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Monday, January 31st, 2011
Readying your data center to handle the changes wrought by the consumerization of IT represents a rare opportunity to rethink how your company chooses, uses, and pays for information technology. I’ve written before that data center readiness is not just a matter of technology, but rather, one of process. Technologies — or should I say [...]
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Jan. 28 has been designated as Data Privacy Day, described by think tank The Privacy Projects as “an international celebration of the dignity of the individual expressed through personal information.” However the need for protecting private data extends beyond individuals to government and commercial organizations. All organizations have a responsibility to protect the private data [...]
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Mobile devices and other consumer-driven technologies are set to increase transaction volumes by an order of magnitude. Now is the time to start preparing your data center and enterprise applications for this shift. But be forewarned: The challenges you will face are not necessarily technical in nature. Technology is the easier part. But before you [...]
Friday, January 28th, 2011
As I said in my post about data center readiness — there’s a lot more to preparing your data center and enterprise apps for growth in mobile transactions than just technology. To adequately transform the IT infrastructure to meet new requirements, IT needs: An efficient, streamlined process A plan for communicating with each constituency Well-defined [...]
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
It should probably come as no surprise to you that I think the #1 security concern in 2011 is around the proliferation of mobile devices. That, to me, is going to be the ongoing concern for organizations around the world this year. That said, we cannot address the security of mobile devices in a vacuum. [...]
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
IT leadership should keep their eyes on cyber security headlines this month, understanding that the need for effective solutions for securing their information grows more real each day. Recent articles from security media are crystallizing the threats posed by cyber criminals into the top concerns that every organization is compelled to pay attention to. Read [...]
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
When discussing cybersecurity, there’s no way to discount the importance of innovation as a means to keep a step or two ahead of our enemies. But I wonder if in our rush to innovate, we are unintentionally discarding time-tested technology in a way that might ultimately work against our ability to respond to future crises? [...]
Friday, January 21st, 2011
The IT industry has gone through a fruitful period of innovation over the past several years. Those innovations continue with the growing adoption of emerging technologies such as cloud computing, mobile computing, smart computing, appliances, and cyber security. Now enterprise strategists and architects need to step back and help their organizations absorb these individual innovations [...]
Friday, January 14th, 2011
It was hard to say what the biggest consumerization news was this week, since the Consumer Electronics Show is all about consumer technologies. But alongside some key takeaways from the show was the big Verizon/Apple announcement and more projections about IT challenges for 2011. Read on to see what the media is buzzing about. Forrester [...]
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
A few weeks back I talked about how Unisys uses social networks to recruit new talent, the steps we took to get started, and some of the payback we’ve achieved so far. We’ve learned a lot from the process, and with the benefit of retrospect, I have distilled our ideas and lessons learned into 10 [...]
