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Peter is the managing director of Longhaus and the primary voice of The Naked Chief blog. He founded Longhaus in 2006 following over a decade in international market research and publishing with Forrester Research and META Group (now Gartner). Over the last decade, and after personally participating in several thousand business and sales meetings, public and private presentations and research projects, and writing a few hundred articles, he has come to the conclusion that the profession of ICT analyst research is largely undervalued by the industry he serves. In the decade before starting Longhaus he was only ever asked to explain the research process (how he knew what he knew) once to a journalist and twice to a client. They just never asked. Since starting the company he and his team have been asked twice more in two years. Things are definitely improving, ICT analyst research in Asia Pacific is on the up, and Longhaus is somewhere amongst it all. Peter has also worked for international publishing conglomerates Pearson LLC., and Time Warner Inc., as a staff-writer and book reviewer as well as a strategy advisor to various CIOs of organisations rated within MIS magazine’s Australian Top 50 IT operations.
Tags >> Jonathan Stern
Mar 20
2008

Lotusphere Comes To You 2008

Posted by peter.carr in saas , microsoft , Lotus , Jonathan Stern , John Dunderdale , IBM

Lotus Comes to You once again delivered for Australian audiences in 2008. This year the Australian legs were part of a 220 global event roadshow following the Lotusphere conference which is held every January in Orlando Florida.

Beyond the overviews and live demonstrations of the latest point and version upgrades for Notes and Domino, WebSphere, Quickr, and Connections (which are always interesting) this year it was specifically the two things that were only alluded to which held the most strike. I hate to say it but my initial thoughts were that Lotus had once again understated their best insights and underplayed a great opportunity for the region. When I caught up with John Dunderdale, and Jonathan Stern afterwards they assured me it was all part of the plan....