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- Enterprise 2.0 ROI Metrics: One Size Doesn't Fit All
- 'The ROI of Online Customer Service communities' by Forrester customer experience and relationship management analyst Natalie Petouhoff is a $US 1,999 'Total Economic Impactâ„¢ Analysis' TEI report. Mike Krigsman over at his 'IT failures' blog here on ZD Net seems impressed by the...
- Tags: Customer Service, ROI, Enterprise 2.0, Forrester Research Inc., Natalie Petouhoff, Mike, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- The Harsh Reality of Suburban Broadband, Part Deux
- Goddamit! Why have I been offline for so long? As I explained in a previous article last summer about my broadband situation, my employer, like many large technology services companies, has elected to classify my work situation as "Home-Based", in that...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Broadband, Mike, Cable Guy, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Networking, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Top off SOA with enterprise mashups
- Here's an example that illustrates the connection between SOA and cloud, and how this can be facilitated: Mashups -- any way the customer wants them Mike Kavis reports that he is involved in a cloud computing startup, and a challenge was to develop output...
- Tags: Enterprise Mashup, SOA, Mike, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Getting inside a CIO's head
- I was disappointed to see that our nation's first chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, is having some major distractions, with the FBI raiding the District of Columbia CIO's office he was overseeing. According to this report from ZDNet's Sam Diaz, Kundra has not been linked to the raid, which stemmed...
- Tags: Job, CIO, SOA, Mike, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Recruitment & Selection, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- When will we learn?
- When I wrote my tongue in cheek How to be less stupid in 2009, I picked on Mike Krigsman when I said: Get an RSS device implanted with Mike Krigsman’s IT Project Failures blog. Have you ever known anyone who could get a long running blog based on the...
- Tags: Buyer, Dennis Howlett, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Eric Kimberling, ERP, Mike, Panorama Consulting Group, Software
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- How to be less stupid in 2009
- The title of this post was going to be 'How to be more smart in 2009' but three things changed my mind. First up several of my Twitter followers 'voted' for the 'less stupid' title, second several posts I saw in catching up on New Year reading had me groaning...
- Tags: Information Technology, Geek, Tool, Mike, Production Deployment, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Social networking enhances career growth -- only if used correctly
- Top three ways to use social networking tools to enhance your brand and your career -- and what pitfalls to avoid. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Network, Mike Murray, Mike, Social Networking, Professional Development, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Career, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Bad leadership causes failed IT
- IT failures continue to plague organizations across virtually every industry. Poor business leaders who don't possess the skills needed to manage change effectively have created this mess. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Leader, Failure, Mike, Leadership, Strategy, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Management, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- IT "neglects" the human side of change [SOA podcast]
- Mike Kavis is chief enterprise architect at Catalina Marketing, a large data analysis company serving the retail industry. Mike is a prolific writer and speaker on topics related to implementing Service-Oriented Architecture SOA. Here's one of Mike's presentations, discussing how to sell SOA to the business side...
- Tags: Information Technology, SOA, Mike Kavis, Mike, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Podcasts, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-06-22
- Wanted: new term for SOA 'governance'
- Here's a quote that's too good to pass up: "Let’s be honest, the term 'SOA governance' sucks. It reeks of someone else telling you what to do, hectoring you over every little detail of a project. It sounds about as desirable as a colonoscopy with an IMAX...
- Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Mike, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Verse of the Day Plugin for Windows Live Writer 1 (Windows)
- Insert a verse of the day as supplied from Bible Gateway. Windows Live Writer is an easy-to-use software that will make it easier to compose compelling blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service. The Verse of the Day Plugin for Windows Live Writer was designed to...
- Tags: Blog, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live Writer, Plug-in, Verse, Mike, Microsoft Windows, Blogging, Operating Systems, Software, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-01-23
- Twitter is useful
- It's not often I call out my fellow Irregulars we usually have those arguments in our Google Group but on this occasion, Mike Krigsman has got this notion that 'Twitter is dangerous' wrong to the point of scaremongering. Mike uses the example of confidential information leaking...
- Tags: Twitter, Mike, E-mail, Homeland Security, Strategy, Online Communications, Government, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Eight lessons for a successful IT implemention
- Given this blog's focus on the causes of IT failure, it's great to read about successful enterprise software implementations. Mike Kavis describes what his team learned during the course of deploying their first SOA application. Here's Mike's description of "things we did right," along with my annotations:...
- Tags: Project, Information Technology, SOA, Mike, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- Mike's Cards 2.1.1 (Mac)
- Over 150 card games (Solitaire, Contemporary, Casino, and Kid's) large graphics and full screen mode Slick interface to create and save your own solitaire games Save and load game state in mid-gameplay Full, elegant, in-game rules for each game Statistics for each game Customizable graphics and sounds just drag and...
- Tags: Card, Apple Macintosh, Mike Sedore, Mike, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-10-30
- GMTA: Mobile TV is So overhyped
- I've railed against this craze before. I think it is informed by "Platformitis," an overwrought obsession on the part of freaked-out tv types that hey, our viewers are increasingly out and about, by golly they all have cellphones, and we need to get to their eyeballs where those eyeballs...
- Tags: Mobile, Mobile TV, TV, TechDirt, Mike, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-09-22
- Google's new APIs and their effect on Google Talk, Gmail and yes, Google Phone
- The way I interpret some newly posted information, Google could be preparing to allow developers to fashion applications that will run with Google Talk, Gmail, and more hot Google services such as the widely anticipated Google Phone. After speaking with three Non Disclosure Agreement-signing (but apparently...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Google Talk, Phone, API, Mike, E-mail Providers, Internet, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-09-22
- Mike's Soul Machine 1.0 (Mobile)
- Run the file and you will see two boxes. One marked for petition where you will make the other person think you are typing "Mike, Please answer the following question:"The way you do this is:For example if I wanted to make the answer "Steve" i would physically type in: .Steve....
- Tags: Sentence, Mobile, Steven Dakh, Mike
- Software downloads 2007-08-28
- iTunes ezRate 1 (Windows)
- Do you have a large library of iTunes music. Do you want to leverage the ratings feature to create useful smart playlists, but are frustrated with the tiny rating toggle in the iTunes interface. Use it in conjunction with an iTunes control widget or the compact mode for a minimalist...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Apple iTunes, Mike, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2007-06-21
- The Versionator 1 (Windows)
- Have you ever made a change to a file and then a month later wished you could read the previous version. Have you ever had a folder with 40 versions of the same word document each with slightly different file names. The Versionator will keep a copy of any file...
- Tags: Version, Mike, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-06-21
- Mike's Arcade 1.1 (Mac)
- Several games inspired by classic arcade gaming Plenty of maze-munching, shooting, jumping, and racing fun Large detailed graphics Resizable window and full screen mode Simple graphic interface - Simple game controls: directional controls and one action button
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mike Sedore, Mike, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-06-11
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