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Asymmetric technologies are ones that attain a competitive edge for the executor/implementer.
The term actually comes from military strategy... where war planners would resort to asymmetric strategies to redress an imbalance against the opposition.
If you are outnumbered 5:1 and you have the option to take the high-ground in a battlefield, you would take the high-ground because it gives you an asymmetric edge against your opposition.
Anyways, some examples of asymmetric technologies would be Business Process Management platforms that can quickly execute re-engineered processes within an organization. It could also be the use of Web2.0-like collaborative tools inside the enterprise to aide knowledge discovery & sharing. Any technology that delivers an advantage to you that your sector or industry cannot have delivers an asymmetric advantage.
Cheers,
Zubin.
The term actually comes from military strategy... where war planners would resort to asymmetric strategies to redress an imbalance against the opposition.
If you are outnumbered 5:1 and you have the option to take the high-ground in a battlefield, you would take the high-ground because it gives you an asymmetric edge against your opposition.
Anyways, some examples of asymmetric technologies would be Business Process Management platforms that can quickly execute re-engineered processes within an organization. It could also be the use of Web2.0-like collaborative tools inside the enterprise to aide knowledge discovery & sharing. Any technology that delivers an advantage to you that your sector or industry cannot have delivers an asymmetric advantage.
Cheers,
Zubin.
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@...> wrote:
On Sat, 4 Oct 2008, Zubin Wadia wrote:
> In IT for example, budgetary constraints andWhat is 'asymmetric' technologies ? Can you please given an example ?
> increased competition in recessions force CIOs to figure out ways to compete
> using 'asymmetric' technologies. In these conditions, they are more likely
> to take a risk with technologies that require less investment but have the
> potential to make decisive impacts to their operation.
>
thanks
Saifi.
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