An iPad to Bring Them All Together
May 20, 2010 – 9:34 pm | No Comment

The world has been buzzing since the release of Apple’s latest creation, the iPad. I scoffed and pitied them all for fueling Apple’s marketing machine. That is, until I started to take a closer look …

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Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Small Information Technology Departments
November 19, 2009 – 7:27 pm | One Comment
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Small Information Technology Departments

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Individuals, departments, and companies must track their performance in order to have a baseline and comparator for improvement over time. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are the baseline of understanding needed to determine performance metrics and will keep …

Whose commitment comes first, the company or employee?
September 11, 2009 – 6:15 pm | One Comment
Whose commitment comes first, the company or employee?

Who needs to show commitment first, the company to a new employee or the new employee to the company? By new employee, I mean any person who is newly working for a company as an …

KPI’s – The Truth Is in the Numbers, Ignore Them at Your Own Peril
September 5, 2009 – 3:02 pm | One Comment
KPI’s – The Truth Is in the Numbers, Ignore Them at Your Own Peril

KPIs stands for “Key Performance Indicators” and are a mechanism by which individuals, departments and companies track their performance. If you do not have a good baseline and understanding of basic performance metrics, you will …

Computing under lock and key, the corporate computing life
August 31, 2009 – 9:10 pm | One Comment
Computing under lock and key, the corporate computing life

We live in the  age of corporate compliance, complex system support, lawsuits, social media, and numerous security vulnerabilities that necessitate corporate IT environments remain locked down. For many years, cries have come from the user base to “free …

Just How Valuable Are You?
May 23, 2009 – 3:56 pm | No Comment
Just How Valuable Are You?

Building long term value is a topic that can not be quickly covered.  I have been reading about this topic for several years, and I still feel like I am a total amateur.  Even though I am an amateur …

Departmental Procedures: Do they destroy efficiency and staff innovation?
August 26, 2008 – 12:25 pm | No Comment
Departmental Procedures: Do they destroy efficiency and staff innovation?

When I started my career, I hated following “procedures”. I still cannot stand the “well, this is the way we have always done it in the past” line of thinking. I felt that strictly dictated …