Dateline: September 25, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. We continue on our Information Security month topics again this week. Are your end-users the problem? Dark Reading.com, an online community for information security professionals recently published a blog post by Tim Wilson, the Editor in Chief and co-founder. In it he … [Read more...]
Information Security Maturity
September 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: September 11, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This is Information Security month for our blog. The topic today is Information Security maturity. A survey of 1825 IT leaders, conducted by the Ponemon Institute for Dell SecureWorks, was summarized in a report titled the 2015 Global Study on IT Security Spending and … [Read more...]
The Delicate Path of Managing Legacy Systems
August 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 7, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. 'Legacy systems' is not a dirty term, but it may seem so. Recently, Michael Krigsman, a popular ZDNet blogger on IT Project Failures, wrote a thoughtful piece about how CIOs must lead their companies through the delicate path of managing legacy systems, since they get in the way … [Read more...]
CIO Role in Digital Transformation
June 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: June 26, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. As cloud-based apps increase in capability, relevancy and functionality, IT leaders are increasingly concerned that their business partners will move away from internal IT systems and embrace these external solutions. According to a column written by IT Strategic Advisor and … [Read more...]
Bots or Humans?
June 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: June 5, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. A recent article at Information Week, Bots Outpace Humans Online, reported on a study by Distil Networks that humans were responsible for only 41% of the traffic online. Good bots, those who add value to the site, and bad bots make up the rest. In 2013, human beings were … [Read more...]
Remote Workers help win the War on Talent
April 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: April 17, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. With the raging war on talent, managers seek the best way to find the best team members. Remote workers may be the right answer, but many organizations are not 'remote-worker friendly,' making it difficult for the remote worker to be successful. Managers are not comfortable … [Read more...]
Manage Slowly to Move Fast
January 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: January 16, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This weekend's idea comes from a relatively new voice on strategic thinking for IT leaders. Chris Gebhardt, former SWAT and current IT leader, has started a blog, IT Tid-bits about Information Technology. A recent post provided our thought-provoking idea for this week's … [Read more...]
