Password Strength and Security
xkcd has a cartoon that beautifully explains why strict password rules have brought us to a pass where it remains relatively easy for a computer to hack the password. But very difficult for people to remember them. My company, like most large corporates, has a password policy that forces the use of numbers, large caps, [...]
When Smart People Double Down on #FAIL
I awoke this morning to an email from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings saying he was sorry… although it wasn’t entirely clear if he was sorry for losing half of his market cap in the last year (shareholder) or sorry for the crappy streaming catalog and losing Starz while implementing a price increase (customer). It became [...]
Simulation drama: ‘Why IT projects fail’
As we all know, almost all IT implementation failures suffer from unreconciled points of view, confusion, politics, and unclear definitions of success. No wonder these situations are difficult to manage and control successfully. To shed light on the inner workings of IT failure, particularly the dynamics among stakeholders with conflicting goals and agendas, the IT [...]
Dreamforce 2011: Salesforce & the Social Enterprise Will Be Here All Week (Part 1)
Every time I write about Salesforce, I feel compelled to tell the same story as my opening. So I’m gonna again, because I genuinely think that its vital to understand where they are coming from with everything they do. I know this is about 2+ weeks after Dreamforce and this is in three parts but….. [...]
