Congratulations On The Promotion — You’re In Trouble Now
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When Opportunity Comes Knocking: Getting Real Value From Enterprise Systems
The good folks over at Accenture have started running some ads that are asking companies to take a long term look at the value of
Paint By Numbers — The CIO’s New Job
It’s becoming more and more clear that the tradition CIO job of spending time on operational issues is quickly becoming out of date. What’s a
What’s More Important: Strategy, Quality, or Low Costs?
Here’s a challenge for you: you’ve just been put in charge of an IT department / branch / project because the previous person was unable
Soft Work In Hard Times
It would appear as though the U.S. economy is starting to pull out of it’s recent downturn; however, for those of us in the IT
Gartner Reveals Top 10 Technologies
The good folks over at the Gartner Group have revealed the top 10 technologies that they believe will change the world over the next four
Do We Really Need CIOs Any More?
There was an interesting article in an issue of CIO Insight that talked about the changing role of CIOs. The basic point of the story
Let’s Talk About IT Trade Shows
I’m motivated to talk about trade shows this time around because I currently find myself out in Las Vegas attending the EMC World 2008 trade
Alignment Sounds Like Something You Do To A Car
Ok, so everyone’s been trying to fix IT departments almost since the first computers were put to work on business problems. So how come nobody
Time To Think About IT In A New Way
In the past, the IT department was left alone and was only noticed if something stopped working (like email!) However, in the 21st Century IT