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Michael Krigsman is CEO of Asuret, Inc., a consulting company dedicated to reducing technology implementation failures. Asuret's suite of software tools improve the success rate of enterprise software deployments by quantifying and measuring governance issues that cause most project failures. Michael led the research effort underlying Asuret's model of collective...- more about Michael Krigsman »
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- Failing with online backup
- Seeking to back up 350GB in safe, reliable, off-site storage, I tried both Carbonite and Mozy. Both products failed miserably to achieve my goals, each one in a perversely different way. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Enterprise 2.0: The Kumbaya irony
- Despite overwhelming good will among Enterprise 2.0 conference participants, the event exposed gaps between expectations and reality that continue to plague the collaboration world. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Computer errors in public places
- During travels last week, I came up two examples of computer problems in public and have the photos to prove it. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- HP connects IT investment, value, and transparency
- Last week, I attended HP's Software Universe 2009 conference to participate on a panel discussion around success strategies for deploying project portfolio management PPM. I used the opportunity to speak with HP executives about their vision for the future of PPM. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- Pentagon kills $6.3 billion missile technology project
- The Pentagon terminated Northrop Grumman's Kinetic Energy Interceptor program amid accusations by Defense Secretary, William Gates, that the system's design would not accomplish key military objectives. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- TechCrunch Research: Big deal or not?
- Does TechCrunch Research provide value to buyers or threaten established analyst firms? by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Senate IT oversight bill: Detailed analysis
- Here is my analysis of proposed IT oversight legislation, is a well-intentioned and important step toward reducing wasteful spending on mismanaged IT projects. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Field guide to interpreting CIO-speak
- Use this handy chart as a field guide to help communicate more effectively with the CIO in your life. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-06
- 21 ways to flog dead horse projects
- After writing my last post, which was on this same topic, I learned about 21 special techniques organizations use to deny their true state of failure. This is from the Humor Archives blog, but it's actually not funny at all. In reality, this...
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Kill your dead horse failures fast!
- Some projects will never (as in no chance, baby) achieve intended goals, despite substantial investment of time, resources, and political capital. For your own sake, kill these failures fast. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Reviewing Sapphire, user interfaces, the Devil's Triangle, and IT success
- This is a guest post was written by SAP expert, Jon Reed, describing a podcast interview he conducted with me following SAP's recent Sapphire conference. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- IBM: IT failure and social media disaster
- IBM's recent DB2 fiasco in the Philippines is a textbook case combining Devil's Triangle failure and Twitter disaster. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- IBM's Devil's Triangle: An enterprise software soap opera
- IBM faces lawsuits and public embarrassment in the Philippines over a failed government project involving the company's DB2 database product. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- VC perspective: Can enterprise software companies do SaaS?
- Recent discussions questioning the impact of established enterprise software companies in the software as a service SaaS market made seek the views of a venture capitalist for another perspective. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Recap: Business / IT alignment town hall discussion [podcast]
- This week's IT failures town hall discussion raised challenging issues around relationships between business and IT. It's an important topic because many IT failures arise from poor communications between business strategists and those charged with translating goals into technology automation. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Do CEOs *really* care about IT?
- "Aligning business and IT" is a buzzword concept that comes up at every gathering of CIOs. Listening to technology CEO's discuss the topic at MIT's CIO Symposium, it appears little progress has made been in addressing this issue. Today's opening panel consisted of...
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Gov't IT projects: Billions at risk
- New Congressional testimony by the General Accountability Office GAO reports that "352 [US federal government] projects totaling about $23.4 billionĂ¢â‚¬"were poorly planned." by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Understanding SAP's Business byDesign SaaS strategy
- At this week's Sapphire conference, SAP spoke about the status and trajectory of Business by Design, the company's on-demand, software as a service SaaS offering. Here's what it means. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- Enterprise student laundry system fails
- As part of a cost control and accounting implementation, a major European university installed networked laundry machines for students. This failure is destined for the record books. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-05-08
- Creating unified strategy to cross the IT / business chasm
- Many IT failures ultimately arise from so-called gaps, or misalignments, between business and technical groups inside an organization. Here's how to avoid those problems. by Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
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