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- CIO Sessions: Visa's Michael Dreyer
- Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about developing transaction technologies for its financial payment network including new wallet-less and contact-less payment solutions. Dreyer also discusses what it takes to process and handle more than 300 million transactions on a daily basis, and the company's response...
- Tags: Visa Inc., Payment, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Blogger ethics, public relations... and you
- Two different conversations that are connected at the core by the way the news media continues to grow and change. Bloggers have a significant responsibility in wielding their keystrokes, whether they have 10 readers or 10,000. Public relations professionals are still grappling with how to best work with this new...
- Tags: Ethics, Blogger, Public Relations Professional, Public Relations, Blogging, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Why Agile development matters [podcast]
- Lengthy IT projects are more prone to fail than shorter ones. Agile development can help reduce these failures. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Developer, Information Technology, Business User, Agile, Lengthy IT Project, Agile Development, OutSystems, End-user Engagement, Podcasts, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Visa CIO: Michael Dreyer
- Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about developing transaction technologies for its financial payment network including new wallet-less and contact-less payment solutions. Dreyer also discusses what it takes to process and handle more than 300 million transactions on a daily basis, and the company's response...
- Tags: Visa Inc., Payment, Operational Accounting, Finance, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Samsung Rugby put to the extreme at the Renaissance Faire
- While most of the phones I use now are higher end smartphones, there are also some very compelling feature phones out there that you may want to consider. A few weeks ago, AT&T and Samsung announced the ruggedized Rugby (a837) military-grade handset. My buddy Michael just posted a very entertaining...
- Tags: Phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., MicroSD, AT&T Corp., microSD Card, Video, Napster Mobile, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
- Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, expresses what innovation means to him in different areas—such as their PayWave technology, which gives users the ability to send and receive money from anywhere.
- Tags: Visa Inc., CIO, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Visa
- Videos 2008-10-07
- News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Project tradition and IT culture [cartoon]
- Picking up on my post about failed IT culture, Oliver Widder has drawn another great Geek and Poke cartoon: Sadly, this cartoon describes the norm in many organizations, where projects are uncontrolled spending machines: defined poorly, executed abysmally, and ultimately headed for inevitable...
- Tags: Information Technology, Cartoon, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Authorizing and clearing transactions
- Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, describes how they are competing in the global marketplace. He also outlines their data processing strategies and how their technology operations are giving the company an edge. by Administrator
- Tags: Strategy, Management, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Moving quickly with tap-and-go technology
- Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, expresses what innovation means to him in different areas—such as their PayWave technology, which gives users the ability to send and receive money from anywhere. by Administrator
- Tags: Technology, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Handling holiday peak periods
- Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, explains how he tests Visa's systems for dealing with high volume times, and how high those peaks can really go. by Administrator
- Tags: Visa Inc., Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Improve your failed IT culture
- The underpinnings of IT failure lie in culture, the unspoken rules governing an organization's style and general priorities. Since most organizations pay little attention to project culture, it's not surprising failure rates remain high. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Team, Culture, Information Technology, Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Strategy, Business Security, Business Operations, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple
- Â Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Editorial independence and blogging about politics [off-topic]
- Editorial independence and blogging about politics [off-topic]Hey thanksAppreciate the support!.....Well you got that right! :D ]:)Well I, for one, am glad.......that CBS was able to act quickly enough and get you to post a retraction so as not to hurt anyone else's feelings. I'm kidding. ;-)...
- Tags: blog, blogging, blogger
- Discussion threads 2008-10-05
- ZDNet editorial independence and blogging about politics [off-topic]
- Following a political cartoon posting, some folks incorrectly suggested that ZDNet and CBS management have influence over blog content. That suggestion is flat wrong. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Blog, CBS Corp., Blogging, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-05
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic].....Sounds similar to the other candidates too... ]:)Simplified version/* Sarah's playbook */repeat {__receivequestion; __if (IMayHaveAClueAboutquestion)__{____reciteMyScripts;__}__else __{____winkAtCamera;____ignorequestion;____printf("... but I'd like to focus on my own topics.");____dumpIrrelevantAnswers;__}} until (hostLeavesMeOffHook)RE: Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]Spot on!BidenIn the case of Biden he just makes stuff up. Facts never...
- Tags: Government, Sarah Palin, flowchart
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]
- To everyone trying to understand Sarah Palin, here's your road map to last night's debate. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Flowchart, Roadmap, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Stop brain-dead software testing!
- Stop brain-dead software testing!re: Stop brain-dead software testingin reality, its not usually software testing that's the problem. it's the project stakeholders who don't plan enough time to do adequate testing. it's the programmers who go way over their time estimates. it's the program managers or similar role...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software testing, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Stop brain-dead software testing!
- Lousy software testing damages many IT projects. When testing doesn't uncover obvious problems that prevent software from operating as users expect, then failed projects are inevitable. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Software, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Software Testing, Failure, Erik Hollnagel, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
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