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Stop the Web 2.0 Flood

Tweet I recently spent a few days with several CIOs and IT leaders at an MIT Center for Information Systems Research briefing.  Prof. Wanda Orlikowski led a discussion around some early work exploring the uses and value of Web 2.o technologies in the enterprise.  For purposes of our conversation, we defined Web 2.0 technologies as […] MORE

April 30, 2009

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3 CIO Lessons from Obama's First 100 Days

Tweet Today marks President Obama’s 100th day in office.  Gallup reports that Obama’s 63% approval rating is the best since Carter’s early approval rating in 1977 (the highest was JFK’s 74% in 1961; CNN’s take).   Americans have used the first 100 days as a predictor of Presidential success ever since FDR’s barrage of New […] MORE

April 29, 2009

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CIO Tenure: What is Wrong (if Anything)?

Tweet Along with IT project failure rates, the average time a CIO stays with a company is one of the most often quoted metrics in our trade. Recent studies cite that 1 in 4 CIOs are fired for poor performance and CIO’s have an average tenure of 4.4 years. These don’t seem to bode well […] MORE

April 22, 2009

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IT's Keystone Skills

Tweet Process issues are not alone in contributing to IT’s success or failure. People (and their skills) are also part of the “holy trinity” of People – Process – Technology, the three interrelated building blocks of any business capability, IT included. With the dramatic uptake in outsourcing over the last several years, CIOs have been […] MORE

April 16, 2009

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IT Governance: Does it Work?

Tweet My good friend Peter Weill, Chairman of MIT’s Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), defines IT governance as “specifying the decision rights and accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior in the use of IT.” In a perfect system, desirable behavior would be the norm and governance would deal with the exceptions. Unfortunately, in many […] MORE

April 14, 2009

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CIO Leadership: Listen to the Guy on the Ground

Tweet I’ve been enjoying The Mission, The Men, and Me, an Army Special Forces commander’s account of his missions and the fundamental lessons that he took away from them.  The author, Pete Blaber, is now an executive at Amgen, which both lends credibility to the application of his ideas in a business context and provides […] MORE

April 03, 2009

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Twitter: SOA in Action

Tweet Talk about incredible innovation – look at the application and service ecosystem around Twitter.  Here are just some examples: On-line Commentary During an Off-line Event – The NY Times developed a beautiful visualization of popular words in Twitter posts during the Super Bowl. Real-time Trends – Twistory streams real-time Twitter posts filtered to let […] MORE

April 02, 2009

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Application Architecture's Waxy Build-Up

Tweet Susan Cram’s article on the evolution of systems points to the “clean as you go” approach as the only workable way to reduce the application clutter built up over time.  I agree with her observations as surrounding the legacy systems doesn’t do anything to reduce the cost burden.  Also, the greenfield approach almost always […] MORE

April 01, 2009

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The OpenCloud is Hazy

Tweet The Open Cloud Manifesto effort is admirable.  It seems like a lofty goal but one centered on making this cloud thing better for all (ok, maybe not the vendors).  It also shows most of the major old school players in support – although Dell is not on the list.  As far as the newer players […] MORE

March 31, 2009

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