Earlier this year, as a member of a panel speaking before IT leaders from various industries, I was asked what single, most important piece of
Continue ReadingInternal IT innovation is all about converting ideas, those specifically supported by new technologies, into business value. These innovations often focus on needs such as
Continue ReadingHow much new value did you provide your organization today? Did you suggest creative ways to go about a common task that resulted in better
Continue ReadingEach of us are painfully aware of the new economic reality in which we find ourselves: national, state, and local government debt is skyrocketing. Simply
Continue ReadingDeciding to share ones location using a mobile device is not a new phenomenon. Several geolocation applications, described as those that use system location awareness
Continue ReadingSince it started in late 2006, I’ve been a registered member of Twitter—the popular 140 character-limited microblogging service. However, I’ve only recently started to use
Continue ReadingAn Apple iPad is currently selling at a rate of one every three seconds. Since its launch in April, over two million have sold. These
Continue ReadingIn a recent blog I argued that in order to prosper as an IT professional in the new, sobering world of alternative sourcing, new skills
Continue ReadingIt’s likely not lost on many of us that large chunks of the internal information technology (IT) department at businesses are being outsourced. Rather than
Continue ReadingEvery second, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland produces 40 terabytes of data. That’s more data than can be currently stored and analyzed.
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