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9 Questions every SaaS vendor needs to be able to answer

9 Questions every SaaS vendor needs to be able to answer

By Brian Sommer on May 30, 2010

Skeptical CIOs need re-assuring from Cloud SaaS vendors – What are some of the questions they’re needing more guidance with?

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Information technology, Managed Hosting, Management, SaaS, software as a service, Software As A Service (SaaS), strategy | 1 Response

Gov't CIO interview: Success, failure, and innovation

Gov’t CIO interview: Success, failure, and innovation

By Michael Krigsman on May 13, 2010

Information technology projects in the state and federal government tend to be large, complicated, and expensive. Effective collaboration and cross-boundary communication are key drivers of success for these large projects. Certain programs mandated by the government, such as electronic medical records and health information exchange, are particularly susceptible to failure induced by poor communication and […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business, Chief information officer, communication, Information technology, Project and Program Management, project management

C.K.Prahalad : Will Be Sorely Missed

C.K.Prahalad : Will Be Sorely Missed

By Sadagopan on April 21, 2010

C.K.Prahalad : The name resonates with different people – Business, Entrepreneurs, Management thinkers, Co-Authors, Consultants, Management Students, Government workers – in many different ways. For CK, perspective in most of what he had done has essentially come out of discussing, debating, working, observing and challenging with everyone around him. His belief in the early 1990s […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged CK Prahalad, Information technology

Three Kinds of IT - Which is right post-recession?

Three Kinds of IT – Which is right post-recession?

By Brian Sommer on April 7, 2010

With every IT shop vying for a low-cost leader prize during this recession, a change in IT strategy may be needed soon. But what will your new strategy be? Customer intimate? Product innovator? Process excellent?

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Current Affairs, India & Services, Information technology, Outsourcing, Think About IT, Web/Tech

Early Reviews of The New Polymath

Early Reviews of The New Polymath

By Vinnie Mirchandani on April 5, 2010

“These pages are filled with incredible examples of passionate entrepreneurs, established leaders, and multinational companies, innovatively leveraging technology to tackle big problems, “grand challenges,” related to health, hunger, and natural disasters–and of course, information technology. As Mirchandani says, “it’s time for AND not OR”. Read on; be inspired. I’m looking forward to enjoying the future […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, Information technology, Marc Benioff, New Polymath, Om Malik, software as a service, technology, The New Polymath

In quest of simplicty

In quest of simplicty

By Michael Coté on March 31, 2010

If you’re in the market for hammers and silver-bullets, simplicity is a pretty good one.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business process, deathmarch, enterprise software, government, Information technology, opengovernment, project management, UK Parliament

Rethinking IT and business transformation success

Rethinking IT and business transformation success

By Michael Krigsman on March 23, 2010

Over the past several years, our understanding of IT failure has evolved and deepened. It’s now time to start a new dialog focused on opportunity and success.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Cloud Computing, Cultural issues, Devil's Triangle, Governance, Information technology, IT issues, Organization development, Organizational culture

The twin evils of IT gridlock and denial

The twin evils of IT gridlock and denial

By Michael Krigsman on March 1, 2010

Gridlock and denial, both related to lack of consensus among team members, are among the most significant and common problems on many IT projects.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged CIO issues, Consensus, denial, enterprise software, gridlock, Information technology, IT issues, project management, Project strategy, Project team, Standing Ovation Problem, sugarcrm | 1 Response

Curse of the IT prima donna

Curse of the IT prima donna

By Michael Krigsman on February 24, 2010

Prima donnas — folks whose apparent skill is matched only by their poor attitude and arrogance — are a plague we tolerate only out of necessity.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CIO issues, Consulting, Cultural issues, Human Capital Management, Human resources, Information technology, IT issues, Management, Prima donna, project management, Team, Team Management, Workforce Management | 3 Responses

Follow The Yellow Brick Road Part I: Business Environment And Challenges

Follow The Yellow Brick Road Part I: Business Environment And Challenges

By Naomi Bloom on February 22, 2010

In my 2/9/2010 post, I announced that I would be publishing my strategic HRM delivery systems planning methodology on this blog, so I thought I’d better get started.  Although there’s a very geeky set of materials to guide me on these projects, I call the version of my methodology intended for clients, “follow the yellow […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Economy of scale, Follow The Yellow Brick Road, HR Tech, HRM, HRM Software, HRMDS, HRO, Information technology, Management, methodology, Strategic HRM, Strategic HRMDS Planning, Yellow Brick Road | 2 Responses

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