Archive for February, 2010

Published by admin on 05 Feb 2010

Microsoft Fiefdoms Are the Enemy Within

A little more than a week ago IT Business Edge contributor Rob Enderle wrote about what he believes is at the core of why Apple is outperforming Microsoft . He mentions Microsoft’s lack of focus, which some folks, including me, think is a challenge

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Published by admin on 05 Feb 2010

Tech Execs Can’t Agree on iPad’s Business Potential

I’ve already yammered about the iPad’s not-so-usefulness as a business tool . If I can’t multitask, I just can’t see using it for work. (That doesn’t mean I don’t want an iPad for personal use .) I’ll agree there may be a niche between smartphones and

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Published by admin on 05 Feb 2010

No Fear of Failure at Google

In October I wrote a post about the unwillingness of many organizations to risk failure . I cited an article by a silicon.com columnist who made the point that a proper project portfolio management approach makes room for failure, albeit limiting

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Published by admin on 05 Feb 2010

Salesforce Tool for Building Business Processes: So Easy, Even a Business User Can Do It

Back in 2008, in a post about mashups, I cited some articles in which several experts expressed their belief that emerging technologies would allow business users to create their own applications, while software developers would devote more of their

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Published by admin on 05 Feb 2010

Are Social Channels ‘Ultimate Expression of Procrastination’?

Last week I wrote about a couple of time-management applications that purport to help people become more productive by showing them how much time they fritter away on unproductive management of online activities , not just Web browsing but e-mail and

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Published by admin on 05 Feb 2010

Is Business Intelligence Too Boring for Social Media?

Is applying business intelligence to data generated by social channels such as Twitter about to become the “next big thing” in enterprise BI? Some folks seem to think so. Earlier this month Dyke Henson, chief marketing officer for BI provider PivotLink,

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Published by admin on 05 Feb 2010

Is Enhanced Collaboration, or Something Else, Behind Boeing’s Relocation of Engineers?

Even in an age where it’s possible to collaborate with people across the world, some business processes work best when coworkers are in relatively close proximity to each other. E-mail, instant messaging, internal social networks and videoconferencing,

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Published by admin on 05 Feb 2010

Agile Development Requires IT/Business Communication

Agile software development isn’t the most polarizing issue I’ve ever written about. (That “honor” goes to the H-1B visa .) But agile seems to provoke some pretty heated reactions among developers. When I wrote about agile earlier last week, I decided

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Published by admin on 05 Feb 2010

Did Lean Manufacturing Contribute to Toyota Recall?

A column by the Toronto Star ‘s David Olive makes an interesting point about Toyota , the automaker which recently suspended production at five of its North American factories due to problems with sticking accelerator pedals in several of its most

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Published by admin on 05 Feb 2010

Seeing Is Believing: Time Management Services Worth a Try

Being aware of bad habits can sometimes make it easier to jettison them, at least those with no physical addiction involved. I have a bad tendency to interrupt folks when they are speaking, probably due to attending too many family gatherings where

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