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Posted onAugust 26, 2012September 28, 2020Original post

Just 3% smarter isn’t enough

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There is a curious phenomenon in IQ tests.  Every test is designed to have an average score across the population of 100 but for any…

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Posted onJuly 27, 2012April 28, 2023Cloud

Cloud computing should be about new business models

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Everyone is talking about cloud computing, but most of the debate misses the point.  Cloud computing isn’t really about computers at all, it is about…

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Posted onJune 26, 2012September 28, 2020Original post

Customers smile at the edges

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One of the best ways of understanding your success is by measuring how happy your customers are.  To make sense of their response you obviously…

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Posted onMay 26, 2012September 28, 2020Original post

The evolution of information standards

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Anyone who has ever tried to negotiate a standard for data storage or communication will confirm that it is difficult to get agreement and even…

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Posted onApril 23, 2012January 4, 2021Cloud

Bringing together digital, cloud and big data

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History is replete with examples where ideas are launched with great fanfare and yet fail while subsequent iterations of very similar ideas are hugely successful. …

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Posted onMarch 18, 2012September 28, 2020Original post

It’s time for a new definition of big data

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Two words seemingly on every technologist’s lips are “big data”.  The Wikipedia definition for big data is: “In information technology, big data consists of datasets…

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Posted onFebruary 19, 2012September 28, 2020Original post

Technology gardening

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There is little that is guaranteed to soothe the stressed mind as much as a well-structured garden.  It brings together order and nature in a…

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Posted onJanuary 21, 2012September 28, 2020Original post

The CIO of 2020

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What will the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO) look like in 2020? The CIO role is one that really appeared during the 1990s in…

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Posted onDecember 18, 2011September 28, 2020Original post

Value of decommissioning legacy systems

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Most organisations reward their project managers for achieving scope, within a given timeframe for a specified budget.  While scope is usually measured in terms of…

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Posted onNovember 20, 2011September 28, 2020Original post

Embracing the unexpected

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The nineteen century belonged to the engineers.  Western society had been invigorated and changed beyond recognition by the industrial revolution through its early years and…

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