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Presenter and blogger on CIO matters not limited to higher education. You can find my blog at: blog.thehigheredcio.com

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Fri, 05/17/2013 - 11:53

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The IT Conversation We Should Be Having

by Jim Stikeleather | 1:00 PM April 25, 2013

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 19:06

jdodge just commented on Much will depend on the apps in Applications

Much will depend on the apps developed for it....or "Glassware" as Google is calling it. So far, they seem geared for the consumer space...CNN announced news alerts this morning. Elle magazine is doing an app although none of the apps can contain ads. And there another social app called Ice Breaker, according to a NYT story.

So the consumer space seems where the device might get traction although let's face it: consumers would not pay $1,500 a pop, which is what developers are paying for it.

We'll see if the enterprise apps start appearing. Some CIOs have said they envision Glass having applications in retail and engineering.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/new-apps-arrive-on-google-glass/

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 18:13

jdodge just created content Seeking top companies which invest in their work forces and IT skills

Where will the skills to drive the U.S. economy forward come from? Business leaders say they need to recruit offshore to get the skills they need to keep their companies competitive (our poll favors raising the limits in H1-Bs.)

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 13:56

RickBlaisdell just created content Companies optimized for the cloud win in today’s market

Although enterprises are still in the early stages of adopting Big Data solutions, these technologies are among the fastest-growing cloud-based tools. The move to cloud computing is challenging the computer industry, and at the heart of this are the Big Data and the built for cloud scalable database platforms that enable it. As demand grows, applications are able to add new computing nodes, and each additional node adds capacity to serve more clients.

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 13:30

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It's a early (and crude) version of wearable technology and what's to come. It's what the Newton was to what became the iPhone.

From what I've read, the glasses are a tad uncomfortable. I use a Fitbit pedometer and Cyclemeter on my iPhone. In a sense, they are early versions of wearable technology.

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:05

Enterprise gamification and lessons from clicking cows

Thu, 06/28/2012 - 16:01

It looks like a standalone post is needed in response to the Gamification: opportunity for CIO or marketing post.

Crowdsourcing revealed you can get people to engage in almost anything if you make a 'game' out of it, including mundane tasks. Ironically, sometimes the more inconsequential the reward for the desired behavior the more of an inducement it was.

Becoming a CIO Rainmaker

Wed, 06/13/2012 - 23:29

How to Become a Rainmaker is one of my all time favorite books which offers a very useful blueprint for becoming a CIO rainmaker. This post is not a book review of How to Become a Rainmaker. It is about how CIO’s can retool their thinking to that of a CIO Rainmaker in order to raise their value contribution and set themselves apart from their peers.

IT Performance Metrics: Balanced Scorecards & Leading vs Lagging Indicators

Mon, 03/05/2012 - 14:12

(Originally posted March 3 on The Higher Ed CIO) IT performance management requires a balanced scorecard approach using both internally and externally oriented metrics that are also a good mix of leading and lagging indicators.

Never static, IT departments adopting an entirely new role

Wed, 01/11/2012 - 16:37

The role of IT was never static. Technology changes alone bring about major changes in the role of IT and influence the future of IT. This really should not be debateable since we see everyday how technology changes redefine various professions or business functions through automation and simplification. Yet, when you describe a future of IT that is less strategic people get upset and accuse you of being a contrarian just for the sake of it.

The Future of IT Looks More Like Human Resources and Facilities

Fri, 01/06/2012 - 18:15

If more IT departments functioned like human resources or facilities and worried less about being strategic there would be fewer complaints about IT and CIO’s would be happier for it. The support for this belief comes from the consumerization and democratization of technology which is accelerating the shift to commodity services and enabling more decision making by non-IT folks while rendering more and more of the technology stack decisions irrelevant.

Evaluating IT investments using objective IT project rankings

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 03:02

Evaluating IT investments for funding is one process where using a simpler approach is not always better. That is because the process of evaluating IT investments should involve an two step process for each project under consideration in order to support an objective IT project ranking of all proposals and ultimately, the IT project selection decision.