...your commons isn’t a river, it’s the collective IT architecture. If you’re a monopoly provider, you can control access and use because it’s your commons. You own it. You don’t...…
...the good of the company in mind, even though “The Company” is a fictional beastie that lacks any actual intent, consciousness, or independent reality. Others focus on “shareholder value,” showing...…
...don’t think there are more than a handful of companies left that would host their own email or E-commerce servers. For Enterprise Software companies, AI is the new Cloud (Or...…
...companies hire and promote people of all races, creeds and backgrounds, as long as they think alike. Real diversity comes from differing points of view, perspectives, priorities, and values. Valuing...…
...business entirely to become a defense contractor, avoiding competition with low-labor-cost foreign manufacturers. This is where we part company. I know of too many companies that made equivalent Phoenix-Principle attempts...…
...QuickBase off to a private equity firm. For the most part private equity firms buy companies, starve the P&L of investments, and flip the company before revenues crash. Draw your...…
...nor can it include on-premises communications gear such as PBXs, routers, and firewalls. And “company” will have to exclude sole-proprietorships, whose entire IT infrastructure consists of laptops and smartphones, using...…
...Compared to this, the 1970s-vintage boat anchor IMS DBMS so many CIOs can’t get rid of because mission-critical applications run on it seems positively modern and benign by comparison. As...…
...businesses need their crazies. They’re the movers and shakers who combine a willingness to do the outrageous with a complete lack of fear. They put the company in harm’s way,...…
...make this mistake: They decide to retire the ancient mainframe batch COBOL system the whole company has been running on for forty years. And from this decision comes a logistical...…