Honest thinking about technology decisions. — Page 24

In a recent Harvard Business Review article titled “Don’t Ask for New Ideas If You’re Not Ready to Act on Them”, Ron Ashkenas provides an example of a

An agile business requires an equally agile IT group. The future of IT depends on transforming into an efficient, nimble part of the business.

I’ve written a bit about the agile data center lately. I’ve previously defined the agile data center as something that “allows organizations to

I captured this Great White in South Carolina. Captured with Canon 7D Mark II with Canon 400 mm 5.6 L handheld.

To compete in the future, CIOs need to build agile teams alongside agile data centers. An agile infrastructure requires agile people to run it.

In years past, companies have relied on multiple data center locations to act as their main disaster recovery (DR) systems and data in case of disaster.

There's no 'easy' button or 'secret' to success in big data. It takes hard work and listening to the data to let it tell its own story.

I captured this Juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron (I think...ID check?) at the Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet. Captured with Canon 7D Mark II with

CIO Magazine has released their "2015 State of the CIO" report.  I look forward to this report every year as it provides some great insight into the minds

Some say the IT group and CIO are irrelevant. I disagree. The New CIO can make IT more relevant than ever before.

I captured this Egret in Murrells Inlet SC. Captured with Canon 7D Mark II with Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld.

I just read "Businesses prefer to cut in-house costs than challenge providers of outsourced services, survey finds" and just had to write a bit about the

Do you want to be a supply chain CIO focused on operations or a Strategic CIO focus on adding business value?

Cormorants taking off in the fog at Huntington Beach State Park. Captured with a Canon 7D Mark II and Canon 400mm 5.6 L.

I just read "The Four Malfunctions of a CIO" by Joe Scherrer and wanted to expand a but on what Joe writes about.   Before I do that, let me share the