Links for August 15 2010
The Case for Listening by Rajesh Setty Quote: To be totally effective, you have to be doing something now or increasing your capacity to do something in the future. With that in mind, talking will NOT...
View ArticleThe diminishing role of IT and the CIO (?)
In a previous article titled The Future of IT & the CIO – Redux of the DoDo I pointed to some survey results that should be alarming to most IT professionals and leaders. The survey, titled The...
View ArticleA Plethora of Book Reviews
I get the occasional request to review a book or two from publishers, PR folks and authors. Normally, I get less than one request a month for reviewing books but over the last month I’ve received quite...
View ArticleBuilding Tomorrow’s Organization – without today’s IT?
A few weeks ago I wrote about The diminishing role of IT and the CIO. That post struck a nerve with quite a few readers so I wanted to expand on the topic. I thought about a case study of some form...
View ArticleReinventing IT might mean rethinking the Business
After my last post on the topic of Reinventing IT, I decided to think about the different aspects of actually reinventing IT and what it might actually look like in the ‘real world’. I’ve talked about...
View ArticleThe 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 not always bad. Great video that everyone in IT...
View ArticleLinks 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 a knock-down, drag-out fight to find people...
View ArticleCompeting with Amazon
I’m a huge fan of Amazon. Over the years, more and more of my purchases have moved to Amazon. I’ve bought books, coffee, electronics, camera equipment and just about everything else you can think of....
View ArticleThe New CIO Revisited
Over on The CIO Leader, Ian Cox asks “Are CIO’s running out of time?” In the article, Ian provides an excellent analysis of the current state of the CIO and argues that CIO’s are definitely not...
View ArticleBig Data Roadmap – A roadmap for success with big data
I’m regularly asked about how to get started with big data. My response is always the same: I give them my big data roadmap for success. Most organizations want to jump in a do something ‘cool’ with...
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