If you look back a decade ago, when META Group Executive Directions analysts were mining the implications of their credibility-dependency matrices and Vivaldi Advisory founder Bruce Rogow was talking about long marches once the cleanup was done, it was clear … Continue reading
The technology game goes through waves. Some periods are filled with innovations; others, it seems fairly quiet. Right now it’s one of the quiet periods. The core models for getting work done are established. Public cloud, private cloud, server farm. … Continue reading
Outsourcing of people, offshoring of functions. None of these is new. No one much bothered to make a big fuss about any of them, though. The affected employees here in Canada tarted up their résumés and eventually found something else. … Continue reading
Monday, Shane Schick posted his rebuttal to Gartner’s attempt to push the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) meme into the IT landscape, “The CIO will outlast all this CDO stupidity”. I couldn’t agree more. Moreover, let me put it as bluntly … Continue reading
Should IT executives be Batman or Robin? I’m actually thinking about Alfred Continue reading
There is incredible power in what I’m calling a “lifetime platform.” Either make one, or connect to it somehow Continue reading
Most people in enterprise IT work don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how start ups handle their IT needs. They should. Start up companies are the canaries in the coal mine giving early warning of changes ahead. Remember, … Continue reading
Currently in beta and open for a small percentage of its users, Facebook’s Graph Search is another tool that will be released some time in February for its users. Facebook’s entry in search is long overdue, and is important for … Continue reading
Right about now, most IT managers are facing a stack of performance evaluations they have to get through before the month is over. It’s not a pleasant sight, as the vast majority of IT managers do not look forward to … Continue reading
ICTC calls the trend alarming, but there are attributes of this demographic worth celebrating Continue reading
Sorry Gartner, I’m just not buying the new tagline Continue reading
He tried. He failed. Now everyone thinks they know why. No, we’re not talking about a CIO. But we could be. Continue reading
It’s not about being innovative. It’s about using unconventional methods to get products and services in the hands of more customers. Continue reading
I was asked the other day if I thought the Chief Information Officer role would disappear in the decade ahead. After I finished a good, hearty laugh, I explained why I thought all the work done by great CIOs up … Continue reading
