As the convergence of technologies – and consumerization of technology – continues to disrupt business models, it’s more critical that business disciplines…
June 3
Use Pictures to Get Your Point Across & Improve Communications
Ever wonder why executive management glazes over when you present your reports? Why you don’t get quick buy-in from your management or end users? Could it be the way you…
May 23
Asset Management Basics for Your Internet Assets
When you think of asset management and business disaster recovery, do you include your internet assets? Do you have control of your internet assets – your business presence on the internet? Do you control your domain, your website, your blog? Is your website configuration, code, and database backed up? Are you sure? If you’re a large [...]
February 14
Want a Successful Start to Your IT Projects?
Project management success requires spending effort in the very beginning with five essentials. Skipping any of the fundamentals puts the project at risk…
February 2
Leverage Technology by Utilizing Cloud Services
Cloud technologies now offer the best ways for firms to leverage technology for competitive advantage and containing costs – and they’re available for SMBs and even small start-ups. Companies have learned that harnessing information technology can be a competitive advantage, but are frequently challenged by how to best leverage technology without spending cost-prohibitive sums on [...]
January 25
Leverage Technology by Focusing on Core Business: Getting Started
To leverage technology best, you need to get clear about what your core business is. What does your firm spend most of its time on? What does your IT group spend most of its time on? What should everyone be focused on? Interesting questions, if you reflect on them for a moment. And here are [...]
December 15
Three Steps to Align Your IT and Get Better Results
Want to get more out of your IT group? Get them aligned to your business. Sounds too easy, right? Yet most businesses are challenged now with how to get more out of IT; I have heard this repeatedly from many CEOs/CXOs and top-tier consulting firm partners. And it’s an interesting puzzle into people, personality types, [...]
December 9
Three Points on Outsourcing Software Development and Lowering Risks
Outsourcing software development saves you money, right? Well, maybe…but it also raises risks, especially when it’s offshored. You need to weigh the cost savings from outsourcing coding against the costs that will be driven by the management overhead, needs for more comprehensive requirements documentation and, for offshored projects, off-hour meetings. The more critical the system [...]
