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Sunsetting Systems In the Name of Innovation

October 22, 2013 • Management Practice, News • • Comments (0)

CIO tells us that we should split our IT budget about 50/50 between maintenance of systems and new projects.  Most companies find that pretty hard to do.  The operation is what’s driving revenue today, so we apply resources to maintenance tasks instead of innovative projects that may or may not make us money in the [&hellip...

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Mobile Advertising Might Just Work

October 17, 2013 • Management Practice, News • • Comments (0)

An article in VentureBeat reported today that iOS ads make money whereas ads on Android ads cost more than they bring in.  It looks like Wanamaker was right when he said “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t...

The Business of Open Source

October 14, 2013 • Management Practice, News • • Comments (0)

Companies can be extremely cautious about using open source software, but a lot of that wariness has eroded in recent years.  Possibly the realization that open source isn’t really free has helped ease the minds of those who thought they were being...

Unbundling Television Channels

October 14, 2013 • News, Standards & Regulation • • Comments (0)

Once again, those frozen-brained Canucks seem to be showing the world how to do business.  First they drove through the financial crisis on the bulletproof tires of their banking regulatory system; now they’re going to apply that regulatory nous to the...

The Marketplace of Cloudy Ideas

October 10, 2013 • Business Models, News • • Comments (0)

CIO magazine looks to the day when cloud services will be traded like any other commodity.  Now it’s Nick Carr’s turn to feel vindicated, since this suggests that price competition is the only differentiator left to a Managed Service Provider (MSP)....

Beware of New Hiring Models

October 6, 2013 • Management Practice, News • • Comments (0)

Eddie Yoon in the HBR suggests that it’s inefficient to vet applicants for a new position by combing through each one’s résumé.  He recommends a new hiring model, which can be summarized like this: Look at successful projects and business...

Amazon’s Detente With Offline Retail Is Over

October 6, 2013 • Business Models, News • • Comments (0)

The last few miles continue to be a problem for Amazon and its retinue of retailers, and since you can no longer get a package delivered to a local Staples or Radio Shack, there’s one less way to get your purchases.  It’s a shame that this useful...

Beyond the Password

October 6, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

Irritating as passwords are, most companies aren’t going to rush to buy new authentication technology for all that a bunch of new ideas have been discussed in the Wall Street Journal.  We’ve been hearing for years about biometrics, three-factor...

Data Visualization May Be The Thing – But Caution Required

August 17, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

We’ve all been impressed by the clever and revealing things that can be done with big data sets in terms of graphic representation of deep and complex relationships; but IT World has found that it’s possible to be too impressed by these data...

FAA Says Okay to UAVs

August 17, 2013 • News, Standards & Regulation • • Comments (0)

The FAA approval of  certain unmanned aerial vehicle systems clears the way for the go-ahead for commercial operations.   While a lot of thought has already gone into managing this lofty population explosion, nonetheless the day is coming when these things...

Aussie Minister of InfoSec – Not a Bad Idea

August 14, 2013 • News, Standards & Regulation • • Comments (0)

The Australians may be on to something, according to the Register’s article about a down under think tank that’s proposing the establishment of a new ministry of “Security and Resilience”.   There are certainly some good ideas here for...

Indian Challenges Apply to All

August 7, 2013 • Management Practice, News • • Comments (0)

Forrester’s Manish Bahl has some advice for Indian companies dealing with the rupee’s decline.  His suggestions are worth heeding regardless of the country or point on the economic  cycle you find yourself in. Readers of dot Leader are familiar...

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