Does IT Still Matter? – Jack Bauer of ’24′ Provides The Answer
Back in 2003, the author Nicholas Carr wrote a provocative piece for the Harvard Business Review that questioned the link between IT and competitive advantage. He followed the article with a book,...
View ArticleGoogle Plus – Disruption in the Blink of an Eye
We are truly living in amazing times. The pace of introduction of innovative technology products continues to increase. Just when it looks like a company has first mover advantage and a seemingly...
View ArticleA Fascinating Week for Tech News
The debt limit battle currently in progress in Washington has cast a pall over the United States and global economies. Even prior to this fight, pundits were starting to talk about a possible...
View ArticleThere is a Free Lunch – New Growth Theory
Another gloomy week passes by, with no resolution for the deficit crisis. There's talk of a potential downgrade to the US credit rating, with subsequent increases in interest rates. The stock market...
View ArticleCloud Computing – Paradigm Shift or Deja Vu?
Last week in New York, I spoke at a dinner attended by IT executives from a number of Fortune 50 firms. I presented on the challenges that enterprises face balancing innovation with controls. It's a...
View ArticleInterviewed by Francois Gossieaux of Human 1.0
I was recently interviewed by Francois Gossieaux for his CIO 2.0 podcast series. We had a lively discussion that covered a broad range of topics relevant to IT executives. These topics included:...
View ArticleSiri – The Talk Of The Town
There is a huge amount of hype surrounding Siri, Apple's new voice assistant for the iPhone. I'll leave it to the numerous gadget sites to do a thorough hands-on review of it's capabilities. Instead,...
View ArticleLessons from the Amazon Xmas Eve Outage
On Christmas eve, Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a significant outage impacting the services of a number of customers, notably including Netflix. The timing was especially bad, with many Netflix...
View ArticleThe Revolution will not be Televised….in 3D
When the term 3D is coupled with a story on digital electronics, one immediately thinks of televisions. Each year, at events like the Consumer Electronics Show, manufacturers have looked to motivate...
View ArticleTechnology and our Quality of Life
Is our quality of life better than it was 30 years ago? Will it continue to advance, or will it stagnate and actually decline? These, and many similar philosophical questions have been debated for...
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