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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
Links for March 9 2014
Three Steps to Improving Business-IT Alignment Quote: Whether we call it business-IT alignment or not, the desired state for a CIO is to be respected and
Foto Friday – Cat
Captured this cat at Lake Keystone Dam...it appeared he was as stray cat. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld
The New CIO – Leader first, technologist second
I've been writing about the "New CIO" for almost 5 years and I finally feel like there's some real change coming to the CIO role and subsequently, to the
The role of IT and the CIO in Marketing
Isaac Sacolick recently wrote a post titled Dear CIO, Here's How To Help the CMO with Marketing Automation where he talked about the need for CIO's and
Links for March 2 2014
Midsize Insider: Cloud FTW (For the Win) – How Gaming Developers are Driving a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Using Open Standards, Cloud Quote: We are
Real World Mobility – Filling the Gaps
Sponsored by Dimension Data. I just finished reading through the Dimension Data Secure Enterprise Mobility Report.The report is a nice report on how
Don’t Chase Big Data
Last week I noticed this little gem over on ReadWriteWeb.com: Gartner highlights that only 8% of enterprises have actually deployed big data projects
Links for Sunday Feb 23 2014
What's Your Story? Quote: Taking our corporate strategy, translating it into traceable, optimizable metrics, and using our data and models in a
Incorporating Mobility into your Technology Strategy
Sponsored by Dimension Data. In Thinking about Robust Strategies for BYOD and Mobile, I wrote: A robust strategy for BYOD and mobility requires a
Foto Friday – Carolina Wren
Captured this Carolina Wren on our back porch hanging out in a hanging lantern. Captured through a glass door with a Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L.
Two examples of data helping SMB’s
We often read anecdotal evidence of how companies and consultants are using big data to solve ‘big’ problems but it is rare that we see real world
Links for Feb 16 2014
Innovate on Purpose: People are our most important asset Quote: Innovation is vitally, critically dependent on good people who are passionate about
Flexibility as a Feature
While working technology selection projects, one feature that I like to look at is flexibility. In the past, flexibility wasn’t exactly a feature that was
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