Building The TPS House For IT Management
So, I am need of a recognizable icon representing Lean for my book rewrite, and of course I thought of the famous Toyota Production System “house.” (Some are now calling it the “Thinking Person’s...
View ArticleAdding Social Computing Capabilities
According to a new Forrester report, The Next Wave of Office Productivity by Sheri McLeish with Matthew Brown and Joseph Dang, Microsoft Office continues to dominate both in the enterprise and at home to...
View ArticleEnemies of IT: Requirements Creep
Information Technology can be loosely defined as implementing technology to improve upon a business process. Many businesses fail to properly document the full procedure and scope of a business...
View ArticleThe Ultra HD Monitor Market is Set To Increase in 2014
Ultra HD TV sets were the main attraction at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. TV manufacturers are hoping that higher resolutions can entice consumers who were so apathetic about 3D over the past...
View ArticleInternet Explorer Leading The Charge For The Modern Web?
Internet Explorer has come a long way since it became the butt of every Internet browser joke back in the mid-2000s. While it’s still looked down upon by those who use any other browser, Microsoft has...
View ArticleWhy IT Should Embrace BYOD Rather Than Get Run Over
Happy New Year. Here is a tech post to start 2014. Prohibition does not work. People will do work around if there is a desire for a service or product. This applies to many things. Prohibition in the...
View ArticleMajority Of New Smartphones Now Use Android
Though Apple’s iPhone continues to be the most sought-after mobile device in developed markets, Google’s Android platform now firmly dominates smartphone market share. Market research firm IDC today...
View ArticleAnyone Can Deploy Social Business Tools Without IT: Is That Good or Bad?
I’ve been involved in a few interesting discussions around the role of IT lately, specifically where does IT fit within social business? I’ve also been to a few prospect meetings where organizations...
View ArticleIs Open-Source A Viable Solution To Financial Institutions?
A recent news story published by the Bloomberg Businessweek claimed that an Ex-Goldman Sachs programmer was found guilty of stealing certain source codes to use it for his new employer’s benefit....
View ArticleHave IT Professionals Started To Move Away From Corporate Positions?
As we slowly climb out of a global recession the idea of being a corporate drone is becoming less appealing. The truth is that somewhere between 7.2 to 8 million people lost their corporate-level job,...
View ArticleFederal Government IT Reform Necessary
A report has been released by the TechAmerica Foundation which analyzed the methods used by the Federal Government when acquiring major IT systems. In a nutshell, it found those methods lacking,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Adopts An Open Strategy To Managing .NET
Call it uncanny, strange or unlikely, Microsoft has made the move of going the Open-Source way — at least to manage some of its resources. In this case the idea is to incorporate one of the first...
View ArticleEnemies of IT: The Speed of Business
The right implementation of information technology and systems can drastically and immediately improve a workplace. It is this quick turnaround from implementation to tangible benefits that causes many...
View ArticleBuilding The TPS House For IT Management
So, I am need of a recognizable icon representing Lean for my book rewrite, and of course I thought of the famous Toyota Production System “house.” (Some are now calling it the “Thinking Person’s...
View ArticleAdding Social Computing Capabilities
According to a new Forrester report, The Next Wave of Office Productivity by Sheri McLeish with Matthew Brown and Joseph Dang, Microsoft Office continues to dominate both in the enterprise and at home to...
View ArticleEnemies of IT: Requirements Creep
Information Technology can be loosely defined as implementing technology to improve upon a business process. Many businesses fail to properly document the full procedure and scope of a business...
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Installing And Running The Clojure Programming Language
There’s a thread on the Clojure mailing list, started by folks new to Clojure, pointing out that it can be a bit daunting to get Clojure running in order to try out some basics. I figured I’d post a...
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