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Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]

Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]From the Obvious to the executionMuch of what you say is true, and as you point out much has been written on this subject, and very little changes.Having delivered some very successful projects myself, the biggest success factor is a clear delineation between, business,...

Tags: Strategy, Leadership, True Leadership, information technology, Bad leadership cause, Bad leadership, guest blogger

Discussion threads 2008-06-29

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Antitrust: Time to break apart the phone companies -- again?

Actually,those 'guaranteed revenue' companiesAre not so rare. Food companies, oil and gas companies, phone companies, electric companies, water utilities.... the list goes on and on if I had enough time to think of them all.That is why we need to break up any company that gets more than a 10%...

Tags: Corporate law, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, Food & Beverage, 360Networks Corp., phone company, phone, antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

IT security defenses misdirected

In My Humble Experience...The biggest problem that I have, isn't viruses or phishing. Most people run at least basic AV protection on their machines. My problem is the users themselves.I run a pretty tight setup at the school where I work. Active directory with group policies, Symantec Endpoint Protection, a...

Tags: Cyberthreats, IT security, information technology, network, security, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Would Jobs' illness make you think twice about a Mac rollout?

Would Jobs' illness make you think twice about a Mac rollout?Are you serious - a desktop is only a 3 year commitmentHardware starts to get obsolete after 3 years... who would seriously worry about Steve Jobs for a 3 year timeframe?Even if the company disappeared tomorrow, the software already available...

Tags: Desktops, Investment, job, Mac rollout, Steve Jobs, illness, hardware, Apple Macintosh, stock

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Jobs recovering from liver transplant; re-ignites debate over privacy rights

Jobs recovering from liver transplant; re-ignites debate over privacy rightsSteve alone DOES make Apple the company it isWhat would Apple be like without Steve Jobs? We don't have to guess. We already know because Apple was without Steve Jobs for many years. If Jobs hadn't returned Apple would have disappeared...

Tags: Leadership, job, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., liver transplant, transplant

Discussion threads 2009-06-20

Who's to blame for America's loss of innovation?

I blogged about one study of forty nations that showed the U.S. falling in competition and innovation. Down to 6th from its former leadership slot. Can we stop the slide? The talkbacks posit various interesting theories and placing of blame. Several indicate...

Tags: Innovation, U.S., America, Teacher, John Muir, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Steve Jobs: Call it a day.

Steve Jobs: Call it a day.RE: Steve Jobs: call it a dayI wish him well, but he doesn't need to be CEO any longer.There's still room for him in a less stressful 'visionary' role.RE: Steve Jobs: Call it a day.Apple should consider in hiring Bill Gates. :)Steve Jobs: Stay as...

Tags: Strategy, Investment, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., CALL IT

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

Apple's Jobs being treated for 'hormone imbalance'; Will remain at helm

Apple's Jobs being treated for 'hormone imbalance'; Will remain at helmThe opposite would have happened at Microsoft...If rumors were that Steve Ballmer's health was failing and he would have to step down as CEO of Microsoft, Microsoft stock would probably triple over night. There's no denying that top leadership is...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, imbalance, job, Apple Inc., Apple job

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Carbon neutrality murkier than you'd think

Carbon neutrality murkier than you'd thinkvet what?Dell could increase their carbon output and just buy more carbon credits from some agency with vague claims of planting trees, none of which is ever shown. It does nothing to reduce footprint.Carbon Neutrality is a ploy, and carbon trading is an advertising...

Tags: carbon, global warming, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Part Tree, er...Three

To Recap We're heading into the homestretch.  Which is why the Giants need to beat the Panthers....last night.  Oh, snap. This isn't my NFL blog. I don't have one. This is the final episode in that hilarious sitcom, Greenberg's Fools Gold.  For those of you who missed the previous...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, CRM, Greenberg, Connectbeam Management, Zuora, LucidEra, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Election-day technology watches the polls

Election-day technology watches the pollsReffer back to President Clinton for a clue.He also promised a middle class cut and then didn't come through when elected. You can be sure about the tax raising however. No Democrat has ever failed to keep that promise.My biggest concern.Energy. If Obama...

Tags: Election Day, Obama

Discussion threads 2008-11-04

Economic meltdown: the insanity of disagreement

Economic meltdown: the insanity of disagreementI agree with your points and your questions...Way too many "loopholes" and bad decisions have been put into this bailout bill. Not the least of which is absolutely no accountability.To use Mr. Krigman's IT project analogy it would be like seeing that poor decisions...

Tags: Taxes, Team management, Leadership, Free trade, Financial services, Economic Meltdown, insanity, disagreement

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

U.S. health care not getting better

U.S. health care not getting betterThe study has predetermined the result[Michael Cannon, the Cato Institute's director of health policy studies, summed up what's wrong with the study: "The report does nothing more than reveal which nation does the worst job of satisfying the subjective preferences of the people who conducted...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, U.S. Health, medical care, health care

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

In the information age, IT innovation means everything

In the information age, IT innovation means everythingInteresting.I think many IT failures are due to misundersyanding the company's business model. The nuances if you will. This is another reason to develop internally. To take it one step further. There are many good IT personnel that only understand IT. They don't...

Tags: Strategy, Leadership, Operating systems, information technology, innovation, Linux, Unix, blog

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

For Unix: hire a leader; for others: hire a manager

For Unix: hire a leader; for others: hire a managerbad guys - good point: made the change NT;)Classic MBTIOne recommendation : "So how do you tell the 1-5% of good guys from the 95 -99% of bad guys? Don't use "bad guys" just use "the rest".Your distinctions of Leader and...

Tags: Leadership, leader, J-type, P-type, Unix

Discussion threads 2008-03-28

How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ring

How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ringbig brother is watching usIf a governor was watched for suspicious terrorist activities just imagine those with weird names and no fame being checked every day, or worse, detained at undisclosed facilities.The REALLY interesting IT angle on thisI found...

Tags: Strategy, prostitution, hooker, Eliot Spitzer, information system

Discussion threads 2008-03-11

Qantas Airways: a perfect storm for IT failure?

  Qantas, the Australian national airline, has endured two high-profile IT failures in recent years and a third major project appears to be at substantial risk. In many respects, the company offers a case study for examining how underlying management issues can cause multiple IT projects to...

Tags: Software, Information Technology, Qantas Airways Ltd., Qantas Engineering, Peter Gregg, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Are all engineers secretly terrorists?

Are all engineers secretly terrorists?Some people can't be trusted[b]OF COURSE[/b] engineers have the makings of terrorists. Most of our job is figuring out how things can go wrong, after all. Sure, we then go on to taking preventive steps but the fact remains that we're very much into...

Tags: Leadership, oscillator, motivation

Discussion threads 2008-01-31

'High risk' zero-day flaw haunts Adobe Acrobat, Reader

'High risk' zero-day flaw haunts Adobe Acrobat, ReaderIn the meantimePeople can use kpdf -- the 3.5.7 version is pretty slick.more reasons to switch to Linux!only on windoze you can get such an attack.Time to switch to Linux.This is the HTML control again!From a comment on the announcement page: I would...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Web browsers, Foxit, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems Inc., flaw, HTML, High Risk, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

House panel approves legal shield for bloggers

House panel approves legal shield for bloggersA good lawBut it doesn't go far enough. It should have also protected online bloggers who do not make any money off their websites through ads and other things.I was happy to see that they put in the 'reasonable exhaustion of other means' thing...

Tags: Blogging, Vertical industries, government, blogger, illegal act, shield, First Amendment

Discussion threads 2007-08-01