Xendow – Overcoming Cloud Storage Security Concerns?

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I’ve been a long time user of Dropbox…I love that service. That said, I don’t put anything in my Dropbox folder that I wouldn’t mind other people seeing…because I really don’t know who is on the other end of Dropbox and what they may do with my data. Mind you…I don’t think Dropbox or their [...]

Quick WordPress Tip – Building your own shortcode

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This is a bit of a break from my normal blogging, but I felt like sharing a quick self-hosted wordpress tip that others might find useful. In my regular Foto Friday posts, I have a section of content that I copy and paste into each post that points readers to other areas to find my [...]

Destroying Customer Goodwill – with Technology

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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 person I am, I decided I needed to 1) drive out and pick something up or 2) figure out how to make hamburgers appear from nothingness. I haven’t got [...]

Application Modernization – Replace, Rewrite or Replumb?

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This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. In my last post on application modernization, titled Application Modernization – “Plumbing projects” or roadmap to innovation & revenue?, I talked a bit about the importance of  how modernization projects can deliver value to organizations. In many application modernization projects, the best option is the [...]

Sitecore or Sharepoint – which is the better CMS platform?

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I’ve been talking to quite a few folks recently about Sharepoint 2010 to get feedback and insight into the product’s current acceptance and usage rate. One key area that interests me is around content management and content management systems. I’ve worked with a lot of them in the past and my two favorites right now [...]

Reinventing IT?

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There’s been some excellent content and discussions recently about reinventing IT.  Mark McDonald at Gartner has been talking / writing about the subject quite extensively lately.  He’s been making quite a lot of sense too. A recent post by Mark, titled What does it mean to reimagine IT?, he lays out a nice call to [...]

The External Facing Technologist – Follow up

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I wanted to follow up to my last post (For Models for Success for the CTO / CIO – CTOVision) with a few quick thoughts on the The External-facing Technologist CTO / CIO role described by Tom Berray (link to a Word Doc). The external facing technologist role is one that’s lacking sorely in most [...]

What’s the difference between a CIO and CMO?

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Some smart-ass (like me) will probably say “1 letter”….but let’s dive into that question a little more deeply. Last week, in an article titled “CIO’s vs. CMO’s – what’s the real problem?“, I shared the following 2010 goals/projects that CIO’s and CMO’s are reportedly working on.   In that article I also promised a discussion of [...]

So…what do I do?

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I’m in a quandary these days. As some of you may know, I’m working on my Doctorate in Information Systems. In addition, I have a full-time gig in the consulting world as well as provide some freelance technology consulting for small businesses. On top of that, I’ve got a couple of entrepreneurial activities going with [...]

WordPress as Web Framework

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As you know, I love WordPress. I use WordPress for everything these days. This blog runs on WordPress. My photography blog runs on WP.  My wife’s photography websites (a moment to keep photography and Boudoir Moments) run on WordPress.  Like I said…everytime I build a website today, I start with WordPress if I can. So…when I was [...]