Practical Advice for 2010 on 2.0 Adoption
As a year-end wrap-up, I asked a few of The 2.0 Adoption Council members to contribute some random words of advice on succeeding with 2.0 adoption.
Happy New Year from Alex McKnight, Bert Sandie, Bob Singletary, Claire Flanagan, Dennis Pearce, Erik Britt-Webb, Greg Lowe, Greg Matthews, Jim Worth, Kevin Crossman, Kevin Jones, Mary Maida, Megan Murray, Rawn [...]
Tips from 2009 for a prosperous 2010
A recurring theme ever since I started writing this blog (and indeed before) has been my concern to see more robust business models adopted by SaaS and cloud players. The second most-trafficked posting here in 2009 (and the most liked by those expressing a preference) was What have we done?, which appeared in February at [...]
What if?
CIO Magazine has issued its annual “State of the CIO” set of reports (registration required) In a survey of 600 CIOs in its Executive Council, 34% of CIOs are classified as “function heads” – only 4% of them were focused…
How Tiger Could Have Made Better Use of Spend Management Technology (Part 2) ?
Dear Readers: Here is the another installment from Jason “Ladies Man Wannabe” Busch. Jason’s wife, MetalMiner’s Lisa Reisman, just sent me a digital photo from the cruise, showing Jason posing with Minnie Mouse, a nervous smile on his face. Now, Jas…
Why the client hates your software
This post, from June 2004, is being reposted from several dozen posts which were lost during a database corruption a few years ago. I recently changed the sub-title of this blog back to the same one I was using back then “The people woven web”.
The only thing that has changed since 2004 is that customers [...]
My 2009 Team of the Year Award
Has to go to the folks behind Google Android.
A couple of months ago when my Nokia N95 suddenly turned into a brick the inestimable James Whatley aka whatleydude was kind enough to loan me an HTC Magic running the new mobile OS from Google. I played with the device for about five minutes before proclaiming: [...]
ICG Commerce: The Evolution of a Successful Procurement BPO (Part 1)
Earlier in December, while on a whirlwind tour of the East Coast, I
spent an all-too-brief 90 minutes visiting ICG Commerce, a
provider I’ve spoken with on a number of occasions. In fact, my original
relationship with ICG goes back to my rela…
Strategy: 5 Lessons Learned From A Decade Of Naught
I’ve had considerable time to catch up on reading this holiday season. Traditionally, it’s a time for predictions, resolutions, and reflections. But as we close out the last decade, I couldn’t help but dwell on economist Paul Krugman’s Op-Ed from December 27th titled “The Big Zero”. He brings up good points that it’s been an [...]
Dilbert on IT / business alignment
Dilbert shows us a great example of poor alignment between IT and the lines of business.
Critique: $6.2 trillion global IT failure stats
A recent white paper stated the dollar cost of IT failure worldwide to be a staggering $6.2 trillion per year, or $500 billion each month. Here’s a critique of that research.
