John Footen
With more than three decades of M&E experience under his belt, John Footen is a managing director who leads Deloitte Consulting LLP’s media technology and operations practice. He has been a chairperson for various industry technology committees. He earned the SMPTE Medal for Workflow Systems and became a Fellow of SMPTE. He also co-authored a book, called “The Service-Oriented Media Enterprise: SOA, BPM, and Web Services in Professional Media Systems,” and has published many articles in industry publications.
Latest articles by John Footen
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2024 Olympics Come Alive With Media AI
By John Footen published
MEDIA MATRIX AI can’t compete, but, it can enhance and verify storytelling
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What is the Media Matrix?
By John Footen published
OPINION Where will AI take the M&E industry? We’re just starting to find out
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IT Just Doesn't Get it!
By John Footen published
The engineer Charles Kettering said, "There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it."
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I Can See Clearly Now!
By John Footen published
Perhaps one of the more common complaints I hear is about the inability to present clearly the massive amounts of information that are generated on a daily basis.
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The Future is Yours!
By John Footen published
Lao Tzu, the father of Taoism, said, "Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."
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Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
By John Footen published
Every time we approach solving a problem—no matter in what arena—we are faced with unexpected changes and circumstances that we must adapt to.
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Computing on Cloud Nine
By John Footen published
In simplest terms the cloud is about accessing resources over a network.
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SOA: Are We There Yet?
By John Footen published
With so many things happening I thought it to be a good time to give an update.
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Sharing Random Observations
By John Footen published
I'll recount a few random things I saw at IBC2011 in September, in Amsterdam.
Why? Because I Said So!
By John Footen published
I answer some of the more frequent questions I get about service design and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
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Following the 10 IT Commandments
By John Footen published
Oftentimes the work of someone looking at a facility can be as much an art as it is a science.
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Standards Are Dead! Long Live Standards!
By John Footen published
What should also be obvious is that standards are evolving more and more quickly. The average lifespan of a standard is declining.