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- Seeking IT failure experts on Twitter
- The major IT failure is using TwitterOr are you trying to assemble the B team?
- Tags: Twitter Inc., IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Can open source software stop IT failure?
- I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...
- Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion
- I'm not buying their claims.. It looks like they're declaring all IT activities as a failure which is patently ridiculous.. The companies I support rarely experience a failure. I do the product evaluations up front and determine if a product is worthy of purchase and deployment. I use...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, software, CPU, information technology, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Enterprise software development from an IT failures perspective
- hystericalThe images say so much more than words...RE: Enterprise software development from an IT failures perspectiveSo funny you could cry....
- Tags: Enterprise Software Development, IT Failure, enterprise software, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- The CIO's role in success and failure: An IT failures town hall
- The CIO's role in success and failure: An IT failures town hallExamples of recent IT failuresCould you point me to any recent (last 5 years) of large federal IT failures? What's the best source for monitoring federal IT? OMB? Search this blogLook at the categories drop-down menu at the...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Failures Town Hall, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- IBM: IT failure and social media disaster
- IBM: IT failure and social media disasterTwitter persistenceGood article Mike. We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that despite your efforts to create some anonymity for those you were tweeting with, twitter search reveals the tweets.One needs to remember to be as careful with twitter as one is with...
- Tags: IBM Corp., social media, IT Failure, social media disaster, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-06-02
- Twelve large IT failures to remember
- Twelve large IT failures to rememberWell, on the Mustang/airbag matter......considering that airbags are a badly-designed and inherently potentially dangerous political-not-engineering "solution" to a misidentified problem ("We don't need to try to find ways to prevent traffic accidents, we need to find a way to protect people when they inevitably *have*...
- Tags: Mainframes, Strategy, large IT failure, IT Failure, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Chuck Norris Syndrome and IT failure
- Chuck Norris Syndrome and IT failurelololoolloolARghhhhhhh thx for the good laugh you make my day man .....Chuck norris syndrome arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhHuman's Hate ChangeThis is a statement I make repeatedly - in every presentation I ever deliver and especially in my Process Management presentation. So your following summation truly...
- Tags: Strategy, Chuck Norris Syndrome, information technology, IT Failure, Chuck Norris
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Programmers and IT failure
- Let's not forget the role of programmers when analyzing and examining IT failures. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Programmer, Programming, IT Failure, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- IT failure contributes to UK bank collapse
- IT failure contributes to UK bank collapseThat's the price for choosing windozeIf the bank went with the FOSS and Linux, today would have been profitable not bankrupt.WowI didn't even see one mention of Windows in the article. I bet Linux can save us all from the looming economic destruction and...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Java, information technology, Linux, F/OSS, J2EE, bank, Microsoft Windows, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- IT failure contributes to UK bank collapse
- A failed business strategy involving a large IT blunder contributed to the collapse of Scotland's largest customer-owned lender, the Dunfermline Building Society. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Software, Bank, Risk, Information Technology, Banking, U.K., IT Failure, Temenos, Temenos Newsletter, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- IDC Directions09: Analyst perspectives on IT failure
- IDC Directions09: Analyst perspectives on IT failureOver governing it a problem too...Far too often, more than lack of control, is over-control by people who are clueless about the reality of IT projects.There is a general problem with IT. And, it's the reason why IT workers are often considered the...
- Tags: IDC Directions09, information technology, IT Failure, International Data Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-17
- IT failures roundup: Banks around the world!
- IT failures roundup: Banks around the world!that's the price for relying on windozeUtill the world changes the OS to Linux, these failures will become common.We're Talking Core Infrastructure Systems not Personal BankingBanks use specific fault tolerant computers, built for high transaction rates, that have evolved from the old Tandem Computer,...
- Tags: Financial services, Databases, Operating systems, We?re, bank, IT Failure, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-02-27
- IT failures roundup: software bugs everywhere
- IT failures roundup: software bugs everywhereProblem is what you define as software.Today we seem to define a computer program as anything from assembly language to HTML, and most programming is actually script languages executed by an Interpreter. The computer industry seems to support this move away from real computer...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, information technology, software, programmer
- Discussion threads 2009-02-11
- Select Comfort: home-grown IT failure
- Select Comfort: home-grown IT failureGood Research"A splashy CEO, rather than a hands-on CIO, appears to have developed IT strategy"Yes, this really says it all. I have worked in at least several companies where a major, multi-million dollar effort was undertaken with little real consideration for the tactical knowledge of how,...
- Tags: Strategy, Select Comfort, IT Failure, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-01-06
- IT failure and holiday cheer
- IT failure and holiday cheerI'm glad you live near a place...... that looks like that when the snow falls. I've seen Boston in winter, and though I wouldn't call the calm restful, it does make being warm indoors very comfortable.Enjoy your Christmas.Tis the day before ChristmasOK, a rewrite of...
- Tags: Blogging, Strategy, information technology, Christmas, blog
- Discussion threads 2008-12-24
- Univ. of Wisconsin CIO discusses IT failure [podcast]
- Univ. of Wisconsin CIO discusses IT failure [podcast]Most Interesting...The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, shares many of the same dynamics that corporate businesses have:* To foster innovation, decentralize authority into the business units. I'm sure they feel this makes the organizations more efficient too.* Create software assets by purchasing software solutions...
- Tags: Podcasts, Strategy, information technology, Univ, IT Failure, podcast
- Discussion threads 2008-12-19
- Senate introduces IT failures bill: No wiggle room
- Senate introduces IT failures bill: No wiggle roomIt's what the President should have been requiring alreadyThis really isn't what Congress should be doing, but there should be such rules.RE: Senate introduces IT failures bill: No wiggle roomA little accountability goes a long way. I just hope the legislation is...
- Tags: Government, Strategy, DEF, information technology, IT Failure, U.S. Senate
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- Sixteen IT failures to remember
- Sixteen IT failures to rememberWinFS did not make the list???And don't forget Copland.Surprising.RE: Sixteen IT failures to rememberYou have got to bust your butt to make this stuff work. The parking lot is empty when you come in and empty when you go home. Thousands of people getting...
- Tags: Strategy, IT Failure, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-11-11
- Prime Minister 'doesn't recognize' IT failures
- Prime Minister 'doesn't recognize' IT failuresThird choiceThe Prime Minister didn't want to do a post-mortem or a pre-mortem himself at that time. So he said he didn't know if the numbers were true, and brought the discussion back to a 20 billion pound issue he was prepared to discuss.Minimal...
- Tags: IT Failure, Clegg, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
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