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Information Technology

Destroying Customer Goodwill – with Technology

Sunday night, Tracie and I wanted a good hamburger.  We didn't want to go out...and we didn't have any hamburger meat at home. So...being the clever

May 24, 2011 · 3 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for May 22 2011

Success is... by Craig Brown on Better Projects Quote: Success is how you make people's experience beat their expectations. You might know this by another

May 22, 2011 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Moss Covered Wall, Garvan Gardens

A moss covered wall from Garvan Gardens in Hot Springs Arkansas. Captured with a Canon 5D and Canon 24-105 L. EXIF: 1/250 sec, f/4.0, ISO 200, 24mm, 0 EV

May 20, 2011 · 1 min read
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Featured

Splitting IT – Operations and Innovation

I don't think there's anyone out there who would argue that the world of IT has become a complex one. The systems are complex. The processes are complex.

May 19, 2011 · 5 min read
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Information Technology

Not What, but How – Connecting IT and the Business

This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Bill Laberis had an interesting article on the Enterprise CIO Forum in late April titled

May 17, 2011 · 3 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for May 15 2011

Making Enterprise Architecture Matter By Martha Heller on CIO.com Quote: The ultimate paradox is this: Architects are as necessary as they are rare. “It’s

May 15, 2011 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Female Cardinal

I caught this Female Cardinal sitting on a feeder. Captured with Canon 1D Mark III with Canon 400mm 5.6 L with 1.4x Extender handheld. EXIF: 1/320 sec,

May 13, 2011 · 1 min read
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Information Technology

The shifting role of the CIO

This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. I just finished watching the video on the Enterprise CIO Forum titled Challenge your CIOs: fear

May 12, 2011 · 2 min read
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Information Technology

Should the CIO lead marketing?

I read an article over on CIOZone.com titled Should the CIO Head Up the Marketing Dept As Well? that left me speechless (for a minute at least).

May 10, 2011 · 3 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for May 8 2011

Looking for Liquids, or Losing Sight of What Matters by Steve Boese on Fistful of Talent Quote: If you spend time, energy, focus, and rewards looking for

May 8, 2011 · 3 min read
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Customer Service

The frustrations of being "just" a customer

I really hate being "just" a customer. "Just" a customer is someone you force to call an 800 number to get service. "Just" a customer is someone that has

May 3, 2011 · 2 min read
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Sunday Links

Links for May 1 2011

Why does the sun never set on legacy applications? by Jim Harris on OCDQ - Obsessive-Compulsive Data Quality (OCDQ) Quote: The simple reason most legacy

May 1, 2011 · 2 min read
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Foto Friday

Foto Friday – Waterfall at Garvan Gardens

Here's a nice landscape shot of the waterfall at Garvan Gardens in Hot Springs Arkansas. Captured with Canon 5D and Canon 24-105 L handheld. EXIF: 1/13

Apr 29, 2011 · 1 min read
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Featured

A story of a CIO, IT and Marketing

I heard a pretty good story recently.  It goes something like this: A new CIO joins the company. He's not completely new to the organization but he is new

Apr 28, 2011 · 7 min read
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Information Technology

Simple, Fast and Leveraged – Reasons to move to the cloud?

This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. I just finished watching an interview titled Cloud benefits are speed, simplicity and resource

Apr 26, 2011 · 3 min read