...By definition, mobile devices "have legs." While laptops certainly have cause their share of headaches for their owners and groups that support them, mobile phone will be giving the headache volume knob a hard spin to the right.
Read More...Data centers have shrunk to server rooms. Server rooms have been virtualized to a rack or two. Desktop workstations are now laptops and tablets. The price point to equip your workforce has dropping and the capital budget has been shrinking with it. Licensing of enterprise suites is also feeling the tremors as paying in an on demand mode is becoming a core part of the vendor conversation.
Read More...Fast forward yourself 5 years into the future where you are the leader of your company's IT organization. What does your infrastructure like? This is an interesting question. First of all, the question "will your company have an IT infrastructure?"...
Read MoreIT organizations have seen several changes - walls came tumbling down types of changes - over the last few decades. Here are a few as I remember them.
Read MoreWhy do we place so much faith in our software systems? Is it that we feel that they are without flaw, or that we are comfortable working around the flaws?
Read MoreWhat happens when the technology platform which you have adopted is eclipsed by newer more efficient or effective technology? It is easy for this to happen. The decisions made today will have a shelf life. Vendors of software platforms are frequently purchased leaving the acquired platform in limbo. Different technologies and platforms which perform similar roles can gain more market traction leaving the chosen platform in question.
Read MoreOver the last few years I've been connecting dots, data points actually. These data points relate to innovation and the opportunity presented by Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0) technologies. While there is a tremendous amount of evidence from companies who have started navitgating down this road that these technologies, individually and collectively, provide great benefits and are seen as potentially game changing. With these new technologies companies are learning why and how to best make use of them within their organizations.
Read MoreEase of use is something which is highly desired. Industries are built around it. Intellectual property laws allow entrepreneurs to innovate to make almost anything easier to do. In the 1980's and 1990's companies would spend a great deal of time and money on business process (re)engineering. The end goal was to have processes and systems which were easier to perform and easier to use. While it was recognized that this would be expensive, the elusive "ease of use / ease to perform" was thought to be well worth it when all was said and done.
Read MoreFor a 24 hour period today I will be in an area with very poor Internet connectivity. This isn't backpacking in the Andes, it's downtown Tacoma, WA. This is in no way a condemnation of Tacoma, but a reminder that even in the urban environments we often have "dead zones" that we have to deal with.
Read MoreI frequently work with organizations at the lower end of the maturity scale, due to no fault of their own. In many cases business has rapidly outgrown the IT capability or capacity to support them, or there was a conscious prior decision to outsource much of the IT operation and is now being brought back in house albeit without the people or process infrastructure to support it. In these cases, IT Departments which demand to have solid business cases before they undertake any new work are doing themselves and their organizations a disservice.
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