Archive for category Business
Marketing claims
Posted by Mark in Business, Business Cases, Plain Old Blog, Tools 'n' Tips on January 26, 2012
One thing that’s always bugged me is unfounded, or at least unsupported, claims made by tool vendors (actually, by anyone, but in this context particularly tool vendors). I’m starting to call them out whenever I can. Here’s an example of what I mean, posts on forums where claims like the following are made. Eliminate the [...]
Virtual PCs and Carbon Footprints
Posted by Mark in Business, Plain Old Blog on January 6, 2010
With all the handwringing done by companies about their green credentials and the need to reduce costs it continues to stagger me that more of them are not turning to remote working, especially for their IT department. The availability of high performance PCs in almost every IT workers home makes this a real no-brainer. Companies [...]
IT Leaders must be business people?
Posted by Mark in Business, CMCrossroads, Plain Old Blog on October 9, 2009
Over recent years there has been an increasing emphasis placed on IT leaders being business oriented. While I wholeheartedly agree that IT leaders need to be business aware I believe the emphasis on business capabilities is being emphasised to the detriment of the IT skills required. We are ending up with pure business people making [...]
