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Yes, Your IT Pro Does Own Stock in a Manufacturer.
A customer recently commented to me, “We used to joke that our previous IT person owned stock in his favorite manufacturer. For every problem we had, his solution was always a product from the same...
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Twitter’s IPO and the danger of falling in love with technology.
It doesn’t seem to make sense—Twitter is a historically unprofitable company that lost $65 million in the third quarter, more than three times what it lost a year ago. What’s all the fuss about? I...
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Obamacare has a lot to teach us about implementing I.T. projects.
I don’t think it’s possible to imagine an IT project that’s been more poorly managed than the “Obamacare” rollout in the U.S. The implementation of the healthcare.gov website for enrollment has been so...
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How your business can actually keep New Year’s resolutions for I.T.
A week into the new year, and all over the world, New Year’s resolutions are already being broken. The turning of the calendar offers a fresh start—an ideal time for resolving to change. But we all...
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Why Business IT Projects Fail
In last week’s blog, I talked about how hard it is to make a productive change. Whether it’s a New Year’s resolution or a positive change for your business, it takes fortitude and planning to make it...
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How can you expect to reach your business IT goals if you don’t know what you...
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been talking about the importance of identifying the best practices you’ll need to follow for your strategic IT plan to succeed. If you have a plan, you’re well ahead...
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Ice increasing
Re: “Tories put freeze on ice cap reports,” Aug. 19. The story with respect to the anomalous minimum Arctic ice cover in 2012 is, to put it mildly, old news. According to the U.S. National Snow and...
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Automation descends upon Calgary Public Library book sorting
Step into the Calgary Public Library’s central branch downtown and you’ll be brought face to face with a fresh reminder of society’s continued march towards automation. Since April, the Automated...
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DataGardens grows corporate IT security in cloud
Companies need to protect their IT systems, as few can survive for long without them. However, the costs of traditional disaster recovery are staggering. The conventional paradigm requires an...
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Accused Canexus online tipper pays $8,000 to settle ASC charges
A former information technology worker at Calgary-based Canexus Corp. who posted sensitive information gleaned from executive emails on a public discussion website has settled accusations of illegal...
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