Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
I was in the lobby of a client in Houston, cooling my heels waiting for an appointment, and then I noticed the pattern of phone calls coming into the receptionist: “No, I’m sorry, our CIO [insert name] is in a meeting. Leave your name, number and why you want to talk with him and I…
We are at an historic inflection point, insists Sean Poulley, VP of Cloud Services at IBM. It’s is happening right before our eyes: the shift away from desktop computing. The move into cloud-based computing is in full swing. That, added Poulley, is an unexpected reversal of the great business computing revolution of the early 1980s….
Fact #1: We are knee deep into a unified business communications (UBC) revolution that is revamping how we communicate, internally and externally, at work. Right now, under 25 percent of large companies say they have no interest in UBC; meaning 75 percent are keenly interested, said Steve Hardy, director of the UBC unit at Avaya….
First of all, let’s be clear: India will remain part of your outsourcing strategy and that is despite increasing complaints about rising costs and diminishing work quality, said Stephanie Moore, former Forrester Outsourcing analyst and chief strategist for UST Global, a global IT outsourcer. The reason? No other nation has the massive skilled labor availability…
The handheld is becoming the desktop. That’s the reality of today’s mobile workforce and, increasingly, we all need ready access to our networked world from handheld wireless devices and this means CIOs, too. The good news is the flurry of new apps that continue to avalanche into the marketplace on multiple platforms. But, in this…
Open source vs. Microsoft. Cloud vs. data center. Oracle vs. SAP … You think ultimate cage fighting is tough? “You have no idea. None. These technology disputes turn really nasty, and personal, so fast,” sighs Dave Hatter, a principal in Libertas Technologies, a Cincinnati computer consulting firm. Matt Podowitz, executive director of Advisory Services at…
The question is plain: do you have an obligation to store employee Tweets, Facebook status updates, and all manner of other social media utterances that continue to capture favor in this era of rampant micro-blogging? The answers do not come easily so step one is just recognizing that social media, in all it’s forms, is…