...IT has enough spare capacity on-line in its data centers to provision them. Hybrid cloud: Public plus private cloud computing resources, seamlessly combined to use private cloud resources until they’re...…
...Their knowledge of the companies they lead comes from financial reports, information provided to them through the chain of command, and their memory of how things used to be when...…
...what the weather bureau will forecast, as former meteorologist and commodities-trading-company employee Steve Kauffman points out. That’s because the weather bureau’s forecasts drive commodities prices, so accurate forecasts of those...…
...sort of discipline. Waterfall projects start with a complete specification, with “complete” defined as “what we’re going to build no matter what the business actually needs.” Then someone has a...…
...technology might make the company more competitive, that doesn’t mean it’s attractive to middle managers and executives. For some, internal destabilization creates more risk than external competitiveness creates opportunity. You...…
...these commentaries were debating pieces, which is to say they suffered from two flaws. First, they presented only one side of a complex picture, creating the pretense of a compelling...…
...to compensate for the money they aren’t able to offer, remembering that money isn’t utility, it’s a proxy for utility. Compensation is what companies provide in order to get the...…
...your company, if your business generates big data, and if analyzing it well can provide a competitive advantage (or prevent a competitive disadvantage). Or it might not. Your business might...…
...reasons compelling is the defining qualification for VPS membership. But one-sided logic isn’t the exclusive province of the VPS. It can come into play whenever any of us have to...…
...isn’t always complicated, but it can be complicated enough to tempt decision-makers to cut out a step or two. For example, one day in the distant past, the executives leading...…
