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Gartner: Office politics kills IT projects

Most IT failures are driven by hidden dynamics related to political, organizational, and cultural issues, but Machiavelli isn't the answer. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, Office Politics, Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman, CIO, Machiavelli, PROJECT FAILURES ANALYSIS Politics

Blog posts 2008-11-06

Machiavelli's approach to the 'new' IT

I'm indebted to David Chassels of Procession for this quote from Niccolo Machiavelli:Nothing is more difficult than to introduce a new order, because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the newAnd...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, SAP AG, Earnings, Automatic Data Processing Inc., Machiavelli, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-08-25

Machiavelli's approach to the 'new' IT

Machiavelli's approach to the 'new' ITFacebook, et. al.I think a large corporation would be extremely negligent if it failed to block open, internet-based social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, et. al.That says nothing about the corporate value, pro or con, about social applications. It also says nothing about SaaS....

Tags: Blogging, Software as a Service (SaaS), Personal Blog, Facebook, blog, Machiavelli, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-08-24

Additional Resources

Works of Herbert George Wells. Huge collection. FREE Author's biography & stories in the trial 10.2 (Mobile)

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Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-01

Advanced Mac OS X rootkit tools released

Security researcher Dino Dai Zovi (of Pwn2Own fame) has released a suite of tools to demonstrate how to load an advanced rootkit on Mac OS X machines. The tools were first discussed at this year's Black Hat security conference where Dai Zovi right presented techniques to manipulate...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Tool, Dai Zovi, Rootkits, Productivity, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attack

Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attackUse Microsoft Keyboard with MacUse Microsoft Keyboard with Mac !! Very safe combination !!!!RE: Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attackNo choice? Sir, if it becomes a serious problem, any USB keyboard will do as a replacement for the Apple one.As I understood the issue (I...

Tags: Keyboards, Macs security, keyboard, Apple Inc., Apple Keyboard, attack, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Report: Craigslist dumps "erotic" ads; adds adult section with new rules

Report: Craigslist dumps "erotic" ads; adds adult section with new rulesHow convenientI love how something was done about this only after something ended up in the news. Gotta go after those impressionable, stupid voters!Meanwhile, I can still look up a lot of these very same ads in the Yellow Pages,...

Tags: Craigslist, advertisement, adult section

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Hybrid cloud or half-hearted kludge?

Hybrid cloud or half-hearted kludge?Application specific local caching servers make a lot of sense.But, it might be nice to have a generic way of doing it like Gears for the client. How about a sort of Gears for servers, so that you can automatically download an application to a local...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, software

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Book Review: Why New Systems Fail

Phil Simon has a new book out called “why new systems fail â€" theory and practice collide”. I read through it quickly this weekend. Here’s my review: I’ve pored over systems failures much of professional IT career. In fact, I was...

Tags: Project, Phil Simon, Capability Maturity Model (CMM), Leadership, Blogging, Professional Development, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Internet, Career, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Gartner: Office politics kills IT projects

Gartner: Office politics kills IT projectsGood to remember...That Machiavelli was a republican, not a monarchist. In "The Prince" he described what princes (particularly "new princes" aka usurpers and conquerors) need to do to be effective, not his ideas about good government (if you're going to be a tyrant, be...

Tags: office politics, IT Project, information technology, Gartner Inc., Good Governance

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

Kernell's prior: In 7th grade he broke into school computer

Hard-hitting news here: Sarah Palin's email wasn't the first time David Kernell applied guesswork to breaking into a computer system, Computerworld reports. The other incident allegedly occurred around 2000, when Kernell was in the seventh grade. Kernell and an accomplice guessed the password to a server...

Tags: Computer, Kernell, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-08

The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli 1.0 (Mobile)

The 1532 political treatise widely and enduringly influential for detailing the manipulative craft of gaining and protecting political power.

Tags: Mobile, Craft, AppEngines, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-22

Adding Quintura in IE7 (Images: Life without Google: Quintura a nice alternative)

Adding Quintura in IE7 (Images: Life without Google: Quintura a nice alternative)a similar presentation as in florkhttp://www.literature-map.com/machiavelli.html

Tags: Quintura, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

The Prince and other works by Niccolò Machiavelli. FREE The Art of War by Machiavelli in trial (Mobile)

Complete interlinked edition of Machiavelli's six best known works complemented by biography and analysis: The Prince, The Art of War, Discourses on Livy or Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Description of the Methods Adopted by the Duke Valentino when Murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, Analysis, Discourses

Software downloads 2008-03-28

The Prince and other works by Niccolo Machiavelli. FREE The Art of War by Machiavelli in trial (Mobile)

Complete interlinked edition of Machiavelli's six best known works complemented by biography and analysis: The Prince, The Art of War, Discourses on Livy or Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Description of the Methods Adopted by the Duke Valentino when Murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, Analysis, MobileReference, Discourses

Software downloads 2008-03-28

Best-Selling Philosophy Library. Over 300 works by Immanuel Kant, Cicero, Plato, Machiavelli & more 10.1 (Mobile)

Over 300 complete works by Immanuel Kant, Cicero, Plato, St. Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Thomas More, John Locke and more. Intuitive search and navigation.Start long description:Authors included in the library:Aristotle Thomas Aquinas Augustine of Hippo Marcus Aurelius Francis Bacon W. E. B. Du BoisJohn Bunyan Julius Caesar Gilbert Keith Chesterton Marcus...

Tags: Mobile, Voltaire Inc., Dialogue, Ethics, MobileReference, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management

Software downloads 2008-03-04

Best-Selling Philosophy Library. Over 300 complete works by Immanuel Kant, Cicero, Plato & more (Mobile)

The largest library for your computer, Smartphone, BlackBerry, or PDA. Over 300 complete works. The library is delivered as 34 collections, organized by philosopher. Easy book access through categorical, alphabetical, and chronological indexes. Convenient one-time download, and no clutter of titles in your digital library. Authors included in the library:Aristotle...

Tags: Mobile, Library, Voltaire Inc., Dialogue, MobileReference, Business Ethics, PDAs, Handhelds, Leadership, Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-03-04

Art of War by Sun Tzu and other Laws of Power - FREE 1st half of the book in the trial version (Mobile)

The Art of War was compiled more than two and a half thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, Sun Tzu. The Art of War is still the most influential book of strategy in the world, studied by modern politicians, executives, and military leaders. The book had possibly influenced Napoleon,...

Tags: Sun Tzu, Mobile, Biology, Analysis, MobileReference, Art, War, Moral Law

Software downloads 2008-02-13

Art of War by Sun Tzu and other Laws of Power - FREE 1st half of the book in the trial version (Mobile)

The Art of War was compiled more than two and a half thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, Sun Tzu. The Art of War is still the most influential book of strategy in the world, studied by modern politicians, executives, and military leaders. The book had possibly influenced Napoleon,...

Tags: Sun Tzu, Mobile, Biology, Analysis, MobileReference, Art, War, Moral Law

Software downloads 2008-02-13

Legal woes mount for TorrentSpy

Legal woes mount for TorrentSpyTally another loss of liberties - this is getting oldI understand that they want to protect copyrighted information. That's the law, and it's not possible for someone to actually claim that copyrighted material should be free to anyone - that goes against the purpose of...

Tags: Servers, Now IT, e-mail, Legal Woe, TorrentSpy, media, server

Discussion threads 2007-08-29