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
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
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
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.
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
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
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,
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
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).
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
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
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
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
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
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
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