Leading the Transformation

 Digital Transformation Part #4 Please refer original post at https://atos.net/en/blog/the-four-pillars-of-digital-modernization

 Digital Transformation Part# 3 Please refer original post at  https://atos.net/en/blog/three-tips-to-maximize-the-impact-of-your-digital-modernization-program

  Digital Transformation Post#2 Please refer to the original post at https://atos.net/en/blog/measuring-your-companys-digital-readiness-with-the-nice-framework

Digital Transformation Post#1 Please refer Original Post at https://atos.net/en/blog/a-guide-to-embarking-on-an-evolutionary-and-successful-digital-modernization-journey

  In the last few months, I have met many leaders who have been responsible for Sales Operations in their respective organizations. It brought me to a realization that Sales Operation is one of those functions, of which every organization has a different view. It differs for the type of organization and its customers. For example, a B2B organization would have different expectations from Sales Operations than would have a B2C organization. These expectations also reflect in other functions like Sales, Marketing, and Finance for these organizations. However, there will be a few things that are common to a Sales Operations function regardless of the nature of the business OR type of the organization. Also known by other names like Sales Enablement and Sales Support, Sales Operations is essentially a corporate function that not only runs the sales engine but also helps the drivers i.e., Sales Heads decide the right direction in which vehicle should go. This team also manages all vital...

Yesterday, I was in the Microsoft Azure Boot camp event in Toronto. And one of the things that came for discussion was the Microservice architecture. Later, over the discussion when we were discussing legacy architecture patterns, one of the participants asked me how SOA is different from the MIcroservices. This is not the first time when this question came to me, a big fan of SOA in my architect days. However, today I also asked myself another question - why SOA, the hot topic of last decade, got vanished as fast as it came into the limelight. As I dug deeper I realized there were several reasons that contributed to the SOA’s downfall. These reasons ranged from the unavailability of the right ecosystem, SOA’s inherent technological flaws, to not having the right proponents. I’ll explain each of these later, but before that, let me briefly explain the differences between SOA & Microservices, as many of us, early adopters of SOA but not in Architects role anymore, may still be looki...