Foto Friday – Carolina Wren in the Backyard
A Carolina Wren in the backyard, captured through a glass door with a Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L. Busy background but the best of the bunch.
The Value of Data
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
Links for April 13 2014
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
Foto Friday – Red-Headed House Finch
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.
Links for April 6 2014
16 Leadership Lessons from a Four Star General Quote: Rank, authority, and even responsibility can be inherited or assigned, whether or not an individual
Foto Friday – Backyard Goldfinch
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.
Links for March 30 2014
Google Flu Trends' Failure Shows Good Data > Big Data - Kaiser Fung - Harvard Business Review Quote: The amount of data still tends to dominate
Foto Friday – Chinchilla Bathing
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.
How do you define the CIO role?
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
Managing BYOD with Policies in the Midsized Firm
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
IT Transformation – or just remaining agile and ready for change?
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
Links for March 23 2014
Midwest IT Survival » Evolution of Corporate IT and the Future Impact of Cloud Quote: All in all, corporate IT is in constant evolution. The rate of
Don't use your data this way
Last week, I wrote a post titled Big Data Starts with Data Management. In that post, I wrote: Starting with data management will help mitigate these risks
Links for March 16 2014
6 IT Strategies to Stay Ahead of Data Center Trends - CIO.com Quote: Automation, virtualization, cloud computing -- these technology trends are
Big Data Starts with Data Management
Over on the Obsessive-Compulsive Data Quality blog, Jim Harris recently wrote: While organizations of all sizes are rightfully excited about the business
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