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Comment on In Texas, everyone has to get burger and fries by Ron Webb

Ron Webb — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:15 +0000

Lynne, we are a odd kind here in The Lone Star State, for sure. Benchmarking is like any other tool. You get the value out of it that you take from using it. Nothing more, nothing less. There is a lot to be learned by looking at other organizations (1 or 100 other organizations), but only if you do something with it and not rely solely on the fact you did a benchmarking project to change your organization.

Comment on In Texas, everyone has to get burger and fries by lynne

lynne — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:42:34 +0000

Well Ron, you know what they say …. there are Americans and then there are Texans! Good post. I despise benchmarking – it just makes you as bad as the other guy – not better. And it is true …. once you’ve seen one organization …. you’ve seen one organization!

Comment on Big Data must not be an elephant riding a bicycle by Gaining Insights from Perishable Data | Efficienarta

Gaining Insights from Perishable Data | Efficienarta — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:04:37 +0000

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Comment on The CIO is driving IT toward a cliff by Despite Tableau IPO excitement, are we headed for the end of the standalone application? | Successful Workplace

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:43:34 +0000

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Comment on What does Gartner forecast for 2013? by Despite Tableau IPO excitement, are we headed for the end of the standalone application? | Successful Workplace

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:43:31 +0000

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Thu, 16 May 2013 19:27:14 +0000

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Comment on Can IT organizations deliver business outcomes? by Jim Smith

Jim Smith — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:47 +0000

Rouge IT has been around since the first PC’s were connected to a network. PC Magazine and their ilk made everyone a “magazine Engineer” and the vendors were in heaven. So for Gartner the question should have been “who’s in charge”. I have successfully argued this point with every CEO I have consulted with and the negative impact of the CEO mandating that the CIO take and be in charge has been minimal. Once the CEO and officers are aware of the risks and the consequences of taking risks outside the process, the problem goes away. There will never be enough IT resources to satisfy all the businesses’ needs, abut rogue IT still costs money, well how can the CEO be sure the money couldn’t be leveraged better somewhere else?

If the individual contemplating a rogue IT adventure has a good enough business case, then he should submit it or take 100% of the risk associated with not being integrated into the enterprise firewall, backup and recovery process.

We have even had CEO’s implement accounts payable procedures stating that if the invoice even smelled of IT it had to be approved by the CIO. There was a drastic reduction in the magazine engineer population.

What I have always found funny is that all major corporations have purchasing rules and a document called “Grants of Authority” indicating who can sigh for how much. Most non executive managers couldn’t sign for the office chair they’re sitting in yet some how a mufti-thousand dollar Sass App gets in. Rogue IT is a corporate control problem, not an IT problem.

Comment on What does Gartner forecast for 2013? by Can IT organizations deliver business outcomes? | Successful Workplace

Can IT organizations deliver business outcomes? | Successful Workplace — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:50:33 +0000

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Comment on Of course Google takes on Spotify and Pandora — it’s a pay as you go world by techcentury

techcentury — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:19:35 +0000

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Comment on The CIO is driving IT toward a cliff by Of course Google takes on Spotify and Pandora — it’s a pay as you go world | Successful Workplace

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:16:42 +0000

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