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If I were the GM’s CIO…
Today, GM announced some drastic steps of its Viability Plan, undertaken in a bid to restructure the company. Among other things, GM is looking to: reduce its hourly US workforce from 61,000 to 40,000...
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Sunset
While answering an enquiry from a jour, nalist last night, I referred to Sun Microsystems as an example of precipitous decline. I cast my mind back to 1998-1999 when Sun’s hardware was all the rage....
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The Apple core
In my post about Sun Microsystems from yesterday, I alluded to a decade-long trend of commodization of hardware, pointing out that Sun failed to reposition itself away from the narrow hardware focus....
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Accents
I came across this video which demostrates so wonderfully how diverse English language really is. I find that some people understand different accents well, while others become lost in no time....
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What is wrong with ITIL?
I recently answered this question and then thought it may be worth posting in the blog. Question: What quality frameworks (ISO, CMMI, ITIL, etc.) have you used in your organization(s), and what...
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Why the voice of IT is ignored
Editor in Chief of Techrepublic, Jason Hiner, recorded a video based on my earlier article on the subject. It is an interesting experience to hear your ideas vocalized by somebody else. Jason does a...
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What it takes to make it as a CIO consultant
I was interviewed for an article on CIOZone: http://www.ciozone.com/index.php/Career/What-it-Takes-to-Make-it-as-a-CIO-Consultant.html
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Outsourcing gone bad
A local photographer decided that he does not like selling and marketing as much as he liked taking pictures, so he outsourced it to a small local firm. We received a call from them today, which in its...
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IT is just… different
This short video is a great illustration on how IT departments often communicate with other functions within their organizations. Same language, same office, same coffee… yet a world apart…
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Why we do what we do
My new article on the value of being connected to the core business of organization has been published by Techrepublic.com Here is how it starts: “There is a reality TV show called Undercover Boss,...
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