Honest thinking about technology decisions. — Page 30

Last week I shared the real-world story of the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium's use of data and analytics to change the way they managed and operated

Shadow IT: Far Bigger, Less Manageable And More Important Than You Think Quote: Even when lines of business initiate technology purchases, it is

This post is brought to you by HP. Are you still running Windows XP in your organization? Did you realize support has ended for the operating system?

I was out working in the planting beds this weekend and saw this butterfly. Grabbed my camera and got a few shots. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm

Captured this Carolina Wren in the backyard. The photo is quite busy with the branches but it was the best of the bunch that I captured. Captured through a glass door with a Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L.

I’m always on the look-out for stories of companies using data and analytics to manage their business. In a recent case study, IBM presented the story of

Leading IT Through Trust and Ownership Quote: I need my entire IT staff to think “outside / in” by learning about and caring about the lives of our

Captured this red-headed house finch in our backyard last week. Captured through a glass door with a Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L.

16 Leadership Lessons from a Four Star General Quote: Rank, authority, and even responsibility can be inherited or assigned, whether or not an individual

I captured this Goldfinch in our backyard while he decided which feeder to visit. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld.

Google Flu Trends' Failure Shows Good Data > Big Data - Kaiser Fung - Harvard Business Review Quote: The amount of data still tends to dominate

This is a photo my wife took of our chinchilla taking a bath.  It's rare to get her in the bath box when you have a camera in-hand.

While doing a bit of research on the role of the CIO for an article I was writing earlier this week, I ran across this definition of Chief Information

There’s been much discussion of the concept of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) over the last few years. While the topic has been written about by many

We’ve been living with the “IT Transformation” phrase for quite a while. I remember hearing and reading about how IT groups were ‘transforming’ themselves