Published by admin on 03 Jan 2010
Lots of bloggers are closing out 2009 and readying for 2010 by publishing lists of their most popular posts, based on page views. Since I’ve got a conformist streak a mile wide (and because I wanted to see which of my posts had generated the most
Published by admin on 03 Jan 2010
Even many foes of the H-1B visa (the rational ones, anyway) support the idea of clearing a path to permanent residency for talented graduates of U.S. universities. In a nutshell, that means making it easier for these folks to obtain green cards . In a
Published by admin on 03 Jan 2010
In reading a recent Forbes interview with Gartner CIO (cool name alert) Darko Hrelic, I was at first taken with the interviewer’s reference to him as a “chief collaboration officer,” yet another possible reimagining of the CIO role . But I
Published by admin on 03 Jan 2010
The Internet was supposed to level the playing ground for small businesses hoping to compete against retail giants. But it largely hasn’t turned out that way. While a Web site can work wonders for an SMB selling fairly unique goods or services, it
Published by admin on 03 Jan 2010
Whether or not you agree with Roger Sessions’ estimate of $6.2 trillion for the annual global cost of IT failures — and plenty of people don’t agree with it — I think many if not most people can get on board with his contention that complexity is
Published by admin on 03 Jan 2010
When it comes to hiring plans, any upward movement is good news. So it’s not surprising that a new CareerBuilder survey indicating 20 percent of companies plan to hire folks for permanent, full-time jobs in the coming year , a jump from 14 percent
Published by admin on 03 Jan 2010
My post from last week on IT project failures gave a prominent shout-out to Roger Sessions, chief technology officer at ObjectWatch Inc., and author of “Simple Architectures for Complex Enterprises.” He’s gotten a lot of recent attention in the
Published by admin on 03 Jan 2010
Santa sure was busy delivering Kindles this year , according to an Amazon press release in which Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos calls the electronic reader “the most gifted item in Amazon’s history.” Amazon likes fun analogies more than hard numbers, so