Jonathan Sapir has over 25 years experience helping clients leverage information technology to build their business. After starting out as a system engineer for IBM, Jonathan built a successful mid-size consulting firm in Chicago in the 1990's, then grew a software product development company which was acquired in 2007. Jonathan then started a new company, SilverTree Systems, Inc., to help companies migrate to the Cloud. SilverTree currently provides services to global companies like Polycom, Aegis Group PLC, and Morrison Express, as well as smaller companies like Young America and Engaged Recycling.
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Article:Building Information Systems at the Edge of Chaos - July 2009
Times of increasing change and uncertainty create unprecedented disruption and dislocation but also provide the potential for new power and fortune. The question is: How do we prepare our organizations to not only survive, but to also take advantage of the opportunities that rapid change inevitably brings? The advent of cloud computing presents an opportunity for organizations to revolutionize the way they build information systems and, in so doing, transform their business.
Presentation: Building Information Systems at the Edge of Chaos - June 2009
Article:The Transformational Power of the Cloud for Knowledge WorkersBy Jonathan Sapir
Until now, the IT department has been the focal point of automation in the organization because it has the sole means of production (programmers, etc.) and the sole means of delivery (the data center). The advent of the cloud and the platforms built on top of it are quickly changing this.
Jonathan Sapir