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- From steam punk to the future, and how to plan for it...
- I've been doing a lot of reading, most recently 'The Big Switch' by Nicholas Carr. There are plenty of reviews of this fascinating work available - in essence this is actually two books. The first focuses on the history of American public utilities and makes a very plausible case for...
- Tags: Collaboration, Information Technology, Nicholas Carr, Nicholas, Collaboration Initiative, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Mass hysteria? It's not like Skype's died. It's just a really bad hangover
- Of the million or so I told you so's that have already been written regarding eBay's confession that it might not get the return on its investment in Skype that it originally thought it would, I like Nicholas Carr's the best. Carr reflected on the words of eBay Meg...
- Tags: Meg Whitman, Acquisition, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Nicholas Carr, Hindsight, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Networking, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-02
- Does Web 2.0 matter?
- Nicholas Carr discussed the thesis of his forthcoming book, The Big Switch: Our New Digital Destiny, during the morning session at the Supernova 2007 Conference.I am taking liberty with the title of Nick's previous book, Does IT Matter?.He is not in any way suggesting that Web 2.o doesn't...
- Tags: Web Technology, Utility computing, General, Enterprise 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- Nicholas Carr asks if CIOs are "dead weight." Perhaps, unless the CIO *is* the IT dept.
- Nicholas Carr asks if CIOs are "dead weight." Perhaps, unless the CIO *is* the IT dept.ReleventDoes anyone really think Nicholas Carr is relevent anymore? I mean, he raised a devil's advocate, thought provoking issue a few years back and ever since he's tried to play the role of provocateur...
- Tags: Strategy, Outsourcing, information technology, Nicholas Carr
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
- Podcast: Is Carr right? Does IT not matter? Gartner attendees respond
- For those of you who havent heard of Nicholas Carr, hes the guy who, back in 2003 (gosh, has it been that long?) published an essay in Harvard Business Review with the title IT Doesnt Matter. There are only a handful of people under a handful of brands that could...
- Tags: Nicholas Carr, information technology
- Blog posts 2006-10-12
- Does Nicholas Carr still matter?
- Nicholas Carr calls it "the debate that won't die," the much-needed discussion of the value of information technology in today's enterprise world. Carr, of course, is author of the provocative book, Does IT Matter?, which followed a similarly provocative piece in Harvard Business Review. Indeed, the debate won't die,...
- Tags: Nicholas Carr, information technology
- Blog posts 2006-02-01
- Carr gives Microsoft a taste of its own OpenDoc medicine (and I pile on)
- Nicholas Carr, the Harvard Business School professor who posited that IT doesn't matter in his book Does IT Matter?, has, in his most recent blog, sided with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in its decision to phase out office applications from Microsoft and other providers in favor of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Nicholas Carr
- Blog posts 2005-09-19
- Nicholas Carr: IT still doesn't matter
- Nicholas Carr: IT still doesn't matterOk so IT doesn't matter - so what does?If IT can't get us competitive advantage - what can?To me this guy has see the symptom, but identified the wrong disease. The problem ISN'T IT doesn't matter, it's "the software crisis". Writing bespoke IT solutions (ones...
- Tags: Strategy, Process Innovation, information technology, Nicholas Carr, competitive advantage
- Discussion threads 2004-04-29
- Nicholas Carr: IT still doesn't matter
- Carr sticks to his guns in his new bookIn May 2003, Nicholas Carr stirred up a hornet's nest with his Harvard Business Review essay, "IT Doesn't Matter." Carr argued that information technology is necessary for business survival but doesn't provide any strategic advantage. Carr sits down with ZDNet Editor in...
- Tags: Nicholas Carr, information technology
- Videos 2004-04-28
Additional Resources
- My Awesome IT Job: Vice president of Operations, Limelight
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...
- Tags: Event, Information Technology, Internet, Cloud Computing, Team Management, Strategy, Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- "IT is boring," scoff students
- "IT is boring," scoff studentsIT is like any other career.Some of it is interesting and some of it is boring. There is also a misconception that once you have a degree in computer science you are automatically the cats meow. That is, IT graduates don't believe they need to pay...
- Tags: Professional development, Outsourcing, IT IS
- Discussion threads 2008-06-28
- Hey, kids! IT isn't boring!
- Hey, kids! IT isn't boring!There is no future in ITThe IT bubble bust around 2000 was only the tip of the ice burg. Today, IT is a mediocre industry that has an ecosystem of incompetent and insufficiently educated people from the "IT Recruiters/HR", the people doing the hiring to the...
- Tags: Professional development, Strategy, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, IT IS, information technology, career
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Microsoft to Enter SaaS
- The blogosphere is on fire with the anticipated announcement that Microsoft will be entering the Software as a Service SaaS market this or next week. Just how they’ll enter the market is still uncertain. My guess is that they’ll in part blend SaaS with desktop technology much the way we’ve...
- Tags: Software, Desktop, Google Inc., Web, Software-as-a-service, Microsoft Corp., Blogosphere, Carr, Software As A Service (SaaS), Data Centers, Emerging Technologies, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
- Does IT matter?
- As someone who has been accused of publicity seeking through grand pronouncements I can understand the motivation behind Nicholas Carr's 2003 article in Harvard Business Review: "IT Doesn't Matter". His main thesis is: For a brief period, as they are being built into the ...
- Tags: Concept, K Mart, Information Technology, Wiki, Matter, Marketswiki.com, Interactive Brokers, Strategy, Management, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-02-17
- A thought about Utility Computing
- A thought about Utility ComputingThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Data Center.Nicholas Carr is Earth's answer to Oolon Colluphid. Everywhere he looks, IT is dying. I expect him to release his new book, "Well, That About Wraps It Up For IT" any day now.Of course, centralized processing is not the entire...
- Tags: Hitchhiker, IT IS, utility computing, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- Has Nick Carr flipped? Or have we?
- Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk follows on my review of Nick Carr's new book with the saga of his own trying exegesis of the text. "You're obsessed with sex," said my ZDNet handler, looking angrier than a caucuser who had just switched his vote from Chris...
- Tags: Chris Matyszczyk, Human Resources, Internet, Nick Carr, Workforce Management
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- What should be proprietary in open source?
- Marc Fleury answers the question. Your good name. Trademark it. Protect your Web site registration. You can't protect your code, but if someone wants to fork it they can do it under another name. (Image from BrandChannel.) Notice what's missing? Distribution. Control of your...
- Tags: Linux Kernel Development Team, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- Jason Calacanis, Nick Carr, Microsoft, Google, and the most prized currency of Web 3.0: Trust
- Lampooning Jason Calacanis' attempt to define Web 3.0, Nicholas Carr metaphorically cites Yeat's Couplet (Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot!; A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot) before concluding: Both beggars, though, labor under romantic misconceptions. For one, the web is freeing us from the shackles of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Nick Carr, Web, Media, Web 3.0, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Nick Carr's Big Switch
- Nicholas Carr, amongst the most incisive and profound critic of information technology, will be in Silicon Valley tonight, at Campbell's Barnes and Noble bookstore in conversation with ZDNet honcho Dan Farber, Edgeio co-founder/CEO Keith Teare, and Gillmor Gang ringleader & Podtech exec Steve Gillmor, and me. While the event is...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- Five reasons why there's so much CIO angst
- Nicholas Carr asks if CIOs are dead weight. David Berlind notes that CIOs may be dead weight unless they are the only thing in the IT department. Wired Magazine editor Chris Anderson says CIOs merely keep the lights on these days. CIO executive editor...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, information technology, angst, marketing
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
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