...As a metaphor for how IT might support end-user computing, on the other hand, the App Store provides excellent guidance, especially compared to the lockdown that’s purported to be industry...…
...(2001) isolated five factors common to the high-performance companies he and his team analyzed. Process improvement or reengineering initiatives weren’t among them. High-quality leadership, a culture of discipline, and strategic...…
...worthless without Oracle8.” Dot 1: The network computer, a great new platform that’s supposed to free us from the tyranny of the so-called “Wintel Duopoly” by being fully buzzword compliant...…
...Cloud computing won’t turn out to be all that important. Here’s my new geometric-style proof: 1. Definition: Cloud computing now means everything. 2. Definition: Something is a subset of everything....…
Xcel Energy has asked the Minnesota Public Utilities commission to approve a 10% rate increase. This matters to everyone interested in cloud computing (I think). Here’s why: A major reason...…
...blocking Salesforce.com (blockers aren’t free, and someone needs to administer them too) probably exceeds the cost of buying Act! licenses. Here’s what kills me: Salesforce.com has to have the most...…
...was even a competitor until far too late in the game, just as it didn’t occur to mainstream publishers that Amazon was a competitor until far too late in that...…
...well, if you’re adroit, it comes back to haunt your successor. * * * Sometimes a correction isn’t good enough — something even better comes up. Last week, following a...…
...it. I don’t care if your company manufactures cinder blocks, or buys and sells lentils. It doesn’t matter if the product itself is a commodity. Any company that wants to...…
...resources. Yes, companies can legally restrict their use to company business, and search through them at will. Opinion: companies need to distinguish between what they legally can do and what...…