consulting

One of the most important devices in my life is my PC – maybe even more important than my coffee machine.  I take it with me to hair dresser appointments, long car rides, holidays; practically everywhere I would have some time to use it. It’s hard to believe that the very first personal computer was…

In my last post, I discussed Bimodal IT and how some enterprises are adopting it as a way to manage the tradeoffs between “keeping the lights on” and business agility. That’s not to say it’s easy. Operating bi-modally still requires proper planning and governance. And there are several reasons why.…

We’ve reached the 8th installment of our blog series on Cisco’s Big Data and Analytics vision (beginning with Scott Ciccone’s blog on September 23). No doubt by now you have either seen or heard about Cisco’s broad data and analytics portfolio presented at Strataconf in New York on Oct. 15. And if y…

In the fast-changing, thin-margin world of consumer products, new winners and losers are created every day. Speed of innovation, time-to-market, and employee productivity can mean the difference between the next hot trend and a warehouse full of excess inventory. Success in the highly competitive co…