numérique à l'Ecole: Test de tablettes" (Digital Reading at School : Tablet Test). Basically I proposed to prototype my reference architecture for School Ebooks : http://www.appepaper.com/erra/ereading-scenarios/school-ebooks Let's hope we can get the funding for the project. We will see... What do you think ? Comment on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/AppePaper/266621141701 Comment on Blogger - http://appepaper.blogspot.com/2011/11/numeric-shool-project-proposal-testing.html

RT @Vlerick: [Dutch] RT @GinoVanOssel Wil u snel rijk worden? Start dan vooral geen eigen e-commerce bedrijfje op: t.co