Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System

BILL GATES is the chairman and chief executive officer at Microsoft Corporation. . He lives with his wife, Melinda, and daughter, Jennifer, in the Seattle area. COLLINS HEMINGWAY is director of executive communications at Microsoft Corporation. He had been involved with Microsoft's systems products since 1987 and from 1994 to 1996 was director of international and partner marketing for the Personal

Gates stresses the need for managers to view technology not as overhead but as a strategic asset, and offers detailed examples from Microsoft, GM, Dell, and many other successful companies. In his new book, Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates discusses how technology can help run businesses better today and how it will transform the nature of business in the near future. Companion Web site.

Edward J. Barton said Dated but interesting perspective. Written nearly 15 years ago, Bill gates takes a stab at the evolution of society in the face of the internet. Looking back 15 years, it is amazing that Gates go so many things right. His absolutely amazing foresight provided a "close enough" view of the impacts of the internet to think that the book could be a modern writing. The style is easy and quick to read, and the type is large, the book well structured, and the content varied across business, healthcare, go. This is a blueprint for how to build a billion-dollar company This is a business strategy book, for business leaders. Bill Gates' value-per-hour is too high for idle commentary on tech trends; rather, he focuses on WHY those trends matter from the business leader's perspective, and HOW to get dominance in your industry with information flow as your competitive edge.Bill Gates' focus in Business @ The Speed of Thought is teaching us how to build a "digital nervous system" -- a real-time and complete information flow. Gates is. "Excellent" according to Graybeard. This book's intended audience is managers who are interested in how computers and networks can improve business processes. This book is not a Microsoft infomercial. Instead, it poses questions for managers to think about. Here are some examples: (1) "Do you have the information flow that enables managers to get the data they need to make decisions?" (2) "Can employees get access to important data on a daily basis?" (Excellent This book's intended audience is managers who are interested in how computers and networks can improve business processes. This book is not a Microsoft infomercial. Instead, it poses questions for managers to think about. Here are some examples: (1) "Do you have the information flow that enables managers to get the data they need to make decisions?" (2) "Can employees get access to important data on a daily basis?" (3) "Make a list of the most actionable questions. ) "Make a list of the most actionable questions

Gates offers a 12-step program for companies wanting to do business in the next millennium. Gates writes that "The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition is to do an outstanding job with information. So where do you want to go tomorrow? That's the question Bill Gates tries to answer in Business @ the Speed of Thought. While Gates breaks no new ground--dozens of authors have been writing about competing on a digital playing field for some time, among them Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian in Information Rules and Patricia Seybold in Customers--businesses that want a wakeup call may find this book a ringer. The book's premise: Thanks to technology, the speed of business is