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Even many foes of the H-1B visa (the rational ones, anyway) support the idea of clearing a path to permanent residency for talented graduates of U.S. universities. In a nutshell, that means making i... More >
In reading a recent Forbes interview with Gartner CIO (cool name alert) Darko Hrelic, I was at first taken with the interviewer's reference to him as a "chief collaboration officer," yet another ... More >
The Internet was supposed to level the playing ground for small businesses hoping to compete against retail giants. But it largely hasn't turned out that way. While a Web site can work wonders for a... More >
Whether or not you agree with Roger Sessions' estimate of $6.2 trillion for the annual global cost of IT failures -- and plenty of people don't agree with it -- I think many if not most people can ... More >
When it comes to hiring plans, any upward movement is good news. So it's not surprising that a new CareerBuilder survey indicating 20 percent of companies plan to hire folks for permanent, full-time... More >
My post from last week on IT project failures gave a prominent shout-out to Roger Sessions, chief technology officer at ObjectWatch Inc., and author of "Simple Architectures for Complex Enterprises."... More >
Santa sure was busy delivering Kindles this year , according to an Amazon press release in which Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos calls the electronic reader "the most gifted item in Amazon's history." ... More >
As Christmas approaches, business intelligence projects are at the top of many executives' wish lists. BI is one of the areas on which they'll spend scarce funds in the coming year. Not to go... More >
Just last week, I wrote about the Department of Veteran Affairs' efforts to improve the success of its IT projects , using a new system called the Program Management Accountability System (PMAS). Af... More >
Companies are coming off a rough 18 months. So it's time to regroup, realign business objectives in light of the economic conditions and communicate them to employees. Yet that last step might be suf... More >
I'm not sure how successful the European Union was with its effort to persuade more women to pursue careers in information technology . But the fact that such an effort existed in the first place is... More >
Sometimes a task can be so daunting we just keep putting it off, even though we know we'd be better off sucking it up and getting it done. When my in-laws downsized from a house to a condo, they got ... More >
The good news: According to a widely disseminated Gartner survey, 62 percent of CEOs believe IT will be a "key element" of their companies' post-recession recovery. That's reflected in the 43 perce... More >
Looking ahead, most analysts are predicting healthy growth for cloud services over the next several years. IDC, for example, says cloud services will grow 26 percent over the next four years, becom... More >
Yesterday I wrote a depressing post about The Hackett Group's prediction that nearly 2 million IT jobs in North America and Europe will be eliminated between 2000 and 2014, part of a larger group o... More >
Earlier this week I wrote about how social networks can facilitate communication between corporate technology users , mentioning SAP's Community Network as a notable example. Networks like SAP's see... More >
In theory, Gartner's findings that 62 percent of CEOs think IT will be a "key element" of their companies' post-recession recovery plans is a good thing. It seems to suggest IT's star is rising in ... More >
Not long ago, I wrote a post about how cloud computing will eliminate some percentage of IT jobs . And it isn't just the cloud, of course, but other forms of outsourced and/or automated service as w... More >
It turns out government projects are a lot like love affairs -- and not because of their potential to end up in scandal and/or heartbreak. Check out this show-stopping quote from Roger Baker, the Dep... More >
On Friday, I shared results of a McKinsey survey that seemed to show CIOs worry that their job performance isn't meeting the needs of the business. But based on CIO tenure, which can serve as a sor... More >
One of the keys to making social networks work, companies are often told, is to offer users something of real value. That can include special promotions and similar sales offers. Dell, for one, has b... More >
When I linked to McKinsey's fourth annual survey on IT spending and strategy earlier this week, it was in a post focused on the former topic. Like others, McKinsey found that many IT chiefs plan to ... More >
Earlier this year IT Business Edge's Ken Hardin wrote a post about how hard it is to quanitfy the benefits of social media. It's frustrating for companies and will likely remain so, since some of t... More >
Good social media policies are like good art. It's often hard to explain, but you know it when you see it. Which makes it pretty frustrating for companies trying to create policies for their employee... More >
Not long ago, I wrote about a DataInfoCom webcast with Dick Hunter, the former VP of global consumer support services at Dell. I was fascinated with Hunter's forthrightness in discussing how Dell ... More >
I recently wrapped an interview with John Hagel, co-chairman of Deloitte's (cool name alert) Center for the Edge, in which I asked him about Deloitte's findings that U.S. companies’ return-on-assets ... More >
Today I am sharing an excerpt from an actual discussion between a colleague and me that occurred several months ago when I was writing a post on IT spending. Colleague (after hearing much sighing fro... More >
Earlier today I wrote about the likelihood that providers of business process management software would add more collaborative features to their products in 2010. I think it's a safe bet, given tha... More >
Technology types sure are fond of their buzzwords. Perhaps one of the buzziest these days is "collaboration." (At least it's not an acronym.) Part of it is hype, sure, but there's also a growing reco... More >
In my April interview with Peter Allen, partner and managing director for Global Practices at outsourcing advisory firm TPI, he stressed the importance of offshore service providers offering solution... More >
About two months ago IT Business Edge's Mike Vizard wrote about the idea of embedded intelligence and how IT can employ it to add business value by attaching higher levels of automation to embedded ... More >
When I wrote about the possibilities and possible pitfalls of cloud-based business intelligence , I focused largely on the technical (data transfer speeds, integration capabilities, etc.), thanks to... More >
My colleague Loraine Lawson, who writes about enterprise integration issues for IT Business Edge, knows I love a good smackdown. So she sent me a post by Jerome Pineau provocatively titled "CRM is a... More >
Just last week, I wrote about Shaklee's positive experiences with cloud-based business intelligence , shared by CIO Ken Harris during a recent TDWI webcast. Harris' key indicator of success: The c... More >
Virtualization is a lot like drinking at a college keg party. At first, you hang back, exercise caution and see how you handle it. If you enjoy positive effects (easier to talk to people, makes you a... More >
Companies are beginning to come around to the idea that 2.0 technologies offer real business value. As evidence we have reports from companies like Cisco , which attributes billions of dollars in be... More >
For at least 2 1/2 years, several of us here have engaged in an ongoing (albeit occasional) debate over the idea of providing a stipend for employees so they can purchase the hardware of their choice... More >
Because I am a bookworm, my mother-in-law recently asked me if I want a Kindle for Christmas. Because I am also somewhat of a Luddite, I'm not sure I'm ready for one yet. (Apparently, I am actually a... More >
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