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by steve on July 29, 2005
David Linthicum, CTO at Grand Central and former CTO of both Mercator and SAGA Software, has a good post on piloting projects for SOA. Go to David's post to find out what he has to say about what...
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by steve on July 28, 2005
If you haven't been to EDS' Next Big Thing Blog, you should check it out. I discovered it by accident through a customer's blog, and I'm not sure how I missed this one. One post that...
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by steve on July 25, 2005
As I have mentioned before, healthcare providers have it tough from an IT perspective. At an organizational level, most of these organizations are running in the red, and servicing a constituent base...
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by steve on July 17, 2005
A recent article in University Business entitled, "The Changing Face of IT Executives" has a unique snapshot of perspectives from some CIOs, directors, and other senior managers in higher...
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by steve on July 11, 2005
Healthcare providers have it tough from an IT perspective. At an organizational level, most of these organizations are running in the red, and servicing a constituent base that consists of doctors...
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by steve on July 07, 2005
The events that occurred in London today are simply horrific. Thoughts and prayers to those who have been affected. In my life, I've had light involvement with only one government project, and it...
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by steve on July 06, 2005
James Governor has a number of interesting posts over at his blog (I like his recent one about UDDI). One post that makes me reflect on how IT projects and efforts really get run in the trenches is...
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by steve on July 05, 2005
Although I'm very much a person that believes in things that one can touch, feel, smell, measure, etc., there's a soft side to me that believes in things that have good "Karma"....
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by steve on July 05, 2005
HDI is conducting Government Forums, quarterly events focused on important topics related to government agency support center issues. The topics covered in the Government forums are chosen by the...
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by steve on June 27, 2005
"I have been a member of the HDI Executive Forum now for two years. I have been in the help desk industry for over 15 years and this is one of the best times in my career. We meet......
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by steve on June 23, 2005
A recent gartner report highlights some of the main reasons why offshoring projects will fail. The offshoring market is growing in leaps and bounds- "Businesses will spend more than $50 billion...
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by steve on June 22, 2005
Biren recently posed a question to me about how to get technology initiatives to stick based on my experience as a management consultant, user, and technology manager. Although I always believe that...
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by steve on June 20, 2005
"I have been to industry conferences, I have been to training, I have served on industry Executive Advisory boards, I have been successful in certifications, but I wanted more. I have been a...
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by steve on June 17, 2005
Although this post has nothing to do with information technology, CIOs, or the like, this post reflects persistence, integrity, and the essence of blogging. I think these traits are important for...
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by steve on June 15, 2005
We could probably set up a category called "Data Theft" given the number of cases that have been reported over the past couple of months. First there was the MCI case than the DOJ one and...
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by steve on June 14, 2005
According to a post at the O'Reilly Weblog by Kevin Shockey - SpikeSource will host their first TestFest in their Redwood City Headquarters. With free food, free drinks, and free presentations on...
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by steve on June 13, 2005
If you don't think IT support is an issue in Higher education institutions, you should check out the recent article in University Business entitled, "Are You Protected Against Hackers and...
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by steve on June 13, 2005
Earlier in this blog we had an entry announcing the acquisition, now for the details, Jonathan Schwartz's has a detailed post on his blog on the same. Excerpts: I've been hearing ringing...
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by steve on June 10, 2005
SG Cowen & Co. notes that for the first time since it began tracking Linux in its annual survey, the number of companies planning to become first-time users of the software has fallen -- by half....
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by steve on June 09, 2005
Bruce Perens the Open Source Evangelist joined source lab as Vice President. SourceLab sells support and maintenance subscriptions for tested, certified "stacks" of open source...
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by steve on June 07, 2005
"According to Arthur Schopenhauer, the 19th century philosopher, all truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being...
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by steve on June 07, 2005
Citigroup announced on Monday that it lost customer data which contains/includes customer names, Social Security numbers and payment history information, was stored on computer tapes being sent via...
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by steve on June 06, 2005
BetaNews has an announcement - AOL has released to the open source community, two popular visualization plug-ins found in Winamp, AOL's digital media player that is used by over 60 million people...
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by steve on June 06, 2005
While the average person may not think of IT in the healthcare industry on a day-to-day basis, healthcare provider IT is fascinating. In 2005, some of the top priority issues include making...
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