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2013 Data Resolution: Avoid Architectural Cul-de-Sacs

2013 Data Resolution: Avoid Architectural Cul-de-Sacs

By Merv Adrian on January 3, 2013

I had an inquiry  from a client using packaged software for a business system that is built on a proprietary, non-relational datastore (in this case an object-oriented DBMS.) They have an older version of the product – having “failed” with a recent upgrade attempt. The client contacted me to ask about ways to integrate this OODBMS-based […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged data integration, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Database, DBMS, Information technology, Software infrastructure

The information age fallacy

The information age fallacy

By Sig Rinde on October 30, 2012

Humanity has developed by leap and bounds – when we learned to fish the new ample source of protein increased the human chance of survival and forwarded our development, we became smarter and stronger over time. With fire we started…

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Admin, enterprise software, Information Age, Information technology, innovation, Management, State of the world

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Why DevOps matters to business

By Phil Wainewright on September 12, 2011

The cloud means that business people have to care more than ever about application development. But not old-style app dev — there’s a new game in town, called DevOps. While I say ‘new’ it’s been around for a couple of years in the cloud computing arena (I was introduced to it a while back by […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged dev/ops, Information technology, OpsCode | 1 Response

Research: 75 percent believe IT projects are 'doomed'

Research: 75 percent believe IT projects are ‘doomed’

By Michael Krigsman on April 21, 2011

New research describes a highly negative situation in which most survey respondents expect their projects to fail before even starting!

Posted in Business | Tagged Chief information officer, Information technology, IT Project Failures, Survery

Change management and communications for IT success

Change management and communications for IT success

By Michael Krigsman on February 22, 2011

Change management and poor communications among stakeholder groups on IT projects is a key contributor to failure. Follows these ideas to solve the problem.

Posted in Business | Tagged Business Transformation, Change Management, Enterprise resource planning, Information technology, MIT Sloan Management Review | 1 Response

Perspective: Learning from failure

Perspective: Learning from failure

By Michael Krigsman on January 31, 2011

Failure is an essential step towards excellence — here’s why.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Asuret, CA Technologies, failure, Information technology, Learning, Michael Krigsman, ZDNet

Change management: Denial and the fear of failure

Change management: Denial and the fear of failure

By Michael Krigsman on January 27, 2011

Project participants often hope for success but are too scared to take positive action.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Change Management, fear, Information technology, Organization

CIO view: Business requirements and the elegant art of 'no'

CIO view: Business requirements and the elegant art of ‘no’

By Michael Krigsman on January 10, 2011

A CIO explains the importance of defining business requirements as a prerequisite for IT success.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Chief information officer, CIO, Harvard Medical School, Information technology, IT Success, project management | 3 Responses

Where IT Workers Must Go Next (Or Integrators Will Do It For Them)

Where IT Workers Must Go Next (Or Integrators Will Do It For Them)

By Brian Sommer on October 27, 2010

Big changes are coming to IT departments and IT professionals. Cloud solutions, mobile applications and support for an interconnected workforce will require very different skill sets for IT.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Appirio, Cloud Computing, corporate it, Information technology, system integration

Making Enterprise Applications Social: Looking at the Intranet and OpenSocial

Making Enterprise Applications Social: Looking at the Intranet and OpenSocial

By Dion Hinchcliffe on October 23, 2010

Just in case you’ve been spending time on a deserted island, you might not know that the Web these days has been moving rapidly towards a profoundly more social and interconnected version of itself. It was just over a year…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged App Store, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Computing, Industry Trends, Information technology, intranets, Jive, OpenSocial, social business, social computing, social software, Software design, Web 2.0 | 1 Response

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