A peer of mine, Scott Nelson, just authored a stimulating piece on this subject and published it on the financial times site.. How many of the clear problems he writes about are you seeing?
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An IT train wreck in the making?
by Tom Austin | October 31, 2008 | Comments Off
New Email Features You’d like to See?
by Tom Austin | October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment
In an earlier post, I commented on some new features that Google had introduced, like Google Mail Goggles, to prevent you from committing the sin of EWD (emailing while drunk). I asked what other, similar features would users benefit from that IT would never ask for? (Yes, there’s something ironic in the question itself but [...]
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Will you get rich exploiting ExaFLOPS?
by Tom Austin | October 20, 2008 | Comments Off
A piece on the International Science Grid This Week talks about the technical mileposts we are surpassing in a race to build such a machine. Today, it’s petaFLOPS to study protein folding. In a decade, it may well be ExaFLOPS. What new business opportunities will vast, loosely coupled, Graphic-Processing-Unit (GPU) based networks in the cloud [...]
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Pew: Internet and mobiles bring families closer together — what does that mean for enterprise IT?
by Tom Austin | October 20, 2008 | Comments Off
The latest Pew Internet and American Life study presents survey data suggesting that the Internet and cell phones are helping bring families closer together. The full report leads off with the conclusion that “Technology now permeates American households and has become a central feature of families’ day-to-day lives.” This isn’t technology for technology’s sake. Indeed, [...]
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Google Gmail Innovations to Ponder
by Tom Austin | October 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
A couple of “off the beaten path” innovations have appeared in Gmail, neither of which would usually emerge from focus groups with IT managers. Google recently discussed “Google Gmail Goggles”, a tool designed to protect yourself from MWD (mailing while drunk). Elsewhere, I’ve read of another Google gmail tool that helps you protect yourself [...]
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Is there a tragedy unfolding in your strategic plans?
by Tom Austin | October 15, 2008 | Comments Off
There are many different definitions of the term Tragedy in English Lit. The term is very relevant to a recurring pattern I continue to see in many of the client interactions I have, both here at Symposium and in other venues. Borrowing from the cited work on tragedy in English literature, tragedy is something [...]
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Company by company impacts of the ongoing financial turmoil
by Tom Austin | October 2, 2008 | Comments Off
I spent a couple of hours yesterday talking with our DataQuest Software team at their annual planning offsite in New Hampshire. Obviously, one of the key questions they’re dealing with is the IT industry fallout from the global financial debacle triggered by multi-ply derivatives built from “No Verification” and other shaky mortgages and financial instruments. [...]
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