[Archive] Say it with pictures ....

Essential IT knowledge in Venn diagram form:

Figure 1 — Cost vs Benefit of customisation.



Figure 2 — Strategic value and software products.



Figure 3 — Innovation and software products.


Figure 4 — What is web 2.0?


Figure 5 — The relationships between SaaS, utility computing and virtualisation.


Figure 6 — What is SaaS?


Figure 7 — The SaaS vs Open Source argument in Full.


Figure 8 — The SOA vs Mashups argument in Full.


Figure 9 — The SOA vs ROA argument in Full.


Figure 10 — The Davenport vs Carr vs McAfee argument in Full


Figure 11 — Everything you need to know about portability.



Originally published on blog.gardeviance.org.