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What Private Sector IT Can Learn From Education IT

BY David GardnerMon Oct 3, 2011

Private-sector IT organizations are often known more for pushing back, wearing people down, and never quite achieving alignment with business needs; they'd do well to look to education IT for lessons in how to do it better. READ»

GOVERNMENT 2.0 | Comment

Track Federal Spending on New, $8 Million IT Homepage, Dashboard and App

BY Austin CarrWed Jul 14, 2010

Vivek Kundra, the first CIO of the U.S., today relaunched his IT Dashboard, a Web site (and now mobile app) that enables anyone to view the finest details of the federal government's $80 billion IT spending. Kundra told Politico ...READ»

CIO | Comment

Process Execution of Business and IT Innovation

BY Bill WoodMon May 10, 2010

Innovation is all the rage. Partly triggered by Apple's with the iPhone to the iPad innovation is taking center stage.READ»

VIVEK KUNDRA | Comment

Vivek Kundra Outlines Ambitious Government Plans for I.T.

BY Addy DugdaleFri Mar 5, 2010

The University of Washington was the place to be yesterday. Aside from Steve Ballmer's speech extolling Microsoft's position on the Cloud, we had the President's Tech Wizard, Vivek Kundra, setting out his vision for getting the ...READ»

BUSINESS | Comment

Brett Favre, Social Media and Soap Operas

BY Thom MitchellFri Feb 12, 2010

So what do Brett Favre, Social Media and Soap Operas have in common? Not much unless you count Favre’s on again/off again retirement soap opera and it’s coverage in Social Media. Seriously the only real connection is that ...READ»

BUSINESS | Comment

Superbowl Ad Breakdown

BY Thom MitchellTue Feb 9, 2010

Admit it, plenty of you watch the Superbowl solely for the commercials and not for the football. If that's true then you must have been disappointed last night because the football game was great for a ...READ»

APPLE | Comment

Is RIM Blackberry the New Novell?

BY Thom MitchellTue Jan 19, 2010

In 2010 – Blackberry is to Apple as Novell was to Microsoft circa 1994. As hard as it may be to remember back that far, Microsoft was once an upstart that was derided for not being substantial enough to effectively serve business server and networking needs – suitable only for stand-alone PCs. Novell was seen as the proper choice for enterprises looking to network resources together. Blackberry is in the same position today with regards to email-enabled smartphones and making many of the same mistakes that Novell made.READ»

BUSINESS | Comment

My Blogging Locations

BY Thom MitchellTue Nov 10, 2009

In the interests of simplicity I blog in one location. http://www.ThomMitchell.com. I also Twitter using the following handle: http://twitter.com/JobHuntin And you can see my full LinkedIn profile here: ...READ»

FBI | Comment

After FBI Raid, Obama's New CIO Vivek Kundra Takes Leave

BY Danielle SacksFri Mar 13, 2009

After yesterday's FBI raid, Obama's new CIO, Vivek Kundra, is suddenly taking "a leave from his position," reports NBC. FBI agents raided Kundra's former office, where he was CTO of the Washington, DC district. Two former ...READ»

FBI | Comment

Why Is the FBI Raiding the Office of Obama's New CIO?

BY Danielle SacksThu Mar 12, 2009

Just the other day I wrote about Obama's newly appointed CIO, Vivek Kundra, and his love affair with Google, RIM, and Apple. Well, Microsoft may be in luck after all. This morning twelve FBI agents reportedly stormed the Washinton, ...READ»

APPLE | Comment

Who Does Obama's New CIO Love Most: Google, Microsoft, or Apple?

BY Danielle SacksMon Mar 9, 2009

Ever since Vivek Kundra was appointed by Obama last week as the US's first Chief Information Officer, the blogosphere has been abuzz about what it will mean for tech juggernauts like Google, Microsoft, and Apple. The 34-year-old ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY SECTOR | Comment

The Conversation is Changing; the Impact of a Hi-Tech President

BY Roy CalesFri Feb 13, 2009

Much has been written lately of President Obama’s desire to hold onto his blackberry. A battle which resulted in him losing the “old-fashioned” device we mere mortals are stuck with and acquiring the super stealthy NSA ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY SECTOR | Comment

The Federal Stimulus Package and the CIO

BY Roy CalesFri Jan 23, 2009

Everyone is all a buzz about the Federal Stimulus package. Will it save the economy? Will it save my project? Will it save my job? The simple fact is nobody knows for certain. We do know a lot of the broad ideas. We are ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY SECTOR | Comment

The Secret

BY Roy CalesThu Sep 18, 2008

Recently the book “The Secret” was released. Now in full disclosure I have not read it. My understanding is that it purports to give you the secret to being happier and wiser. I can’t speak to the accuracy of the book, ...READ»

CIO | Comment

IT's Viewpoint from Cisco's CIO

BY Robert ScobleSun Sep 7, 2008

Rebecca Jacoby, Cisco's CIO, will talk about the changes she's seeing made to keep up with the new collaborative world from the viewpoint of a CIO working inside a big company.READ»

NATIONAL STRATEGIES | Comment

IT and The Weather Channel

BY Roy CalesTue Sep 2, 2008

I have come to realize that having Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel broadcasting from your hometown is not necessarily a good thing. If you live in Florida and it’s during hurricane season, it’s a really bad thing. I live ...READ»

NATIONAL STRATEGIES | Comment

Got Politics?

BY Roy CalesFri Aug 22, 2008

It’s the election season and we are inundated with headlines on the players, policies, perceptions, peccadilloes and politics. For my clients who sell to the public sector we have a recurring conversation that is focused on ...READ»

NATIONAL STRATEGIES | Comment

Translating Government Gobbledegook

BY Roy CalesFri Aug 15, 2008

Many times we have left a meeting and discovered everyone on the team interpreted the meeting differently. It’s as if we all went to a different meeting. Communicating and understanding effectively is difficult in the best ...READ»

WORK LIFE FIT | Comment

CIOs Decide: Is Flexibility “Naïve” or a Reality That Can’t Be Ignored?

BY Cali Williams YostFri Apr 11, 2008

Business leaders, whether they know it or not, are making important strategic decisions about workplace flexibility that will affect their ability to compete and thrive in the future. And in my opinion, a number of them are not ...READ»