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- IT computing back to the future
- I was on vacation last week and found myself waxing philosophic about how computing has evolved in our organizations over the years and where computing is headed over the next five to ten years. I can’t remember exactly when he said it, but John Gage’s statement, “The network...
- Tags: INTERNET, Servers, Cyberthreats, information technology, computing, computing environment, client-server
- Blog posts 2006-09-19
- IT project success is all about getting buy-in
- I just spent three days at a conference with 70 other people spending time listening, learning and talking about digital object repositories, methods for naming and identifying these digital objects amongst shared repositories, and methodologies for ensuring quality of these digital objects. The information and discussion was interesting, thought-provoking and...
- Tags: This Group, information technology, buy-In
- Blog posts 2006-05-04
- Don't neglect the third R - 'rithmatic
- Although it is not a saying you hear much anymore, success in school used to be qualified by making sure you understood and were proficient at the three Rs -- "readin', ritin', and rithmatic." And while it isn’t politically correct to reference them in that way today, the individuals who...
- Tags: information technology
- Blog posts 2006-03-07
- Why incorporate IT managment frameworks?
- Recently, I attended the kickoff meeting of a local interest group of the itSMF USA, or IT Service Management Forum USA. It is a group dedicated to fostering the delivery of IT services via ITIL. Short for IT Information Library, ITIL is a methodology developed...
- Tags: ITIL, information technology
- Blog posts 2006-02-27
- Getting your fair share: Financing government IT operations
- It still amazes me that while the powers that control the funding for IT in government want it to operate like a utility (always on, no glitches or downtime, already there when you walk into a room), they want to fund IT projects as one-time expenditures. As you and I...
- Tags: information technology
- Blog posts 2006-02-03
- Is your IT dept. a regulator or an advocate?
- In this world of worms, viruses, security vulnerabilities, hardware and software non-interoperability, and just plain old malfunction, it's a wonder sometimes that IT organizations can remember that they are service providers. Because of the constant bombardment of threats and malfunctions mentioned above, IT finds itself,...
- Tags: IT Organization, IT Organizations, This IS, information technology
- Blog posts 2006-01-26
- Is your IT department about regulation or advocacy?
- In this world of worms, viruses, security vulnerabilities, hardware and software non-interoperability, and just plain old malfunction, it's a wonder sometimes that IT organizations can remember that they are service providers. Instead, because of the constant bombardment of threats and malfunctions mentioned above, IT finds itself, almost by design, as...
- Tags: IT Organization, information technology, IT Organizations
- Blog posts 2006-01-17
- A certifiable way for older workers to (re)enter IT
- I received an email recently in response to my blog on ageism asking how one might break into the IT field at a late age, with minimal experience, and an older IT skill set. Hmm… What could I suggest? I could say, "Go back...
- Tags: certification
- Blog posts 2005-12-06
- Government IT boring? Not!
- I was reading a comment the other day on one of my blogs when I noticed someone mentioned “boring government work." This struck a cord with me because I have never found government IT work to be boring at all. I don’t think I am some weirdo or glutton...
- Tags: government-IT, government
- Blog posts 2005-12-01
- ITIL in a nutshell
- If you do a quick search on "IT best practice frameworks," you will find no shortage of foundations and architectures on which to build your IT organization. COBIT Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology, ISO 9000 International Standards Organization set of quality standards, CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration, and...
- Tags: information technology, ITIL
- Blog posts 2005-10-17
- Is the best IT model the centralized or decentralized approach?
- Over the years I have had the opportunity to experience IT in the organization as it has transformed itself from the "glass house" through the PC "revolution;" client servers; web-centric computing; and now the amalgamation of all of these evolutions as IT strives to be a true "business partner."...
- Tags: information technology
- Blog posts 2005-09-07
- IT governance is crucial to align IT with agency mission
- You can hardly browse a technology publication these days without reading at least one article on "business and IT alignment." Clearly someone has figured out that successful IT management is more about the business and less about the technology. Yet for some in IT management, those words...
- Tags: IT governance, information technology
- Blog posts 2005-08-31
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- Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac
- I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit
- [Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released exploit code for the Metasploit tool for attacking the DNS flaw that was originally reported by Dan...
- Tags: DNS, Domain, Server, Entry, Exploit, NS, NS Record, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- COPA suffers another blow
- InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...
- Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog
- Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...
- Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game
- Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...
- Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Bausch & Lomb puts new CIO in charge of customer service
- Eye care company Bausch & Lomb has given its CIO the customer service reins. On Wednesday, the company named Alan Farnsworth, senior vice president of customer service and information technology and chief information officer. Cutting through the rather bloated title, it appears that Bausch & Lomb has...
- Tags: Customer Service, CIO, Bausch & Lomb Inc., Information Technology, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Intuit cut 575 jobs - is this "user generated unemployment?"
- The other day I reported that Brad Smith, the CEO of Intuit, had asked his managers to see which jobs could be cut because there were volunteers among Intuit's 50m users that were doing a better job -- and for free. These seem to be the emerging business benefits from...
- Tags: Job, Intuit Inc., Unemployment, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release
- Today, MindTouch Deki announces Kilen Woods, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
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