As seen on a plaque at Scienceworks in the House Secrets exhibit. A thrifty tea merchant from New York named Thomas Sullivan is credited with […]
Continue readingDecisions are more important than data
Names and categories are important. Just look at the challenges faced by the archeology community as DNA evidence forces history to be rewritten when it […]
Continue readingComplexity isn’t (at least in enterprise IT)
There’s a lot of talk these days about complexity in enterprise IT. The heterogeneous solutions we’re building today seem more complex than the monolithic solutions […]
Continue readingInnovation [2010-05-10]
Another week and another collection of interesting ideas from around the internet. As always, thoughts and/or comments are greatly appreciated. Why B-Schools Set Up Entrepreneurs […]
Continue readingPenicillin: the unexpected
As seen on a plaque at Scienceworks. The penicillin mold was a pest, not a resource. Backteriologists went to great lengths to protect their bacterial […]
Continue readingHaving too much SOA is a bad thing (and what we might do about it)
SOA enablement projects (like a lot of IT projects) have a bad name. An initiative that starts as a good idea to create a bit […]
Continue readingIs the market for IT services and solutions shrinking or growing?
Here’s an interesting and topical question: is the market for enterprise IT services (SI, BPO, advisory et al) growing or shrinking? I’m doing the rounds […]
Continue readingInnovation [2010-04-26]
Another week and another collection of interesting ideas from around the internet. As always, thoughts and/or comments are greatly appreciated. A special report on innovation […]
Continue readingThe IT department we have today is not the IT department we’ll need tomorrow
The IT departments many of us work in today (either as an employee or consultant) are often the result of thirty or more years of […]
Continue readingTime to move on…
It seems to be that time of year and it’s time to move on. A shuffling of the corporate deck chairs left me thinking that […]
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