Hyperscale & Microcare
The Digital Business Cookbook
Thanks to open source, the Cloud and API's, it is easier than ever before to build and release software products to a global audience. As a result, competition is tough, prices are under pressure. The good old recipe of just adding more functionality to your product does not work anymore.
In this book, Peter Verhasselt and Nick Boucart will explore what it takes to build winning digital products today. They’ll focus on the idea that one should stop developing software, and design digital services instead, effectively combining hyperscale with microcare: the ability to establish an intimate relationship with each and every of your thousands of users.
Peter and Nick will discuss the capabilities and processes you need to build such digital services. They zoom in on the kinds of assets you need to develop, and that will greatly influence the valuation, all supported with practical advice and real world examples.
If you are responsible for bringing digital products to the market, this book will give you a head start.
Language: English
The Digital Business Cookbook
Thanks to open source, the Cloud and API's, it is easier than ever before to build and release software products to a global audience. As a result, competition is tough, prices are under pressure. The good old recipe of just adding more functionality to your product does not work anymore.
In this book, Peter Verhasselt and Nick Boucart will explore what it takes to build winning digital products today. They’ll focus on the idea that one should stop developing software, and design digital services instead, effectively combining hyperscale with microcare: the ability to establish an intimate relationship with each and every of your thousands of users.
Peter and Nick will discuss the capabilities and processes you need to build such digital services. They zoom in on the kinds of assets you need to develop, and that will greatly influence the valuation, all supported with practical advice and real world examples.
If you are responsible for bringing digital products to the market, this book will give you a head start.
Language: English
Inhoudstafel
Introduction
A Story about Three Paradoxes and Two Métiers
About Bits and Businesses
The Software Paradox and the Digital Commodity
The Commodity Driving Growth
Software From the Grid
Software, the Phantom IP Asset
IP is Dead, Long Live IP
The Cavalry Is Coming
Data Driven Business Models and Combined Hardware-Software Value Propositions
Focus on Harvesting, Not on Sowing
The Value View
Stop Developing a (Software) Tool, Start Building a (Digital) Service
Put the Experience First
The Strategy Paradox and the Digital Métier
The Intimacy at Scale Paradigm
Towards an Exponential Service
Scale Global or Die Local
HyperScale, Build a Distribution Machine
Love Is All You Need
Microcare, Serve with Intimacy
The Openness for Cloud Solutions
Game Changer One
The API Economy of Web Services
Game Changer Two
The Individual Real-time Customer Relationship
Game Changer Three
A New Magic and its Risks
Look for a Legal Counsellor
Operations & Metrics of Hyperscale
Build a Distribution Machine, Part 2
Operations & Metrics of Microcare
Serve with Intimacy, Part 2
The End of Business Strategy
Digital Transformation through the Commodity Lens
The Digital Métier
The Art of Designing and Engineering a Digital Business
The Valuation Paradox and the Digital Assets
The Living Lab
Agile Engineered Assets
The Asset Chief Engineers
The Core Team of the Métier
Digital Assets, the New Bricks of Company Value
Inside the Venture Valuation Box
Epilogue
The Clan Is Back
Abouts Bits and Boots
Nick Boucart is a mentor, coach and regular speaker on topics like Cloud, SaaS, Data Driven Product Management and Software Engineering. He’s an interim CTO for a number of startups. Prior to working at Sirris, Nick was a software engineer at LMS International and EMC.
Peter Verhasselt is een nieuwsgierige generalist met industrie-ervaring in R&D, verkoop en fieldservice en een achtergrond in ingenieurswetenschappen, rechten, economie, militaire topografie en management. Hij is coauteur van het boek Hyperscale and microcare, the digital business cookbook. Bij Sirris begeleidt Peter technologiebedrijven bij hun digitale transformatie, productmanagement en groeistrategie.
Artikels, reviews en media over dit boek:
- "Ga voor succesvolle digitale diensten, dankzij onze recepten!" - Sirris, 20 november 2018
- "Een marxistische kijk op het digitale tijdperk" - Bloovi, 18 december 2018
- "Waarom data niet de nieuwe olie zijn (en Amazon hier volop van profiteert)" - Bloovi, 14 januari 2019
- "Onderscheid je als techbedrijf met hyperscale en microcare" - MT magazine, 10 januari 2019
- "Stop met software bouwen, ontwikkel digitale diensten" - BrEA Magazine (alumni magazine ingenieurs VUB), januari 2019
- "De paradoxen van de digitale economie ontrafeld" - Ilya (Magazine IE-net), februari 2019
- "Slim schaalbaarheid en dienstverlening op maat combineren" - Voka West-Vlaanderen Magazine, maart 2019
- Minister Philippe De Backer: “In de nieuwe economie is schaalbaarheid een must. Een lock-in met een kleine, lokale markt kan dodelijk zijn” - Bloovi, 13 mei 2019
- “Naast digitale talenten hebben we mensen nodig die sterk staan in creatief leiderschap, empathie en gebruikersonderzoek” - Bloovi, 3 juni 2019 (met Guy Van Wijmeersch, Barco)
- "Bij digitale transformatie in een bedrijf moet je vooral zorgen dat de kopgroep het peloton niet te ver losrijdt" - Bloovi, 11 juli 2019 (met Anneleen Vens, Renson)
- "Laten we ambitieus zijn en de beste talenten wereldwijd naar hier proberen halen. Die dynamiek creërt dikwijls een blijvend ecosysteem" - Bloovi, 17 september 2019 (met Bart Steukers, Agoria)
- "In de VS is het systeem meedogenloos, er is meer uitval. Wat niet leefbaar is, wordt er snel gerecycleerd" - Bloovi, 29 oktober 2019 (met Stijn Vanorbeek)
- "Sociale media werkt alleen voor een organisatie die vertrouwen heeft in haar eigen medewerkers" - Bloovi, 17 december 2019 (met Nadja Desmet)
- "Wellicht zien we vandaag nog maar de eerste tekenen van de echte impact die de digitale evolutie op de meeste industrieën zal hebben" - Bloovi, 3 maart 2020 (met Nicolas Vautrin en Kourosch Abbaspour Tehrani)
- "Waarom de grootste bouwgroep van België vanuit een traditionele sector de digitalisering omarmt." - Bloovi, 22 april 2020 (met Jan Van Steirteghem)
- Boekenwijzer: Hyperscale & Microcare: The Digital Business Cookbook - Vlaio, 17 november 2020